The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-11-05
NO QUARTER ASKED
IN CHASTITY BATTLE
NOT a FIGHT, BUT A MASSACRE,
is REPORT FROM BATTLE
FIELD IN EUROPE.
No Pure Water for the Wounded and
No Chance to Bury the Dead,
While Fresh Troops Are De.
ing Rushed to the Slaughter.

On the Nieuporte-Dfxmude from
tier in Belgium, where for days the
allies have been vigorously diaputing
every inch OF ground, the offensive
Of the Germans is said by the French
TO be moderating. The French claim
70 have made slight gains between
La naasee and Lens. elsewhere along
the line in Belgium there were no
operations worthy OF mention.
OF the situation along the User
river the Belgian government said
the German artillery fire has slack.
ened. having been subdusd" by the
guns Of the fest. and that the posi-.
ton OF the allies had improved.
"A massacre, not fight. A butch,
cry. A SHAMELESS" Such are the
phrases used over and over by cor
respondents endeayoring to give an
mixing Of the events OF this bloodieat
battle Of the war. mo quarter Ii
asked and none Ia given. 1t Ii the
battle OF the bAyonetsi"
Belgian regiments have been deci-
mated to third OF their former fight
tMk @INMktus btthima a@@kS @f~NN
grim and begged in the face Of fear
fMl loss; gallant Frenchmen shout
with the lust OF combat. and opposed
TO them in the sublime grandeur Of
death the solid ranks OF Germans
march unsweFvingly against a with
ering IRE and literally bestrew the
landscape with their corpses.
There IL no pure water for the
wounded. The entire available sup
ply 10 streaked and stained with
blood land there ID no one 70 cool
parched lips and burning brows even
with this, There is no chance TO bury
dead or care for wounded. The
ground they lis on IL narrowed and
furroged over and over by stTayins
bulleta of mitraileuses and the tear
Ing fragments OF bursting shrapnel.
And out OF the chaos there looms
one fact from which England at home
may extract some comfort The
Germans seem to be stopped.
A Paris statement announces thai
two furious night attacks by Germani
on the allied limo In the region q
Dixmude we're repulsed. and that al
along the front, from Newport q
Dixmude, the Germans seemed 4
have iesAsned their efforts, while sht
allies. continuing their offensive q
The north OF Ypres. also have beer
successful farther to the south. max
Ing slight progress on the line be
tween La nassea and Lens.
Indications from this atatemen
and also from the statement issue'
by the Preach war office Wedneada,
afternoon are that the kalaer'a Gen
erals have almost abandoned hope o
advancing to Dunkirk and Calais,
The correspondent Of the Evening
Newa wires that the Germans ar
falling back. but there IL nothing u
the other reports from tho front :
CONFIRM this. Other reports are tina
the enemy IL short OF ammunition
And yet they have crossed the rive
User seven times and seven time
have been driven back. The losae
were terrible. and at some point
bridges across the river we're aetua
~ formed by the bodies Of dead Ge
man soldiers. piled up in the sluggis
current,
Adyicea from nrugea and osten
and ether points In belgium indieai
that the Germans are stripping thl
territory os all soldiers, except II
harest Karrlsons. and are rushing a
reingorcements possible to the arm
that IL now trying TO break throuE
ahe nritish.Iielglan French line tina
ID guarding the approaches to Dul
kirk and Calais