Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
DEAD SUPPORTED
BY DEAD HAVE NO
PLACE TO FALL
Terrible Scenes of Carnage
During Wild Flight of
Germans Told by Wound
ed French Soldier.
LONDON. Sept. 10.

LONDON, Sept. To-
The Germans fed like animals who
knew they had been cornered," is the
graphic description Of tile German retreat
given by an English correspondent. tele.
graphing from Melun, southeast of Paris
His story follows:
"I have just come from Orleans. where
the hospitals are full Of men. young men
and men IN the prime Of life who have
aid their youth and strength upon the
1lood-drenched altar Of freedom. I have
seen sights too horrible to speak Of
sights which cannot be described by one
who in the selfshness Of his own health.
tries to blot them from memory.
- have seen, too hcrJsm of the most
exalted kind by splendid women, whose
work of love and mercy is so great that
no praise ever can recomponse II,
"I lave travelled through dark forests
end witnessed hundreds OF lonely bly,
olacs. farm carts witg . couple Of goats
tntNor.d 10 the wheels, q team Of oxen
browsing nearby, and Tn" uea-aut and
his wife and children gathered about a
.lItie ire. I have seen women, faullshed
and terrified, fleeing across the long
stretches OF the country with their chill.
dren. Every mile held A. Invisible terror
fgr them
"I have just spoken with n soldier who
las returned wounded from the pursuit
that VIII go down in history along with
the terrible retreat from Moscow as one
OF the cTowning catastrophes OF the
world
This soldier speaking OF the German
retreat said to ne:
They fed like animals who knew they
had been cornered. Their retreat at times
seemed incredible to me. As We followed
them we found the roadWays for mile
after mile Uttered with guns. knapsscks
ana cartridge nelus, wnirh the Germans
had dropped SO as TO Tighten the load
they had 20 carry. We also found NaXims
and heavy cannon.
Ana along the roads we found piles
~ dead horses. stacks OF deal men. In
some of the fighting the Germans were
so close together that when the dead
ana wounded fell they formed little piles
around the living, and when others OF
the living were shot they had no place
10 fall The dead supported them and
the last 20 be shot remained standing on
their feet
The sights that met our eyes were
horrible and incred'nle-hcrrible beyond
the DOwer OF words 10 tell
Tremendous efforts have been made
10 bury the dead. but the task is a colos-
n
In day, To add 10 the horrors OF the
situation are the birds OF carrton. which
hover over the fields waiting a chance
"a swooD down and tear 10 pieces all
that is left now OF what was once an
army Of living breathing men In the
priu0e OF health.
"I have heard, too that ghoulz have
been 0neratInR among 'he dead rushing
tn the folds where the dec dWe and ak
Ing from the clothes ~ tho dead all
the va'uah'es that NAV ha therein.
I'm TIE viIages the load End w0undad
make an endless multitude Doctors and
nurses are working ravsrlshIv reFcuing
dead, and then thew try hard 10 bring
fhev have rescued Thew care lust as
tenderly for the wounded Germans as
thev - FOR those Of France ard Frv'and
Wherever a wounded soldier is FounS
he Is at once given first aid 10 the in
'ured Amhulances. moving from over
l"o different nO'rts them cs rFv the wound
ed back 10 their Temporary hospitals,
from which big stans NJ nurses and doc
tors give them further aid
The bravery and the stoicisrn ~ the
wounded amazed me. I saw hundreds OF
them, some almost shot 10 pieces nfted
from tho ground into ~- r,,'~--~
Every move meant terrible agony 20
them. Yet none wlnceC
plained. The faces OF some were white
and drawn with pain. but thev never
uttered a word or protest Y M ovop
smiled through their sunehh passed
ls toks. and gra-f usy tf
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