Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-15

Passing a. building in Glasgow,
where some of the Belgian refugees
were housed, tvs young girls were
overheard arguing about the language
of the guests. thus:
"a wish we'd been gettln' French
this yeAr; we'd been able tae spenss
tae the wee Bcieiana."
'fThcy widnu understand French,
for A heard they speak Flemish"
well A beard the Helglans speak
better French than ther dae In France
Just the same's we speak better Eng
iish than they dac in England"
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This story of Irish heroisu1 Is told
by trooper OF the Dragons, writing
home:
There was a man of ours who car
rled chum To n farmhouse under
fire, and when the retreat came got
left behind. A German patrol called
and found them. There were only the
two, one wounded. against n dozeIt
uhlans. BEHIND q barrier of furni-
ture they kept the Germans at bay.
woun1ing or killing half of them.
"The surviving Gormans made off
and brought n machine gun to the
house and threatened TO destroy t..
The two soldiers wefe not unmindful
of the kindness shown them by the
owners OF the farm, and rather than
bring loss on them or the Village they
rushed out. probably with some mad
idea of taking the gum
"Just over the threshold of tho door
they fell dead, their hlaod bespatter-
ing the walls Of the house.
The way In which the Russian sol
diers will risk their lives for compnr-
atively small Injuries is evidenced by
the following story. During the fight
ing In East Prussia a corporal asked
permission TO take n couple of his
comrades ana try to surprise one Of
the German. sconting patrols. When
lie returned ana reported that his eff
fort had. been successful. his Officer
hsNed why Ne had volunteered such
risky work tins corporal replied TINT
tho previous nisht q friend had re-
iIevcd II 'German officer of . GOOD
supply OF chloe iate and flask Of
brandy, and he wanted TO try his
luck" too.
And what did yougetga asked the
officer
The corporal grihned and showed
cigars.
An eye witness. d soldier who took
Alb eye witness, q soldier who took
part III that fearful siege. describes
his Impressions Of the slaughter near
Przeinssl:
"r6r fury of the Russians attack
was shown by examination Of the Int
tlefieid, The hodies OF .fsllen Rtis-
sians In the zoIc Of our obstaciss
formed gredt> pilcs many meters high.
II was D terrible siaht. was one .of
A squad accompanying the examining
II was too slekenihg 10 re-
pent- those masses ofsdead and dying
wounded men. The dead were not so
terrihle--,so sad to me as those
II was tho living. the writhingl
creatures In that mass Of humanity.
causing the plies OF flesh to quiver, ms
hose helpless Ones struggled feehiy
q escape"
The following Is an extract from a
letter sent by an Englishman in the
lar west OF Canada to his sister. He
Is an invalid. gone away for his health
but his letter shows what he feels ana
xhat he thinks Eng.ishmen should do,
II cannot fight for the mothermnd,
hut Can give OF my strength infthat |
Dther way, So do you attends this
matter for me and apply II to any
Eund or cause you deem worthy.
This Is our hnmeIand's day Of
great peril How wish I had the
might TO crush our enemy. l do not'|
ear for our empires ultimate safety, |
believing that We will mudile through 1
'nrnehow.''' a'-s~s ssAsss - -
Il am astonished though that so |
nanH suifnlaln man ahnnia- La Z. ard |