The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-14

line 81 Chautcau Thierry and Dor
mans. on the Name. our troops also
continued the pursuit on the north of
The latter river and after q consider
able amou1t Of lighting captured some
1900 prisoners. four guns, six machine
guns md NIFTY transport wagons.
MANY OF the enemy we're killed or
wounded and the numerous thick
woods which dot the country north OF
the Marine sre Allied with German
%struRelers. Most of them appear TO
have been without food for at least
two DAYS.
Indeed. IN this area of The OPERA
lions. the Germans seem Go be de-
motalized and Inclined to surrender
In small parties and the general sit
, uRtiou appears Co be most favorable
20 the allies.
Much brutal and sonsciess dam
age has been % a IN the villages ec-
cupied hy the enemy. Property has
been wa1tonly destroyed. pictures In
Chatcaus a v been ripped and houses
generally have been plllaged.
1T is stated on unimponchable au-
thority also that the Inhabitants AVE
been much 800 treated.
Interesting incidents have occur.
red during the fighting on the tenth
Of September part Of our second army
! corps advancing into tho norm. found
itself marching parallel with another
Infantry force at some little distance
away Al first II IA thought this was
another British unit. After some
time, however. 1t was discovered that
1t was "a body OF Germans r%ctrpating.
Measures were promptly taken To
head On tho enemy, who were sur
rounded and trapped Ia a sunken
road, whore over i00 men sur
rendered.
"On september 10 n small party
under a non-commissioned officer was
cut on and surrounded. After a des-
peratc resistance II WAS decided 60 go
on fighting To the end. Finally the
nOn-commissluned officer and one
man only were left. both OF them be-
ing wounded.
THE Germans came up and shout
d to them LAY down our arms.
The German commander, however,
~siRnalied 20 them 10 keep their arms
and then asked permission to shake
hands with the wounded non-com-
missioned officer. who was carried on
on his stretcher with his rifle 10y his
side.
THE arrival Of reinforcement and
the continued advance ave delighted
our troops, who are fun OF zeal and
anxious to press on.
zone OF the features OF the cam
paign on our side Is the success on-
tanned ny the royal flying corps. IN
regard TO The collection OF H.fJrmt'
ton. IL is impossible either To award
too much praise TO u adatprs ioi
the way they have carried OCT thell
duties or To- Oyerestimate 80 Valu, 81
the Intelligence collected, more as
p~eci0lly during the recent advances.
I'm due course certain examples o
what has bee effected may be spccl'
Ned and the far reaching nature 81
the results fully explained, but tina.
time has not arrived.
THAT the services OF our fiyinl
corps which has really been on trial
are fully appreciated 10y our allies 4
shown by tho following message iron
THE commander IN chief Of the Frenci
armies received September 9Th b.
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener:
The precision, exactitude an,
regularity OF the news brought In b.
It's members are evidence OF their per
feet organization and also Of the per
feet training Of the pilots and the OBJ
servers
"To give "a rough idea OF IN
amount Of work carried out. II is sur
ncient 20 mention that during "a per
Tod Of twenty days up Go the 10Th O
September "A daily average or NOR
than nine reconnaissance lights O
over 100 miles each has bcen main
tained."