The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-31

~ TuE suns and me london Daily NdTS
War SerUice.
Special cable Despdtch to THE Sun
AMiESs. August 90 (Delayed).
This is IA pltiful story which have to
write-would to God It did not fall to
me to write it.-but the time for secrecy
is past Only by realizing what has
happened can We nerve ourselves for
the effort we m list make to retrieve 1t.
What you know in England may be
something like the truth. but write
with the Germans advancing inces-
sanity. while all the rest Of France be-
levcs that they are still held near the
frontier.
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was deleted by the censor)
The best hopes Of holding them lies
in the hourly expected arrival OF the
army from Alsace under Gen. Pau. who
so brilliantly retrieved the blunder at
Mulhouse (Muelhausen), but they are
reported 10 De IN great lorCe anu 81 iai
have carried all before them. partly by
sheer weight Of numbers, partly by the
deadly hail Of bullets from numberless
Maxim guns.
Just now an American Red Cross
volunteer inquired from the officer In
command here how he could motor to
Paris.
Take any road" was the reassuring
reply. you are covered by between
1000 and 1900 men" Just then a cap
tain Of dragons came in. He had
heard the question:
GHere again a paragraph has been
cut out by the censor)
The first inkling | had that the Ger
mans had penetrated so far into France
was this morning. on the road here
from Dieppe, in a village where n ban
ner inscribed. Honor TO the British
army" was hung across the road
met a column Of Royal Engineers with
pontoons which had been at tname OF
town deleteD. From some of the men
7 learned that orders had been received
that the British base was TO be shifted
with all possible speed to (name OF town
deleted).
The staff had left. the artillery had
left every one but the Royal Artillery
Marine Corps had left and they were
leaving.
Now there is only one possible ex-
PLANTATION OF this.
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by the censor)
They greeted me with smiles because
they saw that l was English.
Praises British Artillery.
"Your artillery saved us" they de-
clared. THE enemy came up early
Wednesday morning, outnumbering US
hugely. We had only territorials' men
between 80 and 40 years old
"In the nick of time your artillery
galloped into position and shelled the
Germans away. But for them we should
well we should not be here
What had happened to tname OF town
dclctedD since then they did not know.
but it must have fallen since the Ger
mans are well this side OF II.
While We talked We could hear guns
talking also along a parallel road near
~. An artillery train was passing on
its way TO the southeast toward (name
OF town deleted), between beaten. re-
treating troops and those who were
going fresh tn the front A threshing
machine was at work with busy group
" peasants about It. calmly going on
with the harvest as II there We're no
such thing as VAR.
Later | motored on the road to (name
OF town deleted). Here as on the
other road refugees were hurrying in
packed farm carts, riding on bicycles
driving in traps, anxious and fright
cned Several wagons full OF the
wounded passed. 4 motor car contain
/ ing two German prisoners flashed by.
/ could just see their helmets and
French soldiers with rifles between
/ their knees guarding them.
/ Tonight more prisoners came in. The
street was crowded. II stantiy cheering
and cries OF hatred tore the darkness.
then from the direction OF (name Of
town deleted) crawled long, slow mov
ing ammunition train.
How is It gong?" | inquired of a
friendly sergeant.
lie shrugged his shoulders,
There's a wounded officer ahead"