Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-09-11

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FRENCH EESERvIsT SAYING GooDBY
es there were SalieS of humor in the
dialects of the various English. Irish
and Scotch counties. The cockney was
th"re with quips about Uncle Bill
and every lrishman who went into the
firing line wished he had money to buy
Il little Irish horse so that he might
take d slap ut the uhlans.'
"As for the cavalry. the officers de-
clare, their charges against the Ger
mans were superb. They charged as
berserks might have done. They gave
the uLlans the surprise Of their lives"
Heroes Of Gumbinnen.
The st Petersburg Novoe Vremya
publishes an account of what it terms
the memorable charge Of the Russian
cent fighting. in which the Russians
were victorious. 1t says:
THE Germans held position in a
small village from which they were
pouring murderous fire on the Rus
sian troops. Cavalry was ordered to
silence the guns. The first squadron
rode straight ut the battery, which. FIR
ing point blank. moved down the Rus
sian ranks, frightfully annihilating the
squadron. The second squadron fol-
lowed fast and would have shared
the same fate except that ut the crit
ical moment a third squadron rushed
on to the enemy from the flank, sa-
bered the gunners and routed the
whole German force"
Carnage at Altkirch.
A private, Jean Martin. invaded
home, tells lie Matin how the French
took Altkirch. In Lower Alsace. He
says:
after whole days of maneuvering
we came near Altkirch, commanded by
ridge Of the Vosges. We advanced
our regiment, being in the center, and
our artillery was blazing away.
when we reached the top we saw
at our feet a slope covered with cult
waited fields. At the foot of the decliv
ity We're station and town. What
descent that was in skirmishing order
among the potatoes and beets! What
music accompanied us! Bullets whis,
fling from all sides. Grand Dieux.
What whistling that was.
1--WE continued to advance under
hail Of bullets Then charge sounded
The whole brigade dashed forward
with bayonets fixed The enemy aban.
doned their positions and retired. That
evening we slept at Altkirch. my com
pany being In the cemetery"
Dramatic Farewells.
Something of the pity of wars part
ings Of families WAS brought home to
New York with the sailing Of the
French Line steamship France for
Havre with POO French and Swiss re.
servists and handful of French army
officers on theil way to the front from
South America. The pier echoed with
the wild abandon of Latin enthusiasm
and grief. Women chung to the necks
Of husbands and brothers leaving for
the homeland to fight against the Ger.
mans Children stood clinging at their
knees, staring dazcd!y about, while IA
ther and mother alternately caught
them up. pressing them to their
breasts Elsewhere young men. unmar.
ried, with silk French, Belgian and
Swiss flags, rushed about the pier,
cheering for the allied armies.
Near the gangway u handsome young
french reserve officer was supporting
his wife In his arms
II don't ask you to stay" she cried
in English, "but-oh. oh. Jean. come
back to mel"
He kissed her with set face. saying
nothing. and when the insistent bugles
summoned all passengers ashore he re-
leased her arms gently and then. turn
ing from her. plunged into the crowd
on the gangplank and was lost The
woman stood where she had been.
Presently the man appeared on the
first cabin deck. She moved to the
pier rail. and so the two stood until the
steamship took him away.
Oddities In the News.
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Eng.
lands manager. Is serving as com.
mander Of Il special squad OF forty vol
unterr policemen recruited from among
London Thespians. They are ON duty
from midnight to "A. N.
10 end hostile demonstrations Ger.
man woman shOpkeeper Of lslingtOn
married an Englishman. and Jenkins"
has replaced "HOggesbatt" above the
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