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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1914)
f 1 M,- l,l. J "juiuimiwmnjHw W." M U H'K 1 :" (i 9 RED OLOUD. NEBRASKA, CHIEF VffmjLrfti- , r tis n n A .W- A $?., &' f .- R. T ITANIC STRUGGLE AROUND AND MS TOLD (Special cable to "The Chicago Tribune" from a correspondent whose Information was obtained from Brit ish and French sources.) Houlogne. When tlio history of tho tremondouB struggle In tho neighbor hood of Mons and Chnrlerol a titanic combat lasting flvo days Is written the historian will pen perhaps tho most glorious chapter which has ever been or over will bo added to tho his tory of Hrltlsh and French arms. When In tho coiirso of tlmo wo aro ablo to weigh up nil tho features of that stupendous combat, In which wero lockod tho vast stern forces of Prus sian military autocracy and the pick of British and French military strength, tho forceB of freedom; when wo know tho gain and loss tho tragedy and hero Ism of It all, there will shlno rosplon dontly forth a stirring story of mar tial glory which will mako It matter but little which way tho advantage went. Gathers Story From Soldiers. From tho lips of those who took part in It, from tho wounded out of tho battle of giants, from tho refugees who flod from their blurred and black ened homesteads and their villages de voured by llro and shattered by shell, I havo during tho last two days heard enough to be ablo to pleco together tho story of a strugglo which dwarfs all the decisive battles of tho world. It was a fight against tho finest co horts of the kaiser, endeavoring to crush their way through the allies' lines by sheer weight of numbers, aid ed by all the strength of the artillery that could be brought into action. Meets the British Wounded. (Hero the correspondent takes up his story of a meeting with the Brit ish wounded.) It was all so quietly said I could not help casting my eyes again over tho trim, khaki-clad figuro of tho llttlo soldier who had come through that ghastly ordeal, come through it to tell me in a few short hours afterward that ho was eager to bo with tho forces at the front again. "And," ho added, "I shall have to go to England without a cap. A shrapnel bullet knocked mine off in tho darkness." I turned to hia companion. "Yes," ho said, "that's tho story. It was the first timo the German 'artillery really got at us. As a rule, their big gun tire was mighty poor, though they did go in for quantity. In tho trenches we used to watch the German gunners trying to hit conspicuous parts of Mons, and every time they missed we gave them a cheer which they could hear. Work of the Artillery. "They are not shots, either. It was really astounding what they could miss. I think we can beat everybody at marksmanship." "And tho British artilleryr' I asked. "Why, It was magnificent. If there had only been more of It. But thero tho Germans got us. As It was, it was perhaps a good deal more than they over expected. ','On one occasion I think it was late on Monday we held a position about 500 or 600 yards from tho Ger man lines. We could see.themqulte clearly. They were mostly standing upi Fresh troops, I think; they wero, Ming brought up for another attack. ' j'Tho order was gl vent us "tot fix nay oalets. It. was evidently to be a charge rthe thing we especially had been watting for. In the sunlight our bay onets flashed and we waited for or ders. Q , HH of Bullets Comes. y'Thb Germans must have seen our bayonets flashing, for they went down on their faces. If there is ono thing they fear it is a bayonet attack. There developed suddenly a hail of "bullets and tho order to charge did not come. "We retired a llttlo way after that and before night fell advancod to much tho same position again. Just as darkness came we could see tho ground well in front of-us simply lit tered with Gorman dead. It cost us a lot, too. "At ono time early next day wo got within a couplo of hundred yards of their dead. I am Huro we must have nearly wiped out thoso in front of us." .'