The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-11


y FoF those four words the farnas
WAS agrssfed az eac~ sad transparFe.
9 e. Germany IS court prisoner.
spuld never learn what bseane O
hlm
The sarss svenlsaS We wwre trans
: ported in ausnnsahgles @nd ca the eve
I nsn- eE Aagnsf asT faFs. NE rpacheN
: nur Jesaehnsrt. which was shout 3
! mLfes frOm the R~fxinn city cf S~uss
: chaFvxa. The gsgtas2ng to whirA be-
! iaaSesi I'D aoe take part In any op-ra-
. ITEMS efgsr the ssn ~ TIsge aaa a-
f4aEsgartr1 q this raFg VI H~lsieza.
Nau isHgu sur tAe dEss tiAae box
asasy wzs the loss IN my cOEnrery L
re i-sss rgatfav. re sost ISL rre- N
dead and wpan1eG.
This rs-h. we sters IN an opxa Hs'1
Az ave o'eicck the nsxF ua0fa ax N@
nsrcAed again until four o'elock Ia
the afteEnoaas When we wsre given .
rest.
u WIS sheut ten osrlorx 10 the eve
ning when we received orders ~ Ad-
vance. We we're all ready 20 proceed
when another order came for Us 70 r.
rE4in AZ onr hsvoEae overnight Dur
ins 'As Right We beard laundering ct
sanuNn which hccarte more yfeienr.
The hatsfs OF >euve Chateau. which
had coutEnnea from August =. 10 Al
rusy -. 1914. had begun
Al four oTeioek On the morning Of
August - We resumed our march. AZ
Neave Cha,4ssu the French army bad
encountered the Fourth German army.
rlrss There Was. 80 always, mtnor cut
p"st and patrol lighting by and ~
larger masses OF troole participated. /
aud as We took our part la thu battle
On the evenSng of August -. the hsh. /
hass developed into oae Of the mor f
saHSainary of the world war.
When NE arrived the French occu-
pied almost thre~~c UarTsrs ~ the town.
he artillery had set the main part "
Neuys CAafeau on rre snd only the
oeaatlfui residence section In the west
srn part of the city escaped at thar
tine All nlghg long the houss-so-
house tghFsng continued. bur when az
uoon q August - the city was IN Ger.
man hands the enormous cost 10 the
Germans could finally - detsrulnsd-
Residences. cellars. streets and side
walks were hsaped with dead and
= wounded The houses were In ruins
empty shells. In which hardly snyghiu-
remained undamased that was % sny
real value Thousands became beg
ears To on terrible night. Wemsn aud
shildrsn- soldiers and citizens were ly-
n< where the psftlsss shells and hul.
efs aad buried them from life into
ieath's dark void TrUe lmpar..allty
'eiSned In the killing. There was
iiesSiah wouan lying rexr 70 4 Belgian
'1by which she had borne fr8m house
q street. Close BY lay a man q IN.
'srtala years before an empty haaSs.
Both his legs we're burned 70 the
inees- His wife lay cn his brsast snI
.'iaosd 50 risif9lly that her grief COULD
iot be s1dnret- Most az the dad
'ere eatiFely cr partly burned The
riss "a sxoay os the animals rzhtns
11nsratioe were mixed With the
Toans ssd sohhlnE cf the wounded.
But 10 ons h.- time 20 bother with
nem- The French were makin< an
sher stand outside the city ia an open
ED As the enemy vacated the town
- Germans made an error which cost
aen hundreds of lives. They had o.
upte1 The ecrire town 50 quickly ina;
1e German artillery which shslle,i a
arr q the city id not know q the
lanSe In the struarica aud threw
bells into the ranks cc rha Infantry.
in1liy our soldiers were compelled TO
sc up some 81 their gains By the
-essure os cur own ss will - the
reach IRE. but rsSainei this Sruuad
ferEsrts. Strangely enough. the u
sitence seCtioa previously rleafionsd Q
u not suffered seriously. All the 4
'usss few the Red crpss .ai were
I'd as temporary h0<2'tsiS a
Here Il vas reported tka. Pel-saas a
ltilated German soldiers. Whether p
s were trre. o. only a ruunor. similar dl
others oeiaS constantly started by q
ruan srid-erS c.naos say. but -
know tsat q Ar-rs. -. .stsr the n
ench hai retired. Il vas made m
Own thro-Sh an army crdsr that a.
ruan SELLERS tai bssn murdered =
re. and thst the Gs-rnra army cousd II
leave the scene - these ocrra<es or
'hc1t 6rst sveuginz the victims =
L Ms ortsrsd ~ the csmmarses n
the army - Level the rerrriu8er % v
city AMI - show no mercy. Aswe ~
4 shcrt rest from or prrsui- of n
eoszy aa1 isoked hackvsrd ciouts 81
smoke TO tks eastward showed that -
order hsd heea exscufed. A - q
ioing battery q srtf,isry ksd - -
'et the cty 70 sshe~-
-fe Frenrh had made . s-snf oat- ~
> the city and resisted ~ TIE IT II
= but they vHre ournrrhersi II n.
: sizriy Impossible - resist r. -
ssrr> of rhe Gs-rirn var --rhfne- N
sn fh= German columns. -ftk fret -
cnetx attached 70 the arcnmraul-
y - their hiood-curtun- yeI1s p
n. Ike th>ir s-<-l. renerrstes 10 ar
ksns. they ressuhf-t n every r. on
r Azerics, Indians eolnx irts a.
\ tinxinx themselves with h'on1- a
Ing ysiis upca their eseni-< ne
= q th-se-Aour fsht rnsny Frenck- nj
gave themselves NJ ss prisocerx ccs