Gilpin observer., 1914-10-15
BY GEORGE DUFRESNE.
international News Service.

Paris.-The stream Of wounded from
the battlefields Of the Marne and the
Ourcq is being directed past Paris to
hospitals in the rear. for the obvious
reason that until 1t is quite certain
that Paris will not have to defend her
self against attack it would be unwise
to fill the ample hospital accommoda-
tion OF the capital
In the American hospital only 55 OF
those 500 beds are occupied. l came
across a soldier of the Sixth dragons.
suffering from bullet wound in the
hip that he got at Compiegne. The
night before the battle his squadron
was on outpost duty. Some firing had
been heard, and he rode ahead of the
squadron to see what was happening,
believing that French cavalry we're
engaged with the Germans close at
hand. He cantered along moonlit
road until suddenly in the shadow of
some trees he found himself in the
midst of group Of German horse
men. He had his carbine across the
neck of his horse and fired point blank
into the breast of a German trooper
with whose horse his own came into
collision. The German was as quick
with his weapon, and both men fell to
the ground, the German dead, the
British with a bullet through his hip.
An instant later the squadron came
Gathering up and cut the German de-
tachment. about thirty strong, to
pieces.
Has Strong Prejudice.
The British dragoon has seen things
which have given him strong preju-
dice against the enemy. In Belgian
village he saw the yet warm corpse of
peasant woman who had been struck
down by a uhlan's lance. The uhlans
were riding out of the village as the
British rode in, and the man who
killed the woman did so because she
could not or would not give him some
bread.
Once on patrol duty he came across
stationary motor car. In it were
| three French officers and lady, all
dead. all sitting in the position in
which they were when they died.
voliey had been poured into the car.
The lady's hand hung carelessly over
the side of the car, and the fingers
showed marks of rings which had been
roughly stripped of.
Our cavalrymen were. he added.
good deal pestered by the enemy's
aeroplanes during the retreat from
Mons. Whenever a German aeroplane
! appeared over a bivouac the order was
given to change camp, and weary men
\ and horses had to move further on.
| One man told In a voice from which
| the bitterness had not yet passed of a
breakfast lost in this way. The meal
almost assumed the proportions of
feast. Two geese and three hens he
and his mates had prepared for them
selves. and just when they we're ready
to take them from the fire the enemy
appeared in force. and the breakfast
had not only to be abandoned. but to
he abandoned to the Germans.
Tureos Best Patients.
or all the patients the best. say the
doctors. are the Turcos. There is no
init to the pain they can endure.
| Yesterday afternoon the parade of
.wo standards captured from the en-
amy was accepted by Parisians as a
| good augury for the success of their
arms.
The number Of French priests serv-
ing with the colors Is a good deal
larger than has been imagined. and it
is stated authoritatively today that as
many as 10000 priests are enrolled as
combatants. The departure OF the
cardinal archbishop OF Malines from
| n -; Ia,
night to a picturesque scene. The
archbishop was fully robed. and stood
on the platform surrounded by large
crowd OF priests and others who have
sympathized keenly with the Belgians
In their struggle. As the train left the
station he stood in the carriage bow
ing to those on the platform-an as
cetic figure of the Richelieu type, q
man OF dominant personality, with a
charm OF pose and expression that
made one realize how keenly his work
is appreciated by his countrymen in
Belgium
Loss Of Horses Appalling.
The wastage of horses during the
present war has admittedly been ap-
palling. At the ST. Lazare terminus
today ] met general with some 200
men of the Ninth French dragons.
They had no horses left and had
come to pickup some at present wait.
ing in Paris. They were then taking
an eastward-bound train as far as
Chateau Thierry. Their purpose was
TO harass the retreat OF the Germans.
who at this point In the firing line
are said 10 be utterly exhausted.
Whole sections OF them are being cap.
tured helpless after three sleepless
nights Even the sentries are asleep.
and every man capable OF doing so
has crept into barn or other shelter