Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-09-19
Correspondent Finds it a Task
To Get Meal East of
Paris
PEASANTS MINGLE
PITY WITH.PROFIT
They Supply Wounded Soldiers That
Have Money and Some Who Have
None.

| lcle'S correspondent IN the field tele-
graphs the following from Chateau
TERRY:
1--WE first realized yesterday in the
little town of Brie, which lies east OF
Paris, between the Seine and the
Marine, how difficult it is to get food in
the rear of two successive invasions.
AS in every other town in the region,
all shops were shut and nearly all the
houses. 1t was only after a long
search that we found an inn that could
give us lunch. There in a large room
with low beamed room and tiled floor
our stout landlady in blue cotton pro-
duced an excellent meal of melon,
mutton, macaroni and good, ripe
pears.
Dogs and cats sprawled around US
and a big bowl of roses spoke of Sc
renities that are now in general
eclipse. At neighboring table, a
group of peasants too old for active
service was discussing their griev-
ances.
AT railway crossing just out of
the town, we were blocked by train
of about a dozen big horse trucks and
two passenger carriages, carrying
wounded and prisoners to Paris
from the fighting lines in the north. 1t
had been gloomy morning and the
rain now fell in torrents. Nevertne-
less, the townspeople crowded up, and
for half an hour managed to conduct
satisfactory combination of profit
and pity by their supply of big fiat
loaves, bottles of wine, fruit, cigar
cites and jugs of water to those in the
train who had money and some who
had none.
One very old lady in white, with
little red cross on her forehead, turn
ed up to take advantage of the only op-
portunity ever likely to fall in her way.
There were about 300 German pris-
oners in the train. We got glimps IS
of them lying on straw upon the floor
in the dark interior of the big trucks.
got on the footboard and looked into
an open door of one wagon. Fifteen
men were stretched upon straw and
two soldiers stood guard over them,
rifles ill hand. They all seemed in an
extreme state of exhaustion Some
we're asleep; others were eating large
chunks of bread.
In the middle wagon a young sold
Ter who spoke French fairly we'll told
me the German losses during the hast
three days had been enormous, and
then, stopping suddenly, he said:
Would it be possible, sir, sir, to get
a little water for my fellows and my
self?
Certainly I replied, and a man
belonging to the station who was pass
ing with a jug said at once that he
would run and get some. The prisoner
thanked me and added with a sign,
They're very good fellows here
IN Gourchamp number Of houses
had been burned down and the neigh
boring fields showed that there had
been fighting there, but it was Courta-
con which presented the most grievous
spectacle, foF eighteen of two dozen
houses had been completely destroyed
by fire. The walls were partly stand
ing, but the floors and contents of the
rooms were completely burned under
the debris of roofs that had fallen.
In the little postoffice the tel9-
graphic and telephone instruments
had been smashed Just opposite is
a small building, including the May
or's Office and village school. The
building and outhouses were Uttered
with straw upon which the Uhlans had
, slept. In the Mayors office itself the
drawers and cupboards had been brok-
en- open and their contents scattered,
with remnants of meals, upon the