Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-10-09
FIGHT WITH ENERGY
Russian Troops Need Restrain
ING. Says an Officer.
CO into Battle Fearlegsiy. but Display
No pr0tallty--Ho~ They Routed
Stricken German
Battery


fetrcSTHd haze gua had au IN
fcrflrW alta Russian officer invalid.
cd home from East pFusaia
We we're apre from iha Arsi u tho
morale oi car soid.eFs ho said. "hat
this ~sT has opened our eyes. FOR all
that Usually Il IS The duty Of o..
beers 20 urge their troops % advance
20 victory what ne officers had to
d. however VISA 10 hold them back
b. tfair impefUous onelaughls 90 the
enemy The fact thar unlike Ia the
JapaBuae war. the met know what
thry ara lighting FOR seems 70 give
them The needed energy and dash.
What especially discovered Ia
our meu 10 this campaign IL the great
Improvement in initiative and indie
pendent thinking Our soldiers, too.
arc displaying an utter lack OF bra.
tally. have seen German prisoners
blue with terror at tho prospect OF
fortunes they had been taught 10 ex.
peci al our hands. and seen them
again after a few hours among our
inca with smiles OF confidence and
coutentment The attitude Of the Rus
sian soldiers toward Germans may be
described a. that Of good natured toll.
erAnce and mild contempt. the atti-
sade Of Eoodtempered Frown.up to
little ach0oibOy Sho badly miabe-
HAYES himself.
In the beginning OF AugEst We we're
sent cut 20 dislodge a German battery
from an intrenched position defended
b. infantry ! might say that Ia
spite % rumors 10 the contrary. my
experience Is that the fire OF the Ger
man artillery IL rather good They
ind their range rather quickly and
maintain a steady Gre Their mus
kctry AZ long range Is poor
"uur advance guard Of cavalry at
tackled tho cnemys trenches. German
artillery and rife FIRE played havoc
With them. bat nothing stopped them,
Tho nearer We got % the village Oc-
cupied By the Germans the weaker
became their resistance. They rallied
somewhat when wc approached With
in 200 PAGES. aud their artillery frs
b.came wollnlgh lntolerable TO us.
Their Infantry shot at va almost point
blank. b1t our men dld not finch.
Meanwhile a squadron OF our cav
airy boldly attacked the German hat
terry. surrounded Il aud la minute tho
issue NsA decided
Here Witnessed scene OF panic 1
the Ike Of which had never seen 4
In tho Japanese war. The Germans !
ran a. u driven BY prairie IRE. Not /
only ala the rank aud die throw down 4
their gines. but even the officers
showed every sign OF a panic AS they |
ran they fryerlshly unfastened their
sabers. helmets. tnnics--eyerythlnk
shlch hsmpercd them ia their Wild
career.
Ia a fcw minutes We entered tho
fillaxe. Here the Germans gave US
! haekhander firing al ia from win.
lows and cellars. when We had dis
,osed OF them the village presented =
appearance the whole pop
liation seemed 10 have led In cot
ages we found recently opened let
ers IN which the villagers had been
earned that n the Russians came
ione would be spared A few peas
nts whom We unearthed we're ter
OF stricken,
IL Il curious what our soldiers
hink Of the Germans. they think {
hem rather harmless and coarse com :
ades must say. however. that We 4
ave not experienced any OF those
herman atrocities OF which we heard !,
In all cases FOR which | can per.
onally souch. their losses we're conr
iiefabiy greater than ours"