The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-10-09
Letters of German Soldiers
Paint Thrilling War Pictures

tN~,oDatcd Press Correspondcn,c)
Rotterdam. Sept IN uch of the
news .f 10, Nlr gets into Oh, German
press Iu th, form OF letters which of
ur,rs and @nriNate- at the front send
I'D. their families Written ny men
who ies.I.., what thry actually soc
and fo'. some strange mNturas 81
SENSATIONS experienced and actually
encountered result-ducumeuis OF
scr, ug appeal aud wide human inter-
rst one Of these appears ln the
E%ocluisoho Icituug o} september
/ 10Th.
"Irom q Wild French forest. On hn
anniversary - The battle OF sedan
J t~rli - trr best rrcrt|ass During
ilv last tw. DAYS we have again been
Hi The ,Ntr,me front, after Ve bad
1r'u given chance to rest up and
set ouough to eat OUT position i~ 90
ianrcroH- one, bcing we'll advanced
into the iruuch lines. and VI, are ODE
lig,d O." ngN. of many attacks on the
part of Ht enemy much superior boz
numbers
Nosterla. we fought from car's
morn.ug tHH late in the night. oppos-
ing Alpine chnsscurs and negroes
whose courage d would be foolish 90
question The woods here are very
extended auI cover "a ground which
is much ..uocn 1p They are 500
dons, that very often you DO not see
the cu'mf ntl Won are within co..
even 800 lI s Of him, and quite fre-
g|Ueutiy a, get 80 close to the ulaeNs
thut We .Hn look into their eyes.
We ar. greatly Indebted to the
color uf H9r uniform. Tho French
are constantly al "a disadvantage be-
cause uf their red pants and blue
oats Tho Alpine ChHHsours are fine
fellows and m German uniforms they
would mHIs "a good Appearances ln
thy French motel porter uniform mo-
body luu, smart. The ChussouTs
wear rcd blue knee 1rcerb-s. rIb-
BON Huttg,# long blue getaways. and
70 Hius rtI Prisoners without arms
make an H'car1ncc cog utter neglect
There HrD .%r.Eoncrs taken every day.
because fh. ordinary French soldier
I- only r.o ready 90 throw away his
arms. Wrs. hands up and shout
pardon
90 lt uaw one .u the afternoon,
ana $50 o.. We have not been dis
turncd. The dead are buried. and
1"W Wc arc lying under the trees cu-
lnFluE "a suell 90 quiet and the peace
of the forest. 1 have just finished
reading the newspapers To my worth
ies. and most Of them are taking a
little noon map. Everything about
uT i- peaceful The forest ls fragrant
with the smeil Of foliage aud pine
needles, and the sky laughs in d won.
derfui blue u is hard to halioYe thaI
this is 70 scene ON which men are
buichcrcd-the scene OF what ] saw
yesterday. but the dun thud and
thunder Of artillery in the distance
reminds me Of this"
Two days later h letter Is con.
tl1ued.
W. are out Of our position. Yes.
terday we began another advance and
attack ON ths enemy's positions ",
are stni boa me forest and so far ns
can ludEe from the map there are
seycrai riomefers Of 90 yet. par.
brush, part high growth.
This 81 dangerous territory Tor us
bccause The alternating strips of hiei
trees and new wood make b easy foi
ouf opponents 20 get the best Of us
The greatest caution IL necessarv an,
our advance is a matter ~ taking one
3 foot ~ round after another W,
q lnat advance goo meters n ther
a down for cover. Bullets begin 4,
chirP through the air. Hut ~ ~,