The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-05
LEARNING TO SAY
TOP DOG NOW
MEANS TURN I'm TIDE HAS
COME AND THE WORST
IS BEHIND
CORRESPO ONDENT
AT THE FRONT
Says French and British Are El.
bow to Elbow Faeias che
Germans
tBy Associated Pres.)

/ tby Associated Pfe2.) 3 st.sSs }si
| Frederick Palmer. who Is at tho
! front In France for the Associated
4 Press. sends the following:
| BRITISH HIlADQuARTERS IN
FRANCE. via London, March l.-s-EoP
the first time accredited newpnaner
correspondents have been SLOWED "a
enter that zone where men In khaki.
speaking English, hold portion of
the allied lines s. q,
Where the trench crosses the road.
French and British are elbow 20 81
!! bow facing the Germans. FPonoEi
peasants and villagers are living afiil
working under shell FIRE. ..1ighbofs sS
the British guns, concealed from Gee3
man aaren!s:ssssss, which shake their,
houses sss they fire. s. g a.
One Is impressed with a immenl
sity OF the British resources, tho NUM-
Der OF motor trucks and the complate-
ness and thoroughness of all the
equipment. All food and All supplies
are hrought from England. while .tiie,
French sSops are thriving by gse,iiflk
English llixuries3 10 the troops,
The French are learning to- s,ay
top dog That expression was tie:
one most often heard the iifhe day the
correspondent arrived sat the frqat
from both officers and mon. ..Top tissi.
now says Tommy Atkins and the
generals. One gets ff 81 the broStl
| Scotch, IrIsh and Coclsisy accent alta
in broken Freiiels. Yt eesSS, ] Z 5,1
opinion that turn iii the klis haa
come and that the worst Is fjefilqie
The British artillery flre, which was
weaker early In ! the tcainpailti. I,0Vs
10 stronger ali along the line tliaa that
OF the GerreanE.
One might think frsSsi TIE stabilitq
OF all the appointments that the Bris-
ish had no expectation exeept FRO 4
bong war; yet the universal opinion ia
that the fall will see victory ard flae
end. 3 q
the aeropiane service, when it tg reaiss
fzed that The corps Is onIy tiiree s. yesssa ;
old. This is NOT due u stko sti1efjor
flying OF the British airineis. but to fSe
thoroughness Of their equipment and
mechanical department. ana the t,fo-
dignlity or the expenditure for ali nec-
essary assistance AIid RESOURCES
Everything but the actual 7ssanyifac.
ture OF the engines is being done At
the front. The British aviator seefis
keeIiy 20 enjoy the a.sneusess and sl..
chance TO chase an enemy machine.
The officiai medical corTa f3ipwed
the correspondent cfiaFts OF tho sick
ness among the sOidieFe which is sesa
than that among the stroOpn 1t holsle
despite the strain the men are under
when they take their turns in file
trenches. This Is due 60 the gfving 10.
the men OF all the Who'll oiesniiIe foosl
they can eat and plenty of sxeTcise
when they are out OF the trenches ana
enforcing all sanitary tekniatiSsss
with the strictest discipline. eks
Colonel Gorgas met flss health prob
lens on the Panama Canal. so We met 5
and conquered these III this kiria of
war;" medical corps oflices SAID. "A
brigadier general pointed ont places
where the positions on bath sides. iial
spite the attacks and counter attas
were the same as last October and
where there might as we'll have been
an understanding 70 rest Tor the
winter and start Ia the spring when
the ground has dried out Yet. tlssss.s::=sss..
dead from attacks lie between 4he
trenches. even close 10 the ara pets
the Germans will not aFfee 10, IA
armistice TO bury then, tho osicar
said
( One heard much IN EGG ara az tl,n
hate Of the Germans FIR the zliGjfkft.
but here At the front no II ts seefnliI *
ly is evidenced BY the British f,a
German hates ms tscntise w6 are kfto- 3
Ing 20 be: the top doc (, Tommy Atkins
says 81 8 :. IS, y
From the coraman1 nsehicf dcpn I.
sifnple living and tie antyicg kegniilf.s
we'll are rules rigid Iv "a fiutHed !. Field; s
Marahaf SIR John EFenen. the British
sognniandar. Secupies d hsnse.S ne rs 4
fuddy and alert and beari 40 sign 81 y
the strain of the last eight inonti.s.
His cfiieae is the lravsifk room. pinS
her ct headcrarte tine Hnis much
IKE the dinner Of the E:nRiibh mess III s.
England sthe talk 4 FtsnH "a I on ot her
subiects than the war. ae 4 rsiS1atioh
for the oilicers; ls Hard rs reailSH H
war ie DO riaa fkS.