. ' Fight Rages Furiously. s j From others I havo gathered how fu- rlously for days tho fight raged against ''"the Fronch forces on tho right of tho British. Tho English soldiers speak ' In highest praise of tho coolness un der firo of tho French infantry. ' In tho end, howover, tho fierceness of the successive onslaughts was tob much for tho exhausted Fronch troops, against whom the ever-fresh forces of tho enemy were hurled. It was hero, lndoed that tho long encounter was ycally decided. Gradually weight told L weight of regiments and of artillery. ti, With magnlflccut heroism tho men held their positions. If they gavo a feyard the enemy boueht it at tremen dous cost. But thoy were ready and j prepared to pay it, and pay it thoy ' did. Tho ilnal order to retire came. Slow ly the French positions on the right of tho British- wero given up through out Tuesday. 700 Hold Back 5,000, London. -A ilrltlsri correspondent from Boulogne writes; , ; It has1 tukeii the Urltjeli cxpedJUon-, vary forco just tour uayB 10 snauermo i. Illusion which has been drummed into ttjeveryaermantbat tho fighting qunl- Mties of British troops are negligible vt beside tho mighty race whose dubI- The uhlan Is at least a wiser man CHARLEROI FROM ALLIES' SIDE today. Ho has found that breaking a British lino of steel is not such easy work as harassing a countrysldo shorn by murder of Its men folk. Gorman cavalry, estimated to num ber 5,000 men, may have overwhelmed a llttlo British forco of 700 which was hourly awaiting relief, but not boforo Its own ranks had been sadly thinned, nor yet without having recourso to tho baso expedient of mounting quick Hrors In lied Cross wagons. Supporting Force Falls. It was not for tho 700 to reason why. Tho supporting forco never ap peared. Thoy Just stood their ground to a man, and It seems that only 300 romnln. When all was lost thero en sued no snuvo qui pout. Calmly har assing tholr pursuers with a murder ous firo, all that was left or them re treated with tho wounded of tho con voy Intact. It Is a simple story, a Itlst stand ono, that should thrill every British heart. On Wednesday morning British troops had taken up a position slightly in tho rear of tho town (censor forbids namo of town) upon high ground. On tho extreme right of a semi-circular poBl-' tiou wero two high guns of garrlBou artillery. ' At first theso found an excellent range, dealing death by wholesale to tho invaders, who wero some miles away. Then with the steady -German advance tho rango was lost toward 1 p. m. Position Becomes Critical. Tho fight had begun at 11:30 a. ra. Tho position became critical for the heroic British defenders. As every vital minute slipped by anxious eyes looked back for tho promised help that was never to come. Even at a terrible disadvantage at least ten to one Infantry and artillery tho firtlllery was holding Its own, when hordes of uhlans seemod sudden ly to sweep down through the town. They galloped, with amazing disre gard for themselves, on to tho very muzzles of tho enomy's field guns. Thero must havo been 3,000 of them here alone. A survivor tells me (the correspondent) : "Tho last I saw was ono of our offi cers holding a revolver in either hand, firing away, screened by the guns. He alone must huvo accounted for a dozen uhlans. They wero falling on all sidos of him." , Towards 2 p. m. the 300 gallant sur vivors, tho majority of them wounded, began to fall .back. Thoy reached a safe position by nightfall. Keep Up Continuous Attack. The uhlans kept up a continuous at tack, and at midnight two hostile air men began dropping bombs on the British camp, but fortunately without causing its destruction. Perhaps 1 may be permitted to givo verbatim the following eloquent summing up from a gunnor who was shot in both legs: "They won't bo so cocksure theboxt tlmo wo givo them hell." I havo been ablo to gather details of severe engagements in which British