The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-09-29
GERMAN. RIFLE
! FIRE INFERIOR
TEUToN GENERALS DO NOT CARE
WHAT PRICE IN MEN THEY
PAY TO GAIN ADVANTAGE.
Western newspaper rniou News Service.

/ London.-A West Kent man, who
fought in South Africa, writes home:
The Boer war was a game of skit
ties to this. They came at us in
great masses 1t was like shooting
rabbits, only as fast as you shot one
lot down another came up You
could not help hitting them
We had plenty of time to take
aim. and if we weren't reaching Bis
ley standard all the time. we must
have done mighty lot of execution
As for their rifle fire they couldn't
hit a haystack Some of them fire
from their hips, and must have vast.
ed a lot of ammunition.
| The German generals don't seem
to mind what price their men have to
pay so long as they can break
through our lines" said young Ian
Ger, who received a sword cut in the
neck last Wednesday, "They were
cut down like ripe corn In harvest
time, but they didn't seem to mind 1t
at all. 1t was always on, and on
again, until they could stand it no
longer, and then others took their
places
They attached a lot of Importance
to massed artillery fire. and for hours
all their guns seemed to play on one
little spot of our line until the din and
the noise and the screeching of the
shells overhead becomes so terrible
that you feel as il it would be a re-
lief to cry out.
The effect on the nerves is terri
BILE, and | suppose it is intended to
shatter the nerves of our men Only
the strongest can stand it for long.
and most of us found ii best to stuff
our ears with cotton wool or tear up
our handkerchiefs for the same pur-
pose.
Noise seems to count for a lot
with the Germans, for their cavalry
have trick of laundering along in
a way that the horses hoofs make the
most awful din you ever heard giving
the impression that the whole cart,
is shaking beneath their tread. Added
to that there are the wild. uncanny
shouts which thew indulge in.
They are finding that it takes a
lot of shouting to shift the British
troops, and expect they will change
their tactics soon.
One Of the Cheshires. shot in both
legs. scoffed at the idea OF our men
being downcast by their task
you should have seen the mob OF
laughing. cheering comrades that saw
us off from camp Thursday" he
said. They weren't downhearted bv
long chalks. and if the Germans think
sll the fight has been knocked out OF
them they are making big mistake
There's plenty Of go in our lads yet"
England has every reason to be
proud of he" infantry" declared an ar
tilleryman. They fought like men
from first to last. and whoever saws
word against them lies. If you
want a testimonial from our Tommies
ask the German prisoners.
Our men fought their corner and
faced the hardshirs 81 active service
without murmur. and il they were
forced back by fearful odds, you can
take II from me that the Germans
weren't in any Tit state to boast after
tho fighting was finished"
Il never had ime to think" OK.
claimed Lancashire Fusilier. "The
Germans didn't give us much time for
that and we didn't want time, either.
We were so busy picking Off the
enemy.
THE last sight caught OF the Ger.
mans there was squadron of lancers
that had been caught in the open, and
had every one of their horses shot
down. They lay there behind a ram.
part of dead men and horses, doing
as much damage as they could with
their carbines, while our artillery and
infantry kept pouring lead INTO them
~0 '"st as they could. | guess they
hadn't much time for thinking,
either"
German Regiment AnnihiIated.
London.-"The French have sur
rounded and annihilated the 109th
regiment of German Reserves. says
the Basel correspondent of the Elk
change Telegraph Company. in 4 mes
sage sent by way of Rome.
Allied Fleets Bombard Austrians
Rome.-The fleets of Great Britain
and France are bombarding heavily
all the fortified Austrian positions in
the vicinity of Cattaro. in Dalmatia.