Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-28
GERMANS LURE THE
FRENCH INT 0 OPEN
Teuton Division Attacks Much
Stronger Force and Then Retires'
with Enemy Following
RESULTS IN LORRAINE VICTORY
ust.er,s Men Attacked by
with Heavy Infantry Fire. nut
Il Goes over Their
Heads.
BY Edwin Emerson,
(staff Correspondent Of the World anu
Omaha Bee.)

(staff Correspondent OF the WORM '-
Omaha Bee.)
1Convrieht, Press publishing Coz
.,,rnrrsII sent. N.-During my trip 10
tbis CITY met member OF the DaVsi iN
S,n,d artillery, native of Hosenlenn'
,,,bo had been wounded in battle ne s"'e
me his impressions of his baptlsrn oi iiio
"After we had been traVehhs loi
hours and going in the direcuoh oi '"o
French frontier" he said we arrlNeu o.
Rieding. Sunday, August 3, ana theIe We
loft our train. This place is ten klolie
tors (about six miles) from the frehon
frortiar Not far distant is the Gernlan
town Of saarburg. From afar we coulu
hear the thunder of cannon
Can see Burning Town.
I'VE then went to saar-Aliderf and were
installed in rather good quarters Mon
day. August 10. we went through Saar-
bure. where the entire First regiment
had been assembled, and in the direction
OF the frontier. 1t was midnight wheh
We finally arrived at our DESTINATION
Cerev. France. and went into camp. The
burning of the town OF Blamont could
plainly be seen in the distance.
I'VE learned officially that our division
had the difficult task OF attacking
much stronger opponent Then we were
TO retire until we reached German terri
tory behind Saarburg, where II was IN
tended to give battle to the French with
the German army corps which had gain
cred there. This plan finally materialized
in the victorious battle in Lorraine. our
Bavarian division had lured the enemy.
Frenchmen shoot Too High
"In Cirey we were attacked by the
French with heavy infantry fire, which,
however, did US no harm. since the
Frenchmen shot entirely too high. The
shrieking and the whistling of the In
tantry bullets as they passed through
the trees was terrible, but NOBODY be-
longing to our battery was wounded.
Night set in and under the cover OF
darkness we were able to retire in the
direction Of the German frontier
The French followed us up, certain OF
victory. We retreated more and more
and recrossed the German frontier and
got into position behind Saarburg.
Lured Into open.
in the meantime many army corps
had been assembled with an artillery line
a kilometer long. The French had been
lured into the open field. August II the
cannon thundered along the entire line
until evening
August 10 our battery had to take up
a very much exposed position, where for
more than half an hour the shots rained
all over us. There ] received my slight
wound.
when / got to Stuttgart during the
! early part Of September there had just
arrived twenty-siX French cannon which
had been captured by the troops OF
/ Wurttenburg at Longwy. Since there
were no horses available, members Of the
! landwehr and landsturm dragged the can
non, which they had decorated with flow-
| ers, through the city amid the hurrahs
Of an overjoyed multitude. In the court
OF the castle where the cannon was
placed, the arrival of the king and queen
| and other members of the royal house
| hold was cheered enthusiastically Count
| Zeppelin was applauded,"