troops were concerned. On Wednes-1 day morning at 6 o'clock detachments 3,000 strong bivouacked after a forced march of 17 miles. Through lack of air scouts (I am asked to emphasize this point) the exact position in thti neighborhood of hostile troops in aWv -perlor-inumbors was misjudged. i Leave' Wall of Dead. 1 Within an hour with the uhlans leading the way, the Germans swarmed down on 'our fatigued men, approach- ing within 50 yards. With the quick firers the British position, however was strong? and the Germans were re pulsed, leaving a wall of dead. By all accounts the German plan of campaign is being carried out regard less of human llfo. Tho German artil lery fire is spoken of as deadly, but the Infantry is beneath contempt. After repulsing attack after attack and not suffering considerably, the British force waB ablo to select and savo a baso five miles distant. That tho attacking forco was mora or less crippled 1b clear, for they mado no ef fort to follow up their opponents. Lauds Conduct of French. An Amiens dispatch to tho Daily Chronicle says: "Tho French retirement boforo tho German hordo advancing from Nnmur down tho valley of tho Meuso was masterly, Tho Germans won tholr way at a cost in human llfo ns great as In defeat; ,yct they won tholr way. "For Franco that letlrcmont Is as glorious a story as anything In her annals. "It was nearly a fortnight ago that tho Germans began concentrating thelr,heaviest forces on Namur, press ing southwards over tho Mouse valloy. After tho battlo of DInant tho Fronch army was heavily outnumbered and fell back gradually in order to gain time for re-enforcement to come.1 to its support. " "Tho Fronch artillery was posted on tho heights abovo tho river and swept tho advancing Germans with a storm of IJre, On tho right bank tho French Infantfy'wns intrenched, supported by field guns and mitrailleuses. Tho in fantry did deadly work, holding tho po sitions with great tonaclty and drop ping back only to occupy now posi tions Just aa doggedly. HCho fighting extended for a consld prublo dlstancoqn both sides of the Meuso, and many side line engage ments wore fought by tho cavalry, There was a, momorable enc'ountei near Mozicros .which was evacuated last Monday tho French taking ui magnlfio?at-pQ8tIoasr;oemmaiidlng,th town andnagefc 3 H CARRANZA'S ' tBBBJBSslSjsBTBBaKLfCaliKfeBmiffV fef$a4 . ".,&( MMbbC1 Scenes in Mexico City when General ranza; left, Gen. Jcsub Carranza; below, Gen. F.duardo It ay, minister of war. GERMAN BBBBBslBlBHBHBBBBPVVBlBBBflB'B'HBBflBfla WM HSRBBJifJSMSSBBBBSBJ I Iry -r,jJfaaMSPsMr4smSiMa?GEl3BBTsaJCiJ.I j9ttml'MMffMKIMtitMifMSfSSjt K'55s1P'lBaBaBBTmw"'WrIiJ ' - m2uSmBBKKB9ktS&'iDfSKmmWtlKBKtm!jm isMSMBTwBBBsasssssaiisftoeEiisyjfflfcUaTsaBSjssaTwiKi- i Btsattsi!i5LJc2ix swsviBTsrsrsrsrsfT-YJwLTw rS"SJSjSwSBMlBPSBlSSjMSBBmJaSaiSSalSaljBaBSSjBMjKjSSJjh'V . i.i.-, ... SSSlHbMSST aBaBaBVBaKtBaSBHBflBB g&ft&nSBsHHHS-MH Camp of the German invaders at Mouland, near Viae. 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L .ME II W T E T T T ' TrTTTI inrr.' . ir t rM " r r'TT"""'rrL"r"' . - I, m . unwwt ,m,ti,4m PILED UP AT DIEST iHlMMMM i i WfmmWFm hv tha nirmini m.ttnr ih hattla of 1 psinMBrwnflrTnsr Learned English Authority Has 01 i v iud speculation into two a c 1 A JKIi , In a learned disquisition on kissel A ifilrJKnyiLankCflter divides thorn lata-1 two cliiBBcs. " "Ono class takes the .rorm or noHo-ruuuing each Kiss givoi .nibbing his nose against hat of the othor1. Tho Hocond kind, which la that familiar to us, consists In press ing thn lliis nimlnst the Hon. skin or . - . . . ... . ,ur hair of another individual and making M a short, quick inspiration, resulting V in u mora or less audlblo Bound. Both kinds nro really of the nnturo of 'sulf- v fling,' tho nctlvo ofTort to Hmoll or ox ploro by tho olfactory sonso. The-, kissing of ono nnbthor by grown-up. ' mon was abandoned in this country! in tho eighteenth century,' buV w)$ havo most of us