Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
Cyclonic Speed and Force.

The march of the German right on
Paris Is notable for it's straight course
as we'll as its cyclonic speed and force.
Leaving Lille, Arras, Amiens and Beau
walls untouched they have marched like
an arrows flight, deviating neither to
the right nor the left The official mil
itary map of military operations shows
the area of German operations moving
south from Lille to Compiegne, a
line which is almost mathema tically
straight. West of that line the Germans
practically have not been seen.
AT Neauvals, where l stopped this
morning, the town and countryside
were wrapped in infinite peace. Two
stray Chlans had been captured there
rev days ago, but otherwise no
enemy had put in an appearance. The
trains now run no nearer than Gour-
nay-en- Bray, seventeen miles west Nv
north of Beauvais. but the road he,
tween the two places and thence to
Meru and Beaumont is clear, although
the enemy IS SO near. There was fight
ing at Ilermont two days ago. and the
occasionally at Beauvais The stron 2
french force which has been for q
long time posted along the river left
that place Tuesday
IN, IN an the towns along the road the
mopillzat1on of the French territorial
army is in full swing, and the trains ara
packed with reservists and recr,its
going to war or with fugitives fleeing
away from the war, ie
Suffer From Hunger and Thirst
Hunger. thirst and the suffering from
the heat are the lot of the fupitires in
the over-filled trains from Paris To the
coast. Even the cross-channeI steamers
are so packed it is hard to fill ones
lungs with sea air
The war is already giving birth to
numerous stories of unknown origin
which are spreading like folklore
legends. One of these is current fiction
that the French armies carry so-cal1ed
turpin powder. which is supposed TO
aspnSNlate Germans by companies and
by hatta,ions Another is the tale of the
alleged treachery of an officer of -
| He is supposed to have lied to his s,,
periors regarding the presence of Ger
mans IN AlSace. Whereupon he was sum-
MARTY shot by his own order as traitor.
\ Usually this officer is called a general
and sometimes the story teller gives his
name. At other times the story goes
| with the name of a famous French mill
/ tary AVIATOR
German Losses Estimated 400. 600.
! The Daily Mails correspondent at Gi.
sors. French town near Beauyais. estj.
mates the total losses of the allies a,
! 10000 and the losses of the Germans a,
100000. He says a moderate estimate OF
| the German losses places them at % De,
| cent at least.
| Sheer weight of numbers has pushed
! the Germans forward at the amaalns
! rate of twenty-five miles a day the cor
| respondent adds. The Germans have
shown no superiority in artillery or trans
port The rapidity of their advance ha:
| been due largely to their use of the auto
mobile for transportation.
! The British commissariat has nerfectef
| the following menu for each man on tn,
4 firing line:
| Daily, pound of bread, with chees,
| and jam; a pound and quarter of -ba
4 con, pound and quarter of beef Will
/ tea and rum: two ounces OF tobacc,
weekly.
| British Save German Aviators.
The correspondent of the Daily Tele
graph at Harwich sends an amplifie,
statement of the rescue of German ayia
tors by British submarine while en-
| gagged on patrol duty.
! The submarine was staaminy on TN
surface. thirty miles off the Germa,
island of Borkum. when it detected tn
aeroplane. drew alongside and took of
two men who were in an exhausted con
dition. The bombs they carried wer
thrown overheard. After the rescue tn
submarine rammed the aeroplane, whicl
sank.