The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-06
BRITISH SOLDIERS
ANGRY AT RETREAT
Men in Best of Condition, but
Don't Understand Necessity
for Failing Back.
COUNTRY is DEVASTATED
Fighting Along Line Of German
Advance Is Incessant and
Desperate.
COUNTRY is DEVASTATED

LONDON September (o:5o'A. My
The correspondent of the Reuter- Tele-
gram Company at Fcrrieres. near Paris,
says:
our men. though cheerful, arc angry
at the continued retreat. They don't
understand the necessity for Ii. They
arc all amazed at the unendinE num-
bers of the Germans. They say: Tho
more YOU kill Of them, the more thero
are of them, but II we ever get them
In the open Its good night
The lighting along the line OF the
German advance has been inccassant
and desperate. / sold horse tho
other day to an officer OF dragoona
showed him the only horse / had
for sale with the warning that tho
animal was not In the best condition.
Hang it,. said the officer. he VIII
last four days, and that's about my
average since the war began. He had
already had four horses shot under
him.
! The war is very hard on the horses.
and the condition OF some OF the poor
beasts which I've seen passing south
ward toward Paris would better not
be described. Nevertheless the army
is still At in every sense of the word
g., and Its transport Is Intact. and f1lls
the road with column of mot vans
nearly six miles long.
The country through which tho
armies have passed is devastated.
Dynamited bridges and tunnels mark
| the retreat OF the allies. and blazing
| villages mark the advance of the Ger
NIGHT OF FULL. MOON
USED FOR ADVANCE
! The weather has been splendid.
These nights of full moon have not
been wasted by the Germans. who
move forward by night as well as by
day. Many Kilometres have been
1 gained on the road to Paris under the
/, harvest moon.
/ That the Germans are in great
! hurry Is evident. They advance re-
/ CARELESS OF risks and sacrifices. The
! speed At which their advance is the
| cause of constant wonder 10 people
| who know the country and tho dis
| tances
al village which was full OF
troops few days ago no attempt was
made TO halt them. Tie allies troops
i Tell back, and save for rr.tr guard
actions, the Germans seemingly
marched from IaFere to the lines OF
i'aris unopposed.
The march or the German right on
/ Parts IL notable for Its straight course.
As well rs Its cyclonic speed aud force.
! Leaving Lille. Arrns. Am.ens and Beau
vats untouched, they have marched
/. like an arrows flight.
4 In nil the towns along the road tho
4 mobilization or the French territorial
army is I'm full swing, and tile. trains
nrc packed with reservists and recruits
| going to war, or with fusitivcs fleeing
away from the war.
Hunger. thirst and the suffering
| from the heat are the lot of The fugi-
I tives In tho over-hllcd trains from
! Paris to tho coast. Even tn. cross
channel steamers are hacked 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 fic-
ton that the French armies carry 50
| called turpin powder, which is sup
/ posed to asphyxiate Germans BY com
! panies and battalions."