The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-10-09

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-hy khis n "A not inplssa skas thsar
srtiiiesy hre " ~ xeo& u u Ha.srs
than kocd-it n esesIisHt 81 ne
nriitsA soldier Il als,cals rsrzaa Is
impFe=s ~ dspress. sven hy sHansns@
shelis hiisd WIN ! Afxh sapsassvs.
whsee dssnnaia wish ssrriAe vsaIszsss
and term craiers large ssoagA l. az
90 srssss for eve Aarsra
sseN 70 German Skelss1
The German howitser sheiss ara
from eight 10 nsne Inchns 'in calsher.
and On impact sAey send ap coiasnns
Of greasy black smeka On sseonns
Of this they are ssTevereniiy dubbed
coal hnxes' black Marias or Jack
JohHs0ns' by the soldiers.
Men who take things In thEs spsrsf
are. u seems. likely to throw cut the
calculations based on loss Of morale
30 carefully framed by the German
military philosophers.
"A ccnsIdesahie amount Of tuterna,
ton has been cleaned frum prisoaera
II has been gathered that our bonn
bardment on the fifteenth produced a
great impression. Tha opinion also In
reported that our Infantry makes such
good usa Of the ground that the Ger.
man companies are dscimatad BY our
ride IRE before the soldier can be-
seen.
From an osy!ciAi diary captured BIZ
the First army corps II appears that
one Of the German eorps contains az
extraordinary mixture OF units. II the
composition OF the other corps In sim.
liar II may be assumed that the pras,
emit efficiency OF the enemy's forces IL
In no way comparable with what Il
was when the war commenced,
Germans Lose Many oftieers.
The losses In otfieeis are noted m
having been especially severe. A bri-
EAde 10 stated to be commanded by
major; some companies Of foot guards
by one.year volunteers, while after the
battle OF Montmirail one regiment lost
tifty-nve out OF sixty officers.
The prisoners recently captured APP
preciats the fact that the march on
Paris has failed. and that their forces
ars retreating, but state that the OBJ.
ject Of this movement IN explained
by the officers as being 70 withdraw
into closer touch with tho supports
which have stayed too far In the rear.
The officers are also endeayoring
to encourage the troops by telling
them that they will be at home by
Christmas. A large number OF the
men believe that they are beaten.
Among the items OF news are the
following; Recently pilot aud OBJ
server OF the Royal Flying corps were
forced BY breakage In their aero
plane to descend In the enemys lines.
The pilot managed to pancake his ma.
chine down to earth and the two e.
capped into some thick underground In
the woodA
The enemy came up and seised and
smashed the machine, but did not
search for our men with much zeak
Ths latter lay hid till dark and then
found their way to the Aisne, across
which they swan, reaching camp In
safety but bsretooted
Numerous floating bridges have by
now been thrown across the Aiene and
some OF the permanent bridges have
been repaired under Are, On the
twentieth Lieutenant tname deleted)
OF Third signal corps. Royal Engineers,
was unfortunately drowned while at.
tempting TO swim across the river
with cable In order to open up fresh
telegraph communication on the north,
Telephone Aid to splea
Espionage Ia stu carried on By tho
enemy to considerable extent Rs-
Gently the suspicious OF some Of the
French troops were aroused by com.
ing across farm which the
horses had bern renfbvg6 After some
search they discovered a telephone
which was connected by an under
ground cable with the German lines.
and the owner Of the farm paid the
penalty In the usual way In war fur
hts treachery.
After some cases Of village fsxht |
ing. which occurred earlier In the war,
it was reported BY some OF our ON. !
GERS that the Germans had attempted !
to approach to cinse quarters by fore
ing prisoners tn march In front % !
them the Germans have recently re-
psated tho same trick on lArxse
scale against the French. ~ N ahswn
by the copy Of IN order issued ~ the
French oficiah. It Ii therein refvrrsA
to ~ = rsse. bat II that tsrm csn b
accepted II 10 . distinctly Illegal rusa
Charge rrleks to csrmana
psring 4 recent night attach To
order rseAs. the Germans drovS . e~a
unA u Treuch prisoners IN fruat II
them This action II to BE- h~ought to
the A0eiee Of all our troops. Il, IN
order 10 put them on their guard |
against sueh q dastard,y ruse,, ~ In
ORDER that every soldier may know
bow the Germans treat their prison.
ers Our troops must not forget that |
II they allow themselves 10 be taken
pvisoa~rs the Germans win not taii |
tn expose them 10 Preach hsllets'"
''Further evidence has now been col |