The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-10
FREED
FROM DREAD
OF UHLANS
kaiser's Daring HOrsemen
Driven Miles From
the Capital.
~ HAROLD ASHTON.
specioI correspondent Of THE Sun drd he
London "Doiiv Woes"


Specie, correspondent o, THE Sun and h'
London "Doiiv Nccs"
Special Cable DespatcA TO rHs Suy.
CREcY EN- BRIE, Sept. 8 tTuesday).-
We have good tidings to-day. The
German right Is on tho run, for
spell anyway. and Paris may breathe
again. The siege. II siege there Is to
be- is a long way of yet.
The other afternoon Uhlan raiders
were scampering through Chantilly and
a cavalry dash at - (name deletedD,
nearer still. was turned by a fine splash
OF daring by mere handful OF Eng
lish with two or three Maxims.
must say these German uhlans with
their fine mounts are splendid riders.
All are utterly fearless and are demons
for daring They ride and they ride.
poking here, there. everywhere. They
have been making moonlight raids for a
few nights back very near TO the city
gates and from what I know of their
tactics and their carelessness of the
consequences I should not have been
surprised TO mar the CldttcT VI tHciii
along the astonished boulevards.
But yesterday we changed all that.
They vanished and the roads around
Paris for many miles are now clear.
Food for the Fighting Men.
NV tourney through the silver dawn
this morning brought me unchallenged
and quite comfortably to the restful val
| ley Of the Grand NORM. Further and
further eastward l rode until at the
last full blaze OF noon ! saw ahead
white dust whrling at the end OF the
| ribbon OF road and, ye gods'-a string
of London general buses ripping along
stacked inside and out with yards OF
good French bread, bales OF cheeses'
quantities Of cabbages and various other
masses of comforting stun.
| Next a detachment Of French cavalry
was riding with loose rein. The long
tails of their splendid horses were fly
ing. "Good-by for the present. was the
message OF the cavalrymen to the city
far behind. All were speeding to the
northeast where. under a black. sullen
cloud trembling with heavens artillery
tumult OF another kind ragged.
We were not retreating this time.
Somewhere beyond the cloud pierced
now and again by livid streaks Of flame,
the German right was rolling back
A French officer Of the cuirassiers
rode M. He sped my civilian garb and
wanted to know my business. ] pulled
from my grimy shirt a small library of
passports and other vised documents.
The officer laughed merrily and shook
hands,
THE Anglais," said he. have come
along. It's all right. We have turned
them. We at last are chasing them.
This is our nrst stage TO Berlin" ON
he rode like whlrlwInd.
lie was glad and jolly and so were
the French Tommies as they swung
along, burnt black as cinders.
German Right Beaten Bach.
learned from these soldiers that
since yesterday the German right has
been driven twenty-five miles up the
valley of tn, Marine and is still retreat
Ing. Watching that significant cloud
ahead one could see IL plainly enough.
rode on, met Some T.hS,lsh 'sdit'iars
and then entered the Marine valley, The
village of ----- (namc deleted) was
still smoking--an aftermath OF last
nights battles A combined rush of
French and British cavalry had smashed
Into a patrol Of German cavalry and
utterly demolished them on the outskirts