Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-09-29
Graphic Side Lights on the
Great Armed Conflict
of the Nations.
"A "A ANY a graphic side light on the
IWH war in Europe is contained i'll

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paragraph here and there IN
the stories which get past the
wary censors. Some of the best OF
these are given here
Here are two instances of individual
French heroism:
In a village on the point Of occupa
ton by German cavalry Il French sol
der. the last of his regiment there
heard woman's cries. He turned
back. At that moment Il uhlan patro
entered the village. The soldier hid
behind IL door and then shot down the
first officer and then one of the sol
diers.
while the rest Of the patrol hest
tated. the soldier rushed out. seized the
officers riderless horse. swung himself
into the saddle and. hosting the WON
an behind him. rode off amid hail OF
bullets. Both reached the French lines
unscathed.
1.-The second act Of bravery cost the
hero his life. On the banks Of the Disc
a captain Of engineers had been order
ed to blow up a bridge in order to Gov
er the French retreat.
when a detachment Of the enemy
on the other side Of the bridge
the officer ordered his men back and
then himself. running forward. fred
the mine with his own hand, meeting
a death which he must have known to
be certain"
Spies Reckless Daring.
1.-THE German attempts are amazing
~ daring near Toulon. Attempt fol.
lows attempt with an incredible indif
ference to the sudden death which
follows capture" writes correspond
ent.
Zone Of the patrol thought he saw q
movement down among the vines on
the side Of deserted road and knew
that something was wrong. He i'm.
mediately gave hail. AS there was
no reply he fired two shots among the
vines. Some one gave a scream. and
the soldier ran up with his bayonet at
the ready
Three men jumped out from among
the vines. and one Of them fred twice
at him with revolver or automatic
pistol. He was not hit and went right
at them with his bayonet, firing again
as he ran. He killed one man. More
soldiers ran up. and they chased the
two men that were left down the de
serted road to the little bay. There
was small petrol launch close in
shore. Immediately afterward the
launch put her bow around and Went
out to sea.
Shot and Didn't Realize It.
"But that's not the most dramatic
part of this evenings business. 1t was
suspected that more men had come
ashore from the launch. A general
alarm was sent out Immediately. This
precaution was we'll justified. for two
men were caught trying to blow up
one of the railway bridges.
'These two men were given exactly
one minute to prepare themselves
They were showed against the pier OF
the bridge. and the firing party shot
them from so close distance that
one mans clothes caught fire. He
didn't seem to know that he was hit
ut first. for he started trying to put
out the places where his coat and vest
were burning. Then he went down
plump on the ground. The other man
died instantly.
when the German was trying tc
put out his burning clothes Just before
he slumned down he kept saying in
broken English mot German. mind
you: I will burn! will burn" He
seemed quite unable to realize he was
shot,"
Bold Deed by Forty Russians.
I'VE have heard so little of the meth
DDS of the Russian soldiery on the ac-
tual field" says the Petrograd CORE
spondent of the London Morning Post
that 1t IS delightful task to record
a gallant little feat on the Russian ex.
IRENE right when it had the Austro-
German forces on the move backward
Forty men of the so called regiment
Of scouts swan the Nistula and sue
ceeded in blowing up and setting fire
to an enormous quantity of stores. es.
pecially commissariat. of the retreating
armies
The Austrian river steamboats,. sew
enteen pontoons. eighteen barges laden
with stores. to say nothing of timber
for bridges. Il number of boats and
all kinds of military material were
destroyed by the smart piece of scout
ing work done in Il few hours.
This gallant act. evidently done I'M
der cover of darkness. was one of the
main causes of distress felt by the re-
treating Austro-Gernlans The artil
lery shelled and destroyed the rest of
their stores from the other bank of
the Vistula on the following day The
result is starvation of the whole army
who have devoured the emergency
three days rations each man carries -
Fought to the Last Man.
Field Marshal Sir John French. com
mander in chief Of the British eXpedi
tionary forces on the continent in ar
official report narrates interesting Incl
dents that occurred during the battle
OF the Marine
"On Sept. TO-" he reports. "a small
party under a noncommissioned officer
u-oc ont off opd c,rrOuD1o1 Aftor a