Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-28
BRITISH RECEIVE
JOFFRE'S PRAISE
After Long March They Plunge
Into Thick of Battle
at Mons.
HEAR RUSSIANS DROVE
GERMANS OUT OF BERLIN
English Await lmpatientIy
kaiser's Driven" Army to
"crumpIe 1t Up"
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON. rug. 2S.-The Rouen cor
respondent of the Daily Mail in a
dispatch to his paper describes the
arrival of British wounded there and
gives their stories of the fight. He
says the appearance of the wounded
was terrible. but not narrowing. They
were, despite their wounds. not miser-
able but, instead displayed a cheerful
stoicism
They had all come from the fight in
the neighborhod of Mons, where two
French army corps had successfully
held off the enemy on Sunday and
Monday. The British, the CORE
ispondent says, had taken the field
Immediately upon their arrival. after
several days march. They arrived
just in time to stem the German on
rush.
Although sorey in need of rest.
they behave like fresh troops. and
held their ground with splendid cour-
age, earning General Joffres warm
praise.
Picturesauely Profane.
Not many of the British have bad
wounds. Many have only broken
down from the hard marching, and
Will be well again in few days. Most
OF those who were able talked with
picturesque profanity about their bad
luck. One described how his regi-
ment. ordered out of Mons on Sunday
morning, came under fire imme-
diately. They had no trenches or
cover of any kind. and were obliged
10 lie down all day and pop up their
heads occasionally to fire. When
night fell they did their best to make
trenches
Another British regiment was luck
Ter. They were entrenched, and al
though the Germans bombarded them
for nearly twenty-four hours they
had very few casualties.
Another of the British wounded
said I'VE marched into Mons sun
DAY about 10 III the morning and were
Just about to be billeted when march
ing orders came and we were off
again. We were to advance unoer
cover of artillery fire. but the enemy
was doing bit of artillery work, too
so we threw up trenches and snug
gled down to wait for whatever might
happen.
Didn't Have to Wait Long.
Eve did not wait long The Cow
man gunners were over 2 ridge two
or three miles in front, and their
shells came whistling around u.s.
got my baptism of fire, and at first
did not like it. Fortunately most of
their shells burst behind us and did
no harm. We thought they might
stop when it got dark, but they kept
1T up as hard as ever"
Some curious 'rumors are current
in the British lines. the Nails cor
respondent continues. One of the
soldiers told him, he says, that the
Russians had reached Berlin and
were driving the Germans on to the
British lines so that we can crum-
pie them up
Some of the British soldiers are
highly tirritated because they did not
see enough of lighting One said:
Il hardly saw a German. | came
on one German infantryman while
marching through village, and he
began talking to me, saying Yah.
YAH or something like that. What
did I do? I ran my bayonet through
him, and would do so again.
Opinions Differ to Gunnery.
There is much difference of opinion
among the Britishers as to the ac-
curacy Of the German gunnery. One
CT the soldiers said regarding this,
"They had bunch of their big
guns trained on the gas works at
Mons but they shot badly. II they
had shot straight Il would not be
here for we were posted right under
the big tank Shell after shell whizzed
overhead Every time they missed we
cheered, but each time we waited for
the next shot pretty anxiously"
A fusillier tolG the Mails cor
respondent of street fighting in col
liery town He said:
1T was mostly desultory fighting
but there was a stirring bayonet
charge by the British. The Germans
don't like that sort of thing. They