The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-11-18
TERRIBLE
r FIGHTING ON
WESTERN BATTLE LINE

(Associatcd Press Correspondence
Paris, nov. THE Aftcubl1tf 1f
Stockholm publishes "a letter from
German officer 90 a friend BOO sweden
giving the following impressions of ,u
engagement near ghalous duIi1r She
battle Of the Marine.
In the neIghhorhood Of Chlla1s D
took part Coo the most terrible UH.tIU
that ! have ever seen, was however.
az Iirgc. az Namur and 600 1uusuv
Since % was impossible fog OBJ
artillery Co. silence the French batter
les, we decided Go char'e, th.ukiu-
the French ana Eus'.sh would 1y ae-
fore the German hayouei. Che cEasr
ienCe proved that ldcl- Uu tHlt
subject were entirely erroneous.
TWO OF our cg.ments were H-lrr-
ed 20 axe tHe allies position Hy
storm The French. however Wcr.
ready 90 receive us and there 'nsufI
such "a butchery as never was seen In
this ~ any other war. 4 dota h-
ment of French concealed amoue che
trees threw themselves on us They
were mostly Tureos and Tog1tcs
strong devils against whom lt .s im
possible Go Eght q Zo11se. with "a
AAMH hN" tfNiN NHhfN. n" |Nf |L|. |.
formal thing that can bo described.
Savage cries OF pain and OF augnr
resoundcd through the wood. 4
great many men ZEN there a1d slfur-
atod the ground with blood soon mo
French artillery came into action and
is projectilcs completed The work cf
the hay0net our men scot "a retreat
at fun speed across the wood now Boz
flames Those who had escaped tho
bayonct fcll uader the rain of outlets
and lay burning In the thi,ss-s only
so men OF my rcgimcut returned. oi
the other only n came back, and ~
the "a survivors on were more COZ less
g%rioyously wounded.
Il followed the campaign il Man
ehuria, but ! think ln the course oi
the five first days OF the battle az the
Marine. more victims feil than were
counted ia the battles % MuAdon pud
OF L~iao-Yang.'
Another evidence OF the murdoraus
character Of the hghtiug in This oat-
tie b. furnished by q French soldier
letter published by the uepeehe dr
Toulouse we have been nghtIns fUr
three weeks to the east ef Ncrlua in
The region Of the Tournon. Gcn.CuIft
and Saint Mediel forests. be wrote.
We advance, but very slowly beclusc
the 'noches' tGcrWansl are strongly
ontrenChod For ten days we occu-
pied trenches only 400 yards from
theirs. and they did an hat Uas hu
manly possible 90 break through They.
charged as many az ten times a day
and a. night they Tried Go approach
hy creeping along he srouud. Hut
an their assaults were repealed with
Ereat slaughter; 5000 German bodies
were left In front 90 our trenches.
after every repuife each 81
men grahbcd two or three WauHers
with ammunition from the bodies oi
the dead and stood them ALONGSIDE il
the trenches. and hen the enemy
came back ne was received by Arc
from his weapons.
TO guard against SURPRISE ca uisht
We tool an the empty beef ans tied
them 90 a cord and piled them So that
when The Germans came creeping co..
ward our lines aud the cord was
touched. they made enough noise tn
give the aiarm ono nlsht Whom tnf
cans ratified. We replied with iWWc
date Yolleya ana there was no mosr
disturbance that night In tine morn
ms We counted ave hundred dead