Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13
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-. baskets. filled with wicker
Two hcttIes of ChIantI wine, from
r'sss whIch peeped the white necks OF
amvns sus bottles, made up our supply
enantpsellns provisions when our party
q ree--.rondents set out for the Anglo
w front In Servla. True, indeed.
. lIsssr vas a small package for each man
...,,s eggs, cold beef with tiny paper
no''ss ss.s of salt and pepper-but these
/ faene small we we're able to carry them
Il our pockets
m. wos an italian scheme of provi-
in'' We had left to two italian Journal
s''"' ,swspaper man In Italy is always
R@,s,.naiiA-the task Of purchasing our
iooi supply.
a.. admit know. as we pulled out of the
..',,on on n rattly military train, that we
w. ~ roine forward to witness the be-
..sjre Of an Allied retreat. Before us
-. Krivolak, where the French had
s.ash, 40 long and so hard with their
~" and General Sarrail had told us
~, ve should see Krivolak and the
fshiing there.
before US was the British front, made
sp OF veterans who had gone through
=. bell.nro OF the Dardanelles. Before
y were all the thrilling things to see
tsat the war affords.
REACH DoURAN.
We got out of the train at little rail-
rad station on the shore OF Lake Dou-
=, and found ourselves in the midst
a. british troops. I've used the name of
a. lake. although before we started out
- were told that we must not mention
M names of places In our stories. But
r.ne days have changed all that. The
rulrarians have all these places now.
rs no secret.
An English captain met us.
'fIaye you automobiles for these corre-
rpndents3" asked our French lieutenant
guide.
aNot one," said the British officer,
,ss they want to ride on this load Of
hay," He pointed to a big automobile
truck half loaded with bales of English
hay
Into the truck We piled, with half
Dozen English TONNES giving us lifts.
lust as we started off they cried. imi-
ating London bus conductor: Marble
Arch. Holburn Circus, Bank, Elephant
and Castle"
II was a cockney's way of saying.
aGIcuston street only" or West Farms
express"
We hadn't seen sign of retreat The
4 British captain got onto fine horse and
h rode along beside us. The road skirted
the lake-a circle OF water three miles
aerbss-and scores of oddly dressed
Greek and Serbian peasants got out of
our way as we rolled along through the
mud. hugging our oblong seats of hay.
Everywhere were British Tommies, plod-
ding through the mud, riding heavy
dFaughi horses. sitting by roadside fires.
Great hsh in this lake" said the Brit
hhcaplain. riding up behind the motor
i Truck. Perch Country round here ia
nous for them. Having some for dinner
iaaisht In my mess"
These ducks ought to be good" said
one Of the party, pointing TO the reeds
xhsFe thousands of Sbirds fioatcd.
Not ducks" he said. Some sort of
fhekblrd. Don't know whether they're
god or not. Going TO try some of them
"a our mess tonight, too
Good horse you've got there"
Polo pony.O Splendid, Old standby.
hfn at Raneiagh many a time"
haneagh-and this wild Greek lake.
would be like taking a Piping Rock
hesse to Vera Cruz.
sun not a sign of the retreat that we
nsE anything about.
where is this hay going to?" some
me asked soldier.
we were loading 1t on a train. but we
I ihs car"
We might have known then-we did
can iater-that the hay was being
49sed back toward the Greek frontier
sep II away from the oncoming Bull
an The signs of retreat are so sure
aa 50 nnfailing that we might have
s-a The whole story of what we were
t9oa' 70 see Just In this one lot of baled
HOLLY DECORATIONS.
fi'en miles brought us TO a stack of
z+pas piled up along the road. There
- pyramids of filled sacks, rolls of
,ssd zpsd wire and heaps of the countless
AAss that help TO maze war. In the
entre Of this three-acre hodee-podge
- tent, and our first glimpse OF IL
1870 essu tnat II was decorated most elabo-
- H with hoiiy, the Christmas kind,
=. sntiy leaves and brigh. red berries.
Il A.n .n Tor the first time we noticed that
<s,,h sne rough, hilly country through
-. - we had passed was covered with
- shrub-like holly bushes, All
A.ezsh southern Serbia. throuKh Mace
a,s ana eastward, clear TO the Dar-
: sssss s. and Gallipoli, this holly grows
e'nmen as the sage brush of Texas.
ssss. s.s decorated tent stepped a tall,
& <zss IN Anslsh offieer, who came out TO
Hefe were ns,ot,o -
- landscape.
ut ~ yards from here we found
- z.pg 5ozen dead stin three months
eontinued the officer. acouldn't find
Il suaf'srs and got lost In the bliz-
E 49, sot charge Of these supplies. he
q the snow
Il "s automobile trucks were load
a. y goods while he talked one of
~ started of for the railroad station,
H. Ass away We might have known
49, al sna the tall young officer who was
ss.--.s, % Us about the snow and the
kzsxN, Eggs and the cold certainly did
-, u.tshat i this movement OF the sup
K ros. ~ me rear meant a retreat. But
xss sSsd the secret with his Chatting
t.<sk' 's,sasd has, II back with him into his
e ao.'- ss.lsy-eoyered y tent as we started
- ~n the road again.
b - Ft stage of our journey was made
.s.as 80 sash automobile ambulance. The
1.zT hss 50 near now that we could
2s s;ss9 ;ss9 bring. We began TO ascend
|hs hsi,sszns hsi,ls1sns mountain road. cut out of
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