Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-10

Enemy Losses Heavy
The number of captured and slain
Germans is staggering. Prisoners al
ready filled the prepared cages to over
flowing, while dead Germans and dead
German horses strew the ground every
where.
Despite the fact the English, Scotch,
New Zealand, French and American
troops participating in the advance
have escaped with light losses.
Among the hundreds of German
dead, wherever the Americans rushed
forward, an unusual proportion were
found with only a single clear bullet
wound, bearing out admirably reports
of the remarkable use the Yanks made
of their rifles against the boche ma
chine gunners.
The youngsters were not too busy
shooting to take prisoners, however, as
is shown by the fact that 1850 men
and 80 officers were in the American
cage before noon and more were com
ing back.
Old People Rescued
They also took time to assist 80 old
men and women and some children to
escape from Mont Brehain to the rear
? These French townfOlk had been in the
hands of the Germans for four years
The Australians captured the town
three times before it stayed captured
In the meantime the citizens remained
in their cellars four days and nights
HWhan coD,a Auorioone ,,ooead thrnu oI
on their way to join comrades up in
front, they asked to be sent back
This was promptly done.
These French people made no com
plants of German cruelty. A French
officer, experienced in handling refu
gees explained discrepancies in stories
of enemy treatment of civilians by
saying it depends largely on khe per
sOnal character Of the German tewr
'commandane, who is an autocrat il
complete control.
Work of the Tanks
The tanks had one of the most sue
cessful days yesterday in their compar
atively brief military career. They
went forward in long zig tagging lines
crushing machine gun nests and meet
ing with only minimum Of disasters
Lieutenant Kohn of Washington, D
c., commanding a tank squadron will
all-Ameriean crews, said:
"We went straight through then
without bobble, There WASH t sin
gle hitch between the kickoff and tn,
goal.
"When left,' said Cannon Do
zicr Of Yorkville, Tenn, "the Germans
were running every way, ducking init
sagebrush holes. They didn't want t.
fight"
John Bunton of Greenville, S. G., ant
Charles freeman Of Anderson, S. Z.
confirmcd Dozier's statement.
A German officer in the prisoner
Sage of a certain American brigade
when asked why his soldiers ran, sigh
ed and said:
Soldiers Feel War Over
"German officers have hard tim
now. The men won't fight. The kais
er IS order of the day, telling us HI
wants peace, was read by the men whel
we received it day before yesterday
1t hasn t helped any. The war is over
80 far as we are concerned"
Another officer said he didn't sup
pose the allies would agree to peae
now. Asked why he thought that, h
replied that he "didn't know, jus
felt sure"
A third officer was greatly interest
ed in the peace proposal and wante'
all the details. He said the democratic
ing of Germany already is under way
but that he doubted if the people wan
10 dismiss the kaiser.
IT was a\great day in the air, no
only for the airplanes, but for propa
,gandists, who sent up hundreds of pa
per balloons, carrying messages to tn
German troops
The refugees from Mont Brehain re
hterated the valuable effect such lit