Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-24
GERMAN OUTPOSTS
LACK PROVISIONS,
BRITISH DECLARE
Kaiser Commissariat made
quate, Official Press Bu-
reau States, But Praises In
vaders' Valor.
LONDON, Oct. "a.


The British troops are inspired by the
fact that they are advancing, and that
the enemy is giving way" says an Of
hcial narrative on the operations in
France, issued by the Government Press
Bureau today. This is a continuation of
the eye witness story dated October H.
the first part of which was issued yester-
day.
Despite the severe fighting and the wet
weather, says the story, the troops are
tit. The fact that We are advancing stead
lly' and that the enemy is giving way
has proved most welcome and inspiring
for those who experienced weeks of
monotony in the trenches, where they
had to endure continuous losses"
That the German commissariat is fail
ing to feed the Kaiser's forces properly
is indicated by the following statement
in the narrative:
prisoners state their advanced troops
are short of food and are exhausted
from continual outpost duty"
As to commissary conditions in the
British army, 1t is stated there is no
lack OF good food.
The report pays tribute to the fighting
qualities of the Germans. saying;
Many of the troops opposing us have
had only two months service. Some
men state that these men will not ex-
pose themselves in the trenches; never
theess the enemy on the front is fight
ing well and skillfully and is showing
considerable powers Of endurance"
The narrative then goes on to say:
The inhabitants of a small town we
recently occupied state that a large force
Of German cavalry was recently billeted
in the place, but retired rapidly on the
nights OF October Il and II. They had
GOo wounded and IS of these soldiers, who
We're in serious condition, We're left be-
hind. our troops found a letter in a
building showing that the Germans, con-
sisting of Bavarian cavalry had occu-
pied the place for eight days. They did
rot burn the town, but otherwise be-
haved in a way which merits the worst
that could he said about them.
Tho Germans generally contrive to re-
move their wounded and often bury their
dead before they retire from a position.
We found a number of the German
cavalry patrols wearing Belgian uniforms
This practice cannot be excused on the
ground that tnc Germans - K uniforms
OF their own. II is undoubtedly a ruse.
"On Wednesday a hostile acroplane was
brought down by rife and gun fire. Tine
observer in the aerOplane wore an Iron
Cross. which, he said, had been bestowed
upon him because he was the first to
drop n bomb upon Antwerp.
The tendency Of the Germans to rely
upon their splendid war materials with
which they have been So amply provided,
rather than upon the employment of
masses of men, becomes more marked"
the report says. There are now indca-
tions, however, that their supply OF ma
terials is not ineXhaustihle as was at
first thought The German forces are by
no means what they were when lighting
first began
Tho following incident OF the battle is
reoited
When a battery of German artillery
was retiring a British officer noticed a
wire hanging close 70 the trunk Of a tree
Looking upward he saw a German scout
seated amongst the branches. Both the
Englishman and the German fired a each
other simultaneously. The German fell
from the tree, alighting upon the Eng
lishmans head The British officer was
stunned and when he revived he found
that the shot from the Germans rifle
had carried away the peak of his cap and
that his uniform was saturated with the
Germans blood"