Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-05
.BR|T|SHERS ANGRY
AT STEADY RETREAT
Amazed at Overpowering Num-
Der of Germans That Pur-
sue Them.
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept 1.-The correspond
ent of the Reuter- Telegram Company
at Ferrieres town near Paris, sends
the following:
Our men though cheerful are an
cry at the continued retreat. They
don't understand the necessity for it..
They are all amazed at the unending
numbers OF the Germans. They say:
THE more you kill of them the moro
there are of them, but if We ever get
them In the open it's good night
The fighting along the line of the
German advance has been incessant
and desperate. l sold a horse the
other day to an officer of dragons
l showed him the only horse I had
for sale. with the warning that the
animal was not in the best condi-
ton.
Hang it, said the officer, he will
last four days, and that's about my
average since the war began
He had already had four horses
shot under him.
War Hard on the Horses.
"The war is very hard on the
horses, and the condition of some OF
the poor beasts which I've seen pass
ing southwark toward Paris would
better not be described. Nevertheless
the army is still fit in every sense vi
the word, and its transport is intact
and fills the road with a column OF
motor vans nearly six miles long.
Our soldiers are all right but the
people whom we pity are the thou
sands of fugitives who have been
swept up and blown away by the
marching armies like chaff before the
wind. The country through which the
armies have passed is devastated.
Dynamited bridges and tunnels mark
the retreat of the allies and blazing
villages mark the advance of the Ger
mans. The harvest is now almost in
and the French would do we'll to de-
stroy the crops themselves rather
than leave it to the enemy.
THE weather has been splendid,
blazing hot days an perfect moon
light nights-ideal holiday weather
These nights of full moon have not
been wasted by the Germans, who
move forward by night as well as by
day. Many a kilometre has been
gained on the road to Paris under the
harvest moon but for which the the
men would have been sleeping.
Germans In Great Hurry.
THAT the Germans are in great
hurry is evident. They advance re-
CARELESS of risks and sacrifices,
crushing down resistance by the
weight of numbers and carried for
ward by the hope of striking a NOR
tai blow at the western foe before
the eastern enemy is at the gates of
Berlin. The speed at which they ad-
vance is the cause of constant wonder.
to people who know the country and
the distances
at village which was full of
troops a few days ago no attempt was
made to halt them. The allies troops
fell back, and save for rearguard ac-
tions the Germans seemingly marched
from LIE Fere to the lines of Paris I'M
opposed.
1.-THE march of the German right on
Paris is notable for its straight course
as well as its cyclonic speed and
force. Leaving Lille, Arras, Amiens
and Bauvais untouched, they have
marched like an arrows fight, devil
ating neither to the right nor the left.
The official map of military opera
ticns shows the area of German APP
erations moving southwark on line
from Lille to Compeigne, line which
is almost mathematically straight
West of that line the Germans have
practically not been seen.
Hunger, thirst and the suffering
from the heat are the lot of the fugi-
tives in the over-filled trains from
Paris to the coast. Even the cross
channel steamers are so packed it is
hard to fill ones lungs with sea air. y