Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-24
ENGLISH SOLDIERS
R~ESOURCEFUL
GOOD FIGHTERS
Editor OF German Paper Who is Serving as
First Lieutenant in German Army
Writes His Paper Of Engagements
Around YpreS.
THOUGHT ENGLISH HAD LONG
LEGS TO PERMIT lEG-RACIhG
German Soldiers Are Given Clear and
Practical Demonstration Of Ability of
English Soldier TO Shoot and 10 Fight
Curiosity is Satisfied.


Curiosity is Satisfied.
Correspondence ~ the Associated Pres
Berlin, Dee. 24.-Eneli-h soldiers are
good fighters and resourccful, an editor of
the Zcitung am Mittag who J. serving a- a
first lieutenant in the German army. writes
lus paper in an account Of The engagements
around Ypres.
"Full Of fight and confident ~ easy VIE
tory" he says. "our young regiment
started ~ march against the enemy. We
were quite certain that Providence had M
dcwcd the English with long leg~ To- iarili-
tate their running away the faster. Thu-
We advanced by long and short marches
through Flanders. the great cemetery. We
were delighted with the beautiful Flemish
landscape and with the inhabitants. whose
language we soon managed "a understand.
even a. they speedily came n understand
Ours.
"Wc thought Of ne English soldiers ~
The connie pnncr- are wont 10 portray them
Thcrn were a few who warned a. against
possible underc~timation 81 the enemy.
but their mI~givinp~ were quoted hv our
pointing ont that these were mcrccnary
troops, hired n a few pence ? day. bare
Of patriotism and incapable OF sacrifice.
"Sooner than wc thought we were upon
the enemy. First We came upon = dead
Englishman. then two wounded English of
@fcers. then an English prisoner. The prs
oner naturally was Of great interest To our
soldiers. Wonder III the mcrccnary can
shoot?' We asked ourselves. An hour later
some 81 hi> comrade~ gave ~ nm answer
to that question. They gave a. y clear.
practical demonstration--uch a clear
Demonstration that oar battalion MAS rr-
duced Ia half it, original ~Izc III Y tcw 80
counters. We suddenly realized that the
English mercenarics could not ~ routed
with mere hurrah~. and that these smooth
faved gentlemen used the long leg not a.
VA for running away. but sometime for
desperate and dangerous charges.
? 'The English infantry which opposed NJ
at Ypres must b. considered among their
best troops. They defended their positions
with energy aud skill and when driven back
tried again and again to recover the ln~i
ground. In these endeavor~ they were -up-
ported efficiently BY the fire w their ncld
artillery. They had also transported heavy
naval guns Ia lprc- and the English ~t"ll-
and shrapncl caused cuurmou dan.-e
among our troops.
As the surrounding of ti, English
forces by our troops made itself more aai
more more felt. the English miantr, tu,d
again and again 10 break through Our lines.
particularly IN the vicinity IF B.e.rlacrc.
though without success. IN one nt these
attacks i've hundred -ullirr~ ina twenty
officers fell into our hands. .
1.-The English trrnrhc- were mostly NM.
arranged a. 10 be- quite invisible ~ iho
naked eye. When We had eoi INTO the FIRST
trenches we were a~iuui~hcd M their -N~ir-
matte construction ~ regards depth. side
protection against >phntcriug on shells.
br%castwork aud Flooring. The trenrhr.
were nearly III cNccllcnily arranged iur u
long stand. We were PARTICULAR, aston
ished NJ the iron and steel work huif into
The hrca~twork~. The Floors wcra da-,a,.i
with AN eye to maximum comfort. our
men captured There -Ira. Store oi nr.-
serve. corn beet aud htm. auj n.l., MOO.
secured one ut the Shawn. outfits which
every English soldier carries.
when We bad taken position N frr-
quenily occurred thar N, toand Y d,-nro-