New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-06

..... aha tribune correspondent
,o,Aop Sent. 22.-The history. %,
chs the greatest of wars IS oSlhS ~ 49,
a. brief and unsatisfactory DuI'e,."s
-, tho front and by more OF 'es'
aa,noc,ed stories from war COZ
sDon6ents who are permitted 10 ~
skont IN motor cars some miles IN w
- Of tho armies engaged IN p"V''.'
~ for the personal touch, the AZ
-,osrbere of hand-to-hand conhlct anu
.t,,aI contact with the ughtlhs; onD
80, ,u~n 10 the letters OF the solHleIs
,t'r,seIvcs, many Of which are "pPe''-
the London newspapers. 49,.
.lc papers have announcer So,
tey will be glad TO PRINT letters - 20
officers and men. and they nav
cciycd some interesting reSu''s'
feature Of all these letters is tne NJ
depce they contain Of the 'nuo'liit,','s g..
Good bumor Of the British so'u'>''
who write them. ....,i,los
I'm the midst of all their troIpleS'
which are many. the men hhu 49,
sclvcs able to be hghthearted ahu
$50 .,o bost Of the savage enemy,
The long trecks and the bad weatheI,
Pcrbaps their attitude is guided oE u
dcsire 70 keep their loved ones a,
nome NIlttl va w.
even so II is remarkable. A.,
Tho French have commented on the
cbcorfuluess Of the British soldlcr'
whether he marches TO or from inc
line Of battle.
PaImcr.s Neuralgia Cure"
Here is the tale of the private MO
vas suffering from neuralgia as NC
lay i'm the trenches and who founI I"
most unusual cure. II IL told IN 10
ter from soldier TO his mo'hc' us
follows;
We're lust keeping at il in the same
old logging stvlc that always brings
us out on top. There's one chap J."
our company has got a ripping cure
for neuralgia. but he isn't golnS 10
take out patent. because it's 100
risky and might Kill the patient. GOOD
luck', ono Of the ingredients, and you
can't always he sure of that.
"Hc WAS living m the trenches 'h'
other dav. nearly mad with pam IN ms
face. when German she'll burst close
bv. Uc wasn't hit. but the explosion
knocked HIM scu~clesS for a hl;. VIC
ucurslcla's gone. says ne. when N'
came around And SOS s'N of your
mates. saws we. oh. crikcy. says f'.
HIS names Palmer. and that's Why
call the German shells now 'falihvI
Neuralgia Cure.
"Thev say here that YOU can "Wa"s
tell tine Germans who have never p''h
I'm action against us before. The ones
who know what 20 expect come up very
ringcrly. like men sneaking into the
vcstry Of a church to rob the collection
boxes. The new hands come across IN
"a fine. iaunty way until they get
vollev into them, and then they stare
up AZ the sky 10 see who's throwing
things at them. That Is, the ones VINO
arc able TO look up, for some OF mem
arc done for and have looked at the
sky for the last time.
Blown Up by Mines.
The story of a lance corporal OF the
Lincolnshire regiment, VINO was
wounded on the Marine, almost takes
one INTO tho trenches:
eft is not only on sea that the Ter
mans make use OF mines. They do IL
on land. Nearly all approaches 10
their trenches are mined for about two
hundred yards, and even one thousand
yards.
"One DAY an infantry battalion Of
ours. supported by French infantry
and cavalry. fought their way right
No 10 the crcmy's trenches and were
formed up for the last rush. when
suddenly the earth under them gave
way with q terrific explosion. aud nc