Evening journal., 1914-09-26
By The United Press.

slaughter In the world 8 hiSpoiy 10
going on behind that censorship cur
tain In France. When the world
learns OF the price that has been paid
II will be staggered. sick at heart
That was the way Rev. Father
James Malloy who landed here from
the Mauretania summed up the EURO
mean war. He knows far more ABOUT
IL than anyone else who mas SO Iar
reached these shores. For Two weeks
and five days Father Malloy was on
the actual firing line. He acted as
chaplain attached to General trenehs
personal headquarters aud he reclteu
story Of conflict, of men siam oy
the hundreds. that thrilled even skep-
teal ship news reporters.
Father Malloy is native OF Iren-
ton. n. J but has recently llNen I'D
San Francisco. He was IN LONDON
when the war began aud on August
II. was invited to accompany the Brit
ish expedition to France as Catho-
JIG chaplain, which he did.
"We sailed on August lS, said tne
priest. Il was assigned to the trans
port that carried Sir John French, the
commander of the British expedition.
There were 70 transports in the eN-
petition We landed at houiogne'
where we we're held for three days
Then we were sent to Mons to become
the left wing of the great French
army then moving north in the Ell
fort to relieve and aid the belgians
and prevent the taking Of Namur and
Brussels. The British expedition com
prised three army corps, with slr
John French In supreme command
and actively in command of the centre.
I'VE went into action on August
%. The men had been chahng for
action and they were certainly glad
> when the orders came to cut loose.
The British left wing was made up
of the crack regiments Of the British
service They numbered proDaDly
10000 men.
b 1T was terrible experience for
me. For the next two days we were
fghting continuously night and day.
= There seemed an absolutely uncount-
able host Of the Germans. AS they
r swept down on the British positions
y they were like a mo~ing forest-all
4, grey green and hardly discernible un-
a IN well within rife range.
Imagine If you caa, the entire
e horizon filled with a swiftly moving
d mass that at a distance bore no
resemblance to human beings. As
r the mass moved forward, the shells
l. from the great German field artillery
d rained over our heads, exploding with
Is a concussion that broke great holes
a in the air and made 1t almost inn
e possible for one to breathe. Then with
y their bands playing them into action
IN and singing Die Wacht Am Rhine and
D. other stirring martial airs the Ger
We mans would charge at top speed
Poor fellows, they never mad chance
Id against our lines. The British were
a. strongly entrenched all along the
lr. front. The Germans advanced IN
Is solid masses, every company contain
ey ing fully 800 men In files five deep
es AS our rifles are the best in tn
.ly world and our shots wonderfully ex
in pert. the Germans we're doomed fror
ch the outset Steadying their rifles o
I a the tops of the trenches the l)ritis
it fired at wiz They could not miss
lex And as the Germans were In mass
ng ed formation every bullet found nc
lad less than two marks and sometime
es. three or four.
lst "The poor fellows would go dow
Ter like chaff before a great FIRE. Who'll
lSE NOHlDHMAic WOuA0 AdAl lNHtAUNIs ~
nd wounded would squirm out of th
mt. masses OF the dead and try to go o
he and then II became necessary agai
ms to shoot them. The sights that l sa
as there showed me conclusively tn,
Ing this was not war, but a terrible hol,
ng caust and that the cost in human live
led would be almost impossible of con
i've prehension.
..,t tfCl,tttr1,t.r ,t.ttI. A.. ia.
ried with organized killing with Il
cold steel. The Germans persisted
lbi- their attacks and the British cor
e. manders rushed their men forwal
ADJ with fixed bayOnets IL was hand-t
hand fighting with a vengeance. b
invariably the longer knife bayon
- Of the British soldier prevailed al
the enemy would be compelled to I
treat in disorder
While the British were gaining
|, series of great successes the Fren
were being defeated on our RIG
They We're unable to hold the q,
mans and their rifle fire was alms
as bad as was that of the German
And finally the British we're order
to fall back in order that they mis-
not be enveloped by the Germans a
completely cut off. When the ord,
came the men were in almost OF
rebellion. Stalwart members of
Scotch and Irish regiments went
several points along the line the Bl
ish actually jumped from IN
trenches and charged the Germans
emphasize the fact that the Brit
ought not to retreat. But finally
officers went among the men and
planned TO them il had been arranl
beforehand for the British to
- back so the Germans might be lu
:, into trap. This explanation rene
D. ed hundreds Of times. finally sufiC
EH Where the British have an adv
E& tage is in their wonderful rifle I
E# something the Germans seem una
NH TO master.
EH The German shell fire is
MA mendous. 1t Is hard 70 descr
EM There is small hill with a G.
liz pany Of British soldiers entrenc
E1 on 1t. A German aviator flies &
Nt their heads He signals the ran
NH A number of shells are dropped. 7
RA explode, the hill has disappeared
HH in its place is great hoie filled ,
MH dead men. Their trenches have I
.MN their graves.
Sn4 "One notable thing about