The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-12
RANKS ARE FILLED UP AS
ENEMIES ARE MOVED DOWN

ne StTtclS were SIreWn WIN DrOken
glass bottles and barbed wire was
coiled everywhere. The little place
is in hollow and one needed but
slight imagination to see the flaming
hell 1t could become at any moment.
1t was growing dark, and | sup
pose | have never before felt such an
urgent desire to leave a town.
The railway was still intact, but
two officials differed widely as to our
prospects of getting away. While
they argued we heard a mine blow up
and then the sound of guns. A friend
ly engine driver, who merely thought
he could get through" at length got
us away about eighteen miles south
east of the railway junction, which is
about thirty miles to the north OF
Paris, and we got into Paris by train
after midnight. We passed Creil,
which was then alive with English
soldiers.
Defense of Amiens Useless.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Mail says:
The capture of Amiens. which is the
capital of the department of the
Somme, 40 miles directly north Of
Paris, was made possible by the sue
cess of the Germans at Mereuil The
entry was not contested. The mayor,
after receiving a German envoy, an
nounced the surrender of the city and
urged the citizens to make no disturb
ance.
"The Germans went to the town
hall, where they hauled down the
French flag and hoisted the German
colors. The German troops began
entering the city about midday Mon
day. singing as they came: Die
Wacht am Rhine and Deutschland
Uber Allies
NO time was wasted, however, as
the orders were to move swiftly out
on the high road to Paris. Only a
few men were left to guard the city.
"When the Germans entered
Amiens the French retired to Pic.
quigny (eight miles northwest of
Amiens). They are reported to have
blown up the railway tunnel and to
have destroyed a large space along
the highway to the south with dyna
mite"
Praise for British Charge.
The Daily Mails correspondent be
hind the British lines describes the
charge of the Ninth lancers, which
occurred at an unnamed spot during
the recent series of tactical retreats
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Terrible havoc has been caused
in our ranks by shells from battery
of IL German guns posted inside q
fortress near the Belgian frontier.
st seemed impossible to silence
their fire until the Ninth lancers made
their attempt. riding straight at the
guns after debouching into the oper
and charging under hail of melinite
and lyddite.
Il have not been able to get re
liable figures as to the distance they
rode. but they reached their goal
Nothing could stop them. They
reached the guns, killed the gunners
and put the guns out of action. Then,
like their prototypes of Balaklava
they rode back.
Many Slain on Return.
"On the return they fell in greater
numbers still from the attack of other
German batteries posted at vantage
points around the valley.
Notable bayonet charges were
made at (name deleted) on Wednes-
day last. Several British infantry regi-
ments occupied an exposed position
around which the Germans gradually
circled, drawing the moose closer and
closer.
The Britishers decided to cut their
way through the Gordon. So the men
went at it, yelling and shouting, and
got through, although the German ar
tillery moved them down frightfully.
The German machine guns have
been tremendously effective in all en-
gagements thus far. Men who saw
the South African war say the hot
test firing there was childish COM
pared with what the British troops
have undergone since their arrival in
France. So far as | can learn thus
far the Germans have lost 26 of these
guns"
Tells of 5apaume Fight.
The Paris correspondent of the Mail
sends the following dispatch:
81 have just returned from Com
piegne. The English have left the
town. The bridges over the Disc
were blown up this (Monday) morn
ing. The Germans were expected
hourly.
one important section of the bat
tie which drove back the allies left
was fought at Bapaume Thursday and
Friday On Friday morning the Ger
mans brought up many machine guns
in dense fog, and in a six hours en-
gagement the French suffered severly.
"A British force Unexpectedly ar
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