Bisbee daily review., 1914-09-27

 an rules of war, were impregnable for an infantry assault.
 In this part of the fighting we have been assisted by the reckless valor or the Zouayes I have already described in previous dispatches the gallantry of this famous regiment but in the battle around Soissons yesterday they covered themselves with new glory They charged again and again under the most deadly fire and were sue cessful repeatedly in reaching the en- emys positions.
 German soldiers fled before them, but not until the trenches were filled with their dead slain Dy the long bay onets of the Frenchmen. who tossed them out of their pits as though we were haymaking' as one of them said when they returned with twisted and broken weapons
 One of them told me this morning
 They retired much more quickly than they came. Our guns were pounding them and our rifle fire laid them out in heaps. They could not get near us and after they had re- [ treated their dead and dying lay out 3 in the rain so that we were sorry for them
 Might Attack in Driving Rain F Allnight attacks are unnerying. and I on this night, when the wind was 3 bowling and the rain flashing down, our men needed all their courage. i Shrapnel was whistling down the - wind and many men fell, but the Ger ! mans could not turn ouF soldiers out b of their intrenched positions. Yesterday night after an apparent lull in the fighting the Germans made an attack under the cover of dark ness It was directed against the Eng , fish lines around Soisons from Chav- u igny and Naizyle-Chateau Gen. von 1 Kluck ordered a general advance of his infantry upon the foremost Brit ish lines of trenches, while his artil- r lery again searched the positions and /, endeavored to unnerve the men. ,fl The truth is that the German sol , dier in spite of his qualities of cour- ,, age which may not be lightly disre- . garded, has not proved himself as yet
 a match for either the French or Eng
 fish soldier in individual work He
 will sacrifice himself blindly and he
 knows how to die at the word of com } mand with pitiful obedience, but he 1 is poor fighter with the bayonet and
 in open order without the immediate . supportQf his quic&-hrers. " Unfortunately, the German artillery ' has been very effective during the ' present battle in the neIghborhood of lS Soissons.
 As soon as one of our men puts U his head above the trenches" said a " soldier who had just left them for a '' spell, it is blown off by shrapnel We have to lie low and hug the earth"
 Big Guns Accurate
 Tho accuracy and rapidity with o which the German gunners find their ' range is quite remarkable. and is due " largely to the skilled work of their " aviators who indicate the positions ' by dropping scraps of paper and
 bombs, which act as smoke signals " The great 11-inch guns were particu larly distressing, owing to their for 5 midable projectiles and length ol ~, range and it was a joyful thing tc I the Allies gunners when three of ~ them were located yesterday and put
 out of action by successful rushes ol -, infantry
 m. The Germans had to retire from the ftt a
 this heavy artillery, and ss it was i'm en- possible for them to shift the thret ua guns imbedded in cement, they aban t, doned them to us.
 One of the monsters however. stil ,,r remains, and its exact position ha, .s not yet been discovered. Yesterday i m. placed one of its huge shells close L, m. our headquarters with astounding pre- s. ciaion. and several of our staff off mn cers had very narrow escapes Head ,o. quarters was immediately shifted
 and none too soon, for within half al . hour fifty more shells dropped upol the same spot scattering destruction with internal effect.
 It is still true to say that may O the German shells burst before the
 reach the ground, so that the loss O
 life is not SO great as it would other
 wise be- Nevertheless they hay
 torn great holes in the hilsides an
 have taken a great toll of life.
 One Of the most tragic features Q
 the present fighting Is the awu
 plight of the wounded on both side
 owing to the deadly nail of shrapne
 lt is very difficult and in many case
 absolutely Impossible for ambulance
 to get into touch with casualties. s l that they lie on the field Of battl without help.
 lt is tragedy upon which do nc
 care to dwell and only one of the iI
 eyitable horrors of war. Yesterds
 one of the Allies field hospitals WA
 shelled by the Germans. and belor
 the wounded could be removed sever,
 Of them were killed outright. the staI
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