El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-24
AER9PLiNES AID GERMANS BY
LOCATING POSITION Of ALLIES
Returning Wounded Agree That Germans Do Small
Harm but for Their Big uns Which Are Directed
Through Spying Airships; Many Thrilling StOr-
les Told Relatives Besiege Hospitals.
BY HERBEPr TEMPLE.

the amazing, graphic and thrilling war
stories row being brought back by
wounded British soldiers De computed
and published, they would make nlgn-
II interesting reading Every day
hundreds of the injured are invaded
home and they all have tales TO tell.
All the wounded soldiers who have
arrived at AldershOt have stories OF
the remarkable artillery pracIlce Dy
the German guns, which they ascrioe
TO the close cooperation between me
guns and aeroplanes-
again and again. said sergeant
Of the NorthamptOns, the aerop-anes
came circlirg round over our poslIlons'
but at too great height LOT our suns
n reach them. We watched mem, ana
whenever a flutter Of white paper or
other material came down from tneIn'
q shower of shrapnel tollOWeQ lInIlell-
atelv. so well aimed that we invariably
had TO move TO save OURSELVES II O-H
being annihilated-
.sBut for the guns we could have
held our positions against twice the
number Of German Infantry InelE
rifle practice was worse tnan mat OL
our third class shots
A private of the Loyal North Ian
cashire regiment, who had piece OF
shrapnel in his knee, gave srapnlo
description Of a surprise al dawn
With half platoon ne ndu =
sent out on outpost duty, SoneWneI .
in Belgium" He had no notlon OF lhe
locality, and had seen no large towns
tin he was on his way back IN the
ambulance.
I'VE went out at dusk under an oIfl-
GER" he said. and arrived IN the oaIA
at the position we had 10 take up
Serrries were posted. and nothing
happened during the night to indicate
man the enemy was within 100 miles
At dawn we were just boiling water
over a campfire 10 make tea Wnen,
from a position 500 yards away a nor
rifle fire was opened on US
I'VE did not wait for our tea 70
draw but bOlted for the nearest COW
er. the hedges ard bitches Of a road
yrav- It was the first time any OF our
chaps had been under fire, and we
got a grip Of US, and we replied with
wei aimed fire, the feeling OF alarm
quickly passing away
ssThe German shooting was rotten,
and We were IN no great oaEBer' sun
a shell pumped down close TO US, ana
another quickly followed The Off
Ger then saw il was time 10 go, and
gave the order to retire II was Whlle
retiring that I got the wound IN my
Private P. MoGlade writes from
Somewhere in France 10 his mother
we were all beat up after four
days Of the hardest soldering you
ever dreamed Of am glad TO say
we accounted for our share Of the
German trash, who are poor lot when
il comes to a good square ruction IN
Germans Would Not Wait.
I'VE tried hard 10 get at them many
time but they would never wait Tor
US when they saw the bright bits OF
steel at the business end OF our rifles.
Some Of them sGuaI like the pigs on
killing day when they see the steel
ready.
Some Of them squeal like the pigs on
sleeping their last sleep in Belgium,
sons word for IL that for every son
OF Ireland who viii never come back,
there are at least three Germans who
viii never be heard of again Before
leaving Belgium we arranged with
priest to have masses said for the souls
of our dead, and we scraped together
what odd mOEey We had, but his rev.
erenCe would not hear Of It. taking
our money for prayers Tor the repose
Of the brave lads who had died so Tar
from the old land TO rid Belgian soil
Of the unmannerly German scrubs
when We got here we sang Paddles
EvermOre' till we were hoarse, and
then we were off to chapel to pray
for the souls Of the lads that are gone.
You will probably hear all sorts of
strange stories at home, but it's sure
you may be that we are all in good
heart and only want TO get at the
understand why Irishmen should fight
so hard for England. but that Just
shows how little they know about US"
Calls II @HeIlish.'
A West Kent man who fought in
wounded rear Namur said:
1T was something hellish. The Ger
mans only worked their artillery on
US They were afraid to get near US.
II they had done so they would have
got1 a good Shaping
Their rifle firing was simply rot
ten In one instance a party ap-
preached within 200 yards Of US. but
although we were If the open. with
no cover they couldn't hit US Our
artillery was as good as theirs, and
made hacks of them"
Like Shooting Habbits.s
A West eKnt man who fought in
South Africa. said:
The BOer war was a game Of shut
ties TO this. They came at US in great
masses It was like shooting rabbits,
only as fast as you shot one lot down
another came up. You couldn't help
hitting them
we had plerty Of time to take aim,
and If we weren't reaching Bisley
standard all tbs time, we must have
done a mighty lot Of execution As
for their rifle fire, they couldn't hit
a haystack- Some Of them fire from
their hips, and must have wasted
lot OF ammunition"
The German generals don't seem
TO mil o what price their men have 10
pay SO long as they can break through
our lines" said a young lancer who