The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-06
FRENCH SOLDIERS ARE ANGRY
AT THE CONTINUED RETREATS

London, Sept. 5.--The correspondent
Of the Reuter- Telegram Company at
F'crrieres, a town near Paris, sends the
following:
oar men, though cheerful, are an
cry at the continued retreat. They
don't understand the necessity for Il.
They are all amazed at the amending
numbers of Germans. They say: the
more you kill Of them. the more there
are Of them, but II we ever get them
in the open It's good night
The fighting along the lire of the
German advance has peen incessart
and desperate. I sold horse the eth
er day to an officer Of Ora goons.
showed him the only horse I had for
sale with the warning that the ami
NAL was not in the best condition.
Hang It, said the officer, he will
last four days. and that's about my
avera ge since the war began lie had
already had four horses shot under
him.
The war Is very hard on the horses
and the condition OF some Of the poo"
beasts which I've seen passing south
ward toward Paris We uId better not
be described. Never heIess the army
is still fit in every sense of the word
and It's transport IS intact and fills
- road with a, column Of motor Yans
-ssai- six miles long.
-"-r.r soldiers are all right but the
..eopIe whom we pity are the thou
sands Of fugitives who have been swept
up and blown away by the marching
armies like chaf before the wind. The
country through which the armies
have passed is devastated. Dynanited
bridges and tunnels mark the retreat
Of the allies and blazing villages mark
the advance OF the Germans. The har-
vest is now almost In and the French
would do we'll to destroy the crops
themselves rather than leave it to the
enemy.
These nights Of full moon have rot
been wasted by the Germans who move
forward by night as we'll as by day.
Many kilometres have been gained on
the roads to Paris under the harvest
moon but for which the men would
have been sleeping.
That the Germans are in a great
hurry is evident. They advance re-
CARELESS of risks and sacrifices. crush
ing down resistance by the weight Of
numbers and carried forward by the
hope OF striking a mortal blow at the
western foe before the eastern enemy
Is at the gates OF Berlin. The speed
at which they advance IS the cause
Of constant wonder to the people who
know tho country and the distances.
AT a village which was full OF
troops a few days ago, no attempt Was
made to halt them. The allies troops
fell back and save for rear guard &C
tions, the Germans seemingly marched
from LaFere to the lines Of Ports I'M
opposed.
The march Of the German right on
Paris is notable for its straight course
as we'll as its cyclonic speed and force.
Leaving Lille, Arras, Amiens and
Beauv1s untouched, they have marched
like an arrows flight. deviating neither
to the right nor the left. The official
military map Of military operations
shows the area Of the German ope-
rations moving southwark in a line
from Lille to Compeigne, a line which
Is almost automatically straight.
West Of that line the Germans prac-
tically have not been seen.
AT Beauvis where I stopped this
morning the town and country side
were wrapped in infinite peace. Two
stray Uhlans had been captured there
a few days ago. but otherwise no en-
envy had put in an appearance. The