Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-19

waerts!" Of the Germans or the "1n
avant! Of the French. It was the
wolf-like "Ah-lahi Ah-lah!" Of the
Counters.
Do you remember the Sahara battle
pictures of Iiem7 The prints were
popular few years ago. Clouds of
gorgeous color rolling through mists
Of, gold and bluo-Arab horsemen
charging over the sand. Well. Gou-
niiers are something like that. They
Two thousand ana fourteen Of them,
tall young boys, black-bearded cham
pions Of the desert. gray. hook-nosed
old men, loved war 80 much they glad
ly loft tho sunny market places OF
Algiers and Oran, saddled their Arab
steede, took their fine new French
rifles and came to fight the French
mans battles
Imagine Them Amid Factories.
1t Will need another palette than
have resulted. Imagine these African
riders Gathering over the cobbles Of
Lille or grimy Lens. between endless
rows Of factories and the gray brick
cottages of the workers. On the misty
rolling battlefields Of. Artois and Pi-
cafdy. what . contrast!
Last evening. at the hour of the
aperltif, met, In q soldier-crowded
cafe Of the town, a beer agent whose
face was smeared with scabs. In the
thick of the war he had been making
q business trip. now by train, now
cart. now on foot; to Boulogne. CaiaiR
Roubaix and lille.
In the last town German aero.
plane dropped bombs. Splintered
board and brick showered my ac-
quaintance, bloodying his face.
Rush to Leave the City.
At Z p. m. evacuation Of all able
bodied males was ordered. that they
might not be seized ana sent to Ger
way Of escort through the cannon
shaken night, 400 Goumiersi
"A sight never to be forgotten, mon.
sieur," said my friend the beer agents
IA historic night! walked with the
rest. Every explosion on the neigh
boring hills plucked our nerves like
fiddle strinss We were dead wit
weariness, yet dare net rest. It was
so dark We could hardly see each
other.
9 'sThsn suddenly through the nigh,
came . yelling Of fends-yes, mon
sieur. . yelling Of devils in hell. What
= panic! Which way to turn! Y
ran back! We ran forward, W
stood still and huddled close.
The Germans! The Germans arc
coming! Uhlans. uhlans.' This wor.
ran down the miserable line. leavin
despair in its wake-paralysis Neve,
have I lived such q moment. Instant.
" expected to hear the clatter Of
troops, to feel lnyself spitted on
lancet
; "And then I did hear troops, am
again that ye1link Of hends: Allah:
.A1lah!' Saints OF heaven!' It was IT,
Goumier4.
Gick Cioumiers I'm Troop Train.
Today in the crowded railway sta
tion Of q junction near 'Amtens I saw
troop train, pnll In. Al the doors Of
the box cars turbaned heads appeared
Thsy were Counters who had SUI
cumbed to the damp riEors Of
northern autumn and were feturnin'
to rHcuperate in an army base /,
southern France.
A they had refused to be separate.
from their beloved companions, the
horses. the boasts vert being sent
back. too. .s.tj ..ge
Cfheity stamped on Noble Face. 4
Instantly Q crowd gathered abou
the men. They were OF all ases, from
b4AfdleSs youths to .Eraybeafda Or
% them seemed to be typical. and h
riveted my attention. He was to!
straiaht, dlKnined. He wore Re
notocco boots. . blue robs ana
fbu1gitg wiltte he. dhrAas bound about
With coarse broad cord.