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(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
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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
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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."
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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
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