Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-11-12
ON LAND AND SEA
EUROPEAN STRIFE
Wounded BritoR Wakes to
Find Himself Buried
In Pile of Dead.

rected with the aid of captive balloons
fastened to automobiles and constant
ly changing their positions"
When the Hindu Soldiers Charged.
A dispatch to the London Daily Tele-
graph, dated Northern France" re-
lates the first instance of the British
Indian troops coming into action.
1T was at La Bassee," says the dis
patch, when by great effort the
Germans carried the British trenches
and the position looked dangerous. An
avalanche of the enemy poured through.
evidently supposing that the way was
open to the coast. They had a rude
awakening.
'The supports of the British line
were the Indian troops, who had been
thirsting to prove their quality. 1t
was bayonet affair, and the German
advance was beaten and broken. The
Indians ran through them. using the
steel In their own workmanlike fash
ion and thrusting the foe back to re-
ceive the right and left fire of the Brit
ish infantry, who awaited their COM
ing.
"Not only did the Indians regain the
lost trenches, but they pursued the
enemy down the hill until their officers
thought it prudent to recall them"
Frenchwomen Give Blood.
An appeal was issued by the mill
tary medical authorities at Lyons for
volunteers for blood TRANSMISSION. 1t
said:
There are many wounded who are
so exhausted from loss of blood that
the only chance of saving their lives is
by prompt TRANSMISSION from the veins
Of healthy, strong, living man or wo-
man. Those who wish to offer their
blood for such transfusions are invit-
ed to give their names to the Hotel
Dieu"
Within a short time after the ap-
pearance of the notice 120 names of
volunteers had been registered, with
women appearing conspicuously in the
list which included all classes of So
ciety. So prompt was the response
that DR.. Carrel, pathologist. of the
Rockefeller institute and now head of
one of the Lyons hospitals, was able
to save several patients at once.
Alive In Pile of Dead.
A wounded British soldier tells a
story of an experience which recalls
the grim experience of Balzac's Colo
mel Chabert, and which also illustrates
the severity of the fighting.
This soldier said he remembered the
start Of fierce fight In the trenches.
Then his mind became a blank for
many hours. When he recovered his
senses it was morning, and he had an
awful feeling of sunocation. When he
tried to move he realized that he was
In a trench. buried beneath a pile of
German and British dead.
The enemy had retired temporarily
and eventually the soldier was able
to crawl to the next line Of trenches,
which were occupied by his comrades.
Then he was sent to the rear.
Having Awful Time, but Happy.
Lieutenant Thomas Of the Third
Cheshires writes friend he is having
an awful time-"about 1000 times
worse than the internal regions" His
grub is dog biscuits and bully beef; his
bed is the trenches and open fields; he
Is often in mud to his knees; the wealth
er is rotten. and II he gets out alive
he will be surprised. Yet he says, 81
am well and happy"
Back to Days Of Armor.
The Paris journal dInformation
states that the French infantry have
recently gained much ground in the
Argonne region through the use of
steel breastplates, which. though un-
able to resist point blank bullets, are
nevertheless impenetrable at range
which permits troops to pause before
the last rush with the bayonet.
The Journal de Rennes announces
that the Russian government decided
to adopt the breastplate at the out
break of the war and placed immense
orders with factory at st. Hilaire de
Harcouet which had the exclusive
manufacturing rights.
The French government also has
now ordered large quantities and has
released the reservists employed in the
factory, which is busy night and day.