The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-29

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thrapnel some OF those shot dead
Der % bodies that had accumulated
around them"
Asked az 20 BIS opinion OF the yalue
OF b German troops the officer said
Imperial Guard Shows Brasen
Their bravery L. wonderful -
pscially thai % ths imperial guard
which ala not finch before Tie mott
murderous IRE. on the other hand.
the morale % the French troops r.
splendid. They are not In the least
disheaTened By the temporary chack
and ! am convinced that n they arr
vel led they will achieve Nonder
The Rouen correspondent OF b
Daily Mall In a dispatch 90 bis paper
describes the arrival OF the Britisa
wounded and gives their stories OF
the hEht He says the cries of the
wounded were terrible. but not bar
rowing They. despite their wounds.
were not miserable. but instead dis.
played a cheerful stolcism.
They had all come from the nEht-
ing in the neighborhOod % Mons.
where two French army corps had
successfully held OF the enemy on
sunday and Monday. The British.
the correspondent says. had taken
the held Immediately upon their ar
rival after several DAYS march. They
arrived just In time 10 stem the Ger
mar onuIsh
Although sorely in need OF rest.
they behaved like fresh troops and
held their ground with splendid cour-
age. earning Gen. Jonre's warm
praise.
British Fight Without Trenches
Not many Of the British have bad
wounds. Many have only broken
down from the hard marching and will
be well again IN a few DAYS. Most OF
those who were able talked with pic
turesque profanity about their bad
luck One described how his regiment
ordered out Of Mons on Sunday morn
came under Ere Immediately.
They had no trenches or cover OF any
kind and were Obliged 20 lie down all
day n pop up their heads occasion
ally 10 FIRE. When night fell they did
their best 20 make trences.
Another British regiment was luck.
Ter. They were -entrenched ana al
though the Germans bombarded them
Tor nearly t~wenty-four hours. they had
very few casualties.
Another Of the British wounded
said:
We marched into Mons Sunday
about 10 o'clock IN the morning and
were Just about 20 be blIleted when
marching orders came and We were
on again. We were TO advance und.r
v OF artillery IRE. but the eneuv
was doing a bit OF artillery work. too
so we threw up trenches and snuggies
down TO wait for whatever might hap.
pen.
We did not wait long. The Ger.
man gunners were over a ridge two or
three miles IN front and their shells
came whistling around us. I got nv
baptism OF FIRE and al first did not Ike
II Fortunately most OF their shells
burst behind rs and did no harm. We
hought they might stop when q got
dark u they kept IL up as hard as
ever"
Business as Usual.
The correspondent OF the Daily
News telegraphing from Turcoing
Il visited Lille today. Wednesday
expected 20 find II occupied bv Ger.
as II was made an open town
abandoned b. the mayor and tho
local guards two days ago. Not 20
however. I found the mayor and The
local guards had returned. that The
and business had been esumod
and that the authorities were AVA.
the arrival OF the allied trooos
whom they expected shortly
The meaning OF this Is diTirult 20
from here. unless Il indicates
h a the allied armies have AGAIN
moved forward victoriously. But This
belief is difficult In view OF tber no.
ports OF hard lighting al Point.a-
Maroq. Marchiennes. and Cysoinr
would seem 20 indicate that
the Germans have advanced.
The town OF Turcoing ia quIet and
peaceful. although sunday Il was very
near D center % a storm The sams
be said OF the other peaceful
places through which 7 passed TO-DAY
such as Courtrai and Roebaf
10 - hard % realize how rapidtv
inc situation changes-how ouicsiv
this asst business moves and how
"'
Accustomed % Uhlans.
here on the French frontier the
tanolady OF "a little French inn. ola
me placldly, az she served lunch
hey killed four Germans just over
mere sunday and she ierked her
thumb over IN the direction ana
passed over the incident AZ n ID were
on every day occurrence She usu
not much Impressed with The HrhfI,r
Ehich had been going on an about re-
put vas eager 20 know how me Rrs.
SLAMS we're getting on in their march
toward berlin.
Everybody On this country De- Do
coming accustomed 90 the sieht Of
wandering bands OF Uhians come "a
Bonn are very polite and Kind and
gihers rude and rough These var.
l'rinE patrols OF Thlara are a pvrrIa
wen % Themselves Frpouarffr fflv
90 not know where they are huf tbav
iie1 on With apparent aimlesrnrs4
some curious JUNIORS are current
n me British lines. the Malls CORES
pendent saws one o. me roIiia-a f1ff
Nm thaf the Russians had reached
h.rl'n 1rd we're driving ere germnrs
on % fhe British lines. go that aa
can cruuple them no some IN fra
British soldiers are h.rhIr irr.tafeF
because hey iIi not zee enough rrrf
lnr one aaIf
hardly saU ri German. q came
on German irfanfrrman while
Harcl.1- through a village and he be-
ran Hm"LHM e. M. -