witnessed lt.abroad- and perhaps boon unexpectedly sub jected to tho process, aa lonce4 wasj&ij by nn ntfectlonntn nolcntlC:COlleague,' Tho UurhIimih lyo tho most profuso and indiscriminate of European peo ples In their kissing. I havo soon a Russian about to go on a Journed de voured by tho kisses of his relations and household retainers, inalo and fomulu." PIMPLES ON HEAD .ITCHED Toll City, Ind. "My baby's head waB covored with Bores and tho top was a Bolld scab. It began with pirn pies and ho would scratch his hoa4 until it would blcod and then scab over and keop spreading. Ho would claw his head and frot, It Itched and burned bo and I was afraid he would novor havo any hair on top of his head again. "A friend rocommondod Cutlcura Soap and Olntmont to mo. I asked our family doctor and he said, 'Yes, go right ahead and uso thorn We cot ono cako of Cutlcura 8oapand one box of Cutlcura Ointment and they healed him from the flrsL In a few days his head did not seem to Itch or bother htm In tho least and bsfore we had used ono sot he was healed and bo has a fine growth of hair.? (Signed) Mrs. Rosa M. Hanks, JaSU 26, 1914. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold throughout tho world. Sample of escap froo.wlth 32-p. Skin Book. Address post"' card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston." AdT. An Optimist. Ex-Pollco Commissioner Rhlnelandet Waldo, who established a policomon'a public library that has been a great success, praised, at a luncheon In New York, Now York's police system. ' "It has especially been good sine Mayor Gaynor's day," Mr. Waldo said, and then, In rosponno to an objection: "Oh, that's nothing. Bo nn optimist. Don't mind trllles. Look, like the hen pecked husband, on the bright Bide of things. '"By goBh,' a henpecked husband said, 'I hear somo chaps kicking be-1 causo their wives always havo the last word. Now, for my part, to give my wlfo the last word nover bothers mi a bit.' "'It don't!' " 'No, on tho contrary, I alwnya fee, manKiui wncn nno gets to it." 'i. Decidedly Unsuitable. Parson JohnBon Why don't yo' cob to church, Sam? Sam Shlnn Nothlu' suitable ) Parson Tbe Lord won't, notice jl7 Sam No, but Deacon Butts miM recognize his shirt,. and Bre'r Slmpsba his 'umbrella'. Pucki -J" -fit -; i Unquestionably. . "Which would Vou rather be-fi chauffeur or an aviator?" I "Well, tho, latter Is thefklgher posU tlon." I , AM ? ' Not All of Em. "The mills of the gods grind slow ly" "How about tho gallery fights?" FOOD FACT8 What An M. D. Learned. A prominent Georgia physician went through a food cxporlenco which he makes public. "It was my own experience that first led mo to advocato Grape-Nuts food and I also know, from having prescribed it to convalescents and other woak patients, that tho food is a wonderful robulldor and restorer of nervo and brain tlssuo, as woU as mus cle It improves tho digestion and sick patients gain very rapidly, Just as I did In strength and weight. "I was in Buch a low stnto that I had to gtvo up my work entirely, and wont to tho mountains pf this, state, but two months thero did not, Improve mo; in fact, I was not qulto as well as when I left homo. "My food did! not sustain; tno ad it becamo plain1 tliat I must change. Then I began to use Grapo-Nuts food and In two weeks I could walk a mle without fatigue, and in flvo weeks re turned to my homo and practice, tak ing up hard work again, Since that tlmo I -have felt as well and strobe as I ever did in my lffe. "Aa a physician who seekB to fielp all sufferers, I consldor It a duty to mako theso facts public." Name given by Postum Co., Battlo Creek, Mich. Trial 10 days of Grnpo-Nuts, when rogular food docs not seem to sustain tho body, works wonders. "There's a Roaaon." Look in pkgs. for the famous HttU book, "Tho -Road to WeHvHle." Ever read (he abore letter? A amw oae BBDeara Iron. ! to time. Thes ijre arnaUe, tm, aaC fall ex kaataa tatercst. fWwTT A'. 1 I , t 1" I l: ?! S. i 8 1 1 II 13 M tal .1 M 4 m