The Calumet news., 1914-10-01
Priest Declares World win fe
Staggered When It Learns Of
Price That Has Been Paid

sick at heart"
That was the way the Rev Faith
James nfauoy. who landed here ON TN
Mauretania. summed up the Europeai
war He knows far more about It thar
any one else who has so far , ne,
these shores lie acted as chaplain at
tached To Gen. Freuch's personal head
quarters and he recited story OF con.
nlet. Of men slain by the hundreds
that thrilled even skept.gaI ship new'
reporters.
Father Nallow is native Of Tren-
ton. y. ]. but has recently lived u
san Francisco He WAS I'm Londor
when the was began and ON Aus. n
was invited TO accompany the British
expedition TO France as Catholic
chaplain which he did.
We went into action on Aug. -
said the priest. "The men had been
chahng for action and they were GER
tainly glad when the orders came to
cut loose. The British left wing was
made up Of the crack regimeuts of the
British service They numbered prob
ably one hundred and nifty thousand
men.
1t was q terrible experience for me.
For the next two days We were fight
Ing continuously night and day. There
sc,.l.! g.. absolutely uncountable host
OF ~, Germans. As they swept down
on the British positions they were like
moving forest-al gray green and
hardly disCern!ble until wei within
rife range.
Bullet Kills -Four.
Imagine II you can the entire hori-
zon filed with swiftly moving mass
that al a distance bore no resemblance
to- human beings. As the mass moved
forward the shells from the prcat Ger
man held artillery rained over our
heads, exploding with concussion
that broke great holes in the air and
made It almost impossible for one TO
breathe Then with their bands play
ing them into action. and singing Die
wacht am Rhein." and other stirring
martisl airs. the Germans would charge
at top speed. Poor fellows. they never
had chance against our lines. The
British Were strongly entrenched all
along the front The Germans advanced
in solid masses. every company con-
tanning fully three hundred men. in
files five deep. As our rifles are the
best in the world and oar shots won
derfuly expert. the Germans were
doomed from the outset. Steadvinr
their rifles on the tons Of the trenches
the British fred az Will. They could
not miss. And as the Germans were
in massed formation every bullet found
not less than two marks and some
times three or four.
The poor fellows would 20 down
ike chan before a great fire Whole
companies would fau together
Slaughter with the rifles was varied
with organized killing with the cold
steel. The Germans persisted I'm their
attacks and the British rommanders
rushed their men forward with fixed
bayUnets II was hand to hand 6gbt-
ing with A vengeance. bYt invariably
the Ion-cr knife lavoret M the Rrft-
ish soldier prevailed and the enemy
would be compelled d, retreat in ais.
order"
Shell FIR. EH.etiv.
The German shell fire is tremendous
Il Is hard TO describe There 10 a small
hiH with r5mpan. ,f Rrit.sb soldiars
entrenched on H. A Gornap aviator
ses over their baads lie sfg,als. tho
range. A number of sb..f- a-, dro,-
ped. They explode T6a.r,u b,s die
appeared and I'm it. rr.rs Ia rro,,
hole filed with dead r,a, ,rrof,.
trenches have beep their Graves
"One notable tbipp abopi tb., mod
ern war is the large Dr,..rtior -,
wounded over the dead I'll. modern
rifles are humane have seen MANI,
men. wounded ip what ,rl.r..r.r,.
would have been considered vital spo,s
taken IN bospitaIs and ,e,,,rnod =, ,,,,
firing line I'm week.
After we had reached the line Of tho
Marne we began 10 advance And yyo
moved so fast the Germans we're nm
able To cover their tracks. As resul,
we were able To at a line on the ter
rible slaughter. Th- ground was Gov
cred with dead. British French and
Germans There had not been time
to bury them. And in an OF the houses