The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-03
STREETS FILLED
WITH BODIES
OF THE SLAIN
Chartered 10 Taken and Retakon
Five Times IN Three
Days.
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London.-The Times cOrFespondent,
describing the aghting In and about
Charleroi. says:
Already Chartered has bsen CAP
tured and recaptured Ave times and
its streets are filled with slain.
Trench infantrymen, In describins
the ferocious street fighting. declared
the roads % damned with dead that
those killed remained standing up
whore they were shot. resting on their
1sad brothsr.
The first shell that crashed through
the railway station roof on Saturday
was the bsginning Of well-nourished
bombardmsot.
The Freoch troops made what
amounted to . medieval sortie. but
anding the enemy in much greater
forco than was expected were com.
Dsllsd to withdraw. and the bombard-
msnt continued releatlsssly.
when the Turcos (French-African
troopO. with Legendary bravsey. Dc.
bouched from the town With gallantfy.
which must surely live In history, they
actually charged . German battery,
bayonetinS the gunners. Their Losses.
It 10 feared. sxcssdsd those Of the
Hight brigade at Balaklava. for out Of
. battalion Of 500 Africans only 100
returned unscathsd.
oermaNe koep sa Advances.
Their bravery was. however. pow.
erisss asainst the German advance.
which crept foot By foot through the
outskirts Of the town to the heart ol
Chartered.
There. In the narrow streets OF
the town. the carnage was almost in
describable. Before the railway sta.
tion. In front Of which passes the
canal. for two hours the Germans
fought for the bridge.
Once they had captured II, aftsr .
heavy loss, the 0ermans gained
ground all along the ffns, mastering
SUCCESSFULLY the villages Of March
isnnes, LAndelis and Montignies. and
the country nearly - far - Walcourt.
Frsneh Fire On City.
Later IN the day the French artil-
leEy In its turn opened Are upoa ths
stricken town Of Chafieroi. The Ger.
mans in the earlier stages Of the On.
sagement had poured their shells upon
the upper town. Tho French artillery
now turned its hail Of shells upon the
lower portion Of the city.
Under the supporting hre OF their
artillery the French infantry advanced
slowly in the face Of stubborn resist.
ancs upon the town they had Just
evacuated. They retook several vii.
lages and became once again masters.
The last stand Of the French was
along the line between Thuin and
Mettet Both sides were completely
worn out. The next morning Mon
day. before dawn the French artillery
again bombarded Charleroi. Once
more the indefatigable troops Of
France swarmed down the slope to-
ward the lower town, recapturing the
villages Of Chatlet, Chatlet-Inou, Bout.
froix, Marchiennes and Couillet."
PraIsss English at Mons.
One of the railway station star at
F0lR0IcD, On tuC iGOuIlot OCt"Cou
France and Belgium. who saw some
Of the battle until he was ordered
away. told Of the scenes near Mons.
I'VE at Feignies." he said. began
to hear the artillery fire Saturday eve
ming. All night we listened to the
guns, and Sunday morning the wound
ed began to pass toward Maubeuge,
thirteen miles south of Mons. Shells
commenced to fall near the railroad
station near noon and we began to see
the English artillery taking positions
and serving their pieces with great
precision.
"As our train was about to leave
the station seven uhlans clattered into
the town. The people. thinking them
English. began to welcome them. when
a patrol Of French chasseurs galloped
UP and captured the Prussians."
BRITISH COOL IN BATTLE