The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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Synapsis.—The author of these confessions, an officer in the plo-
' corps of the German army, a branch of the service correspond-;
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.their frontier. Civilians--men, women and children—are driven
ihe Zeppel; mt suns of the Ger-
( raz( ■ -vest fortifications. The Germans sweep on across
. JH to show
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plty syas Insanity. The C ' throw pontoon bridges®;
Ire from the French,
ghtered when, surrounded, they throw down
ender, Dead civilians strew streets of- the French
tlnue their rush toward Paris. The historic
ittle of ch terrific ;■ ' ' " .-neii troops,
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CHAPTER V111—-Continued.
•geant, a noncommls-
" sd officer, realised that his military
in end... We all felt for
BaH™t«■ I ie months preceding this
athe had always associated him-
f with the privates, ■■■
"* never learned whether he was
_ at before a court-martial. Pun-
ilf-mutllatlon was a daily
- -event and many severe sentences were
unced^ and then jnade known to
all the others to serve as a deterring
color. aergeantB. place
wa«C conferred npon another, after
"inferred upon another,
h the mptiifa ^li n>jplM
- *hed a-A-fiy ay halted at al-
—: ^pslnt^nofthweBf of the village, Here
o bad been
gi gather from various bat-
' tal tons and dor unit was. once more
T-^pFtdf"® men. The officers
_ as that we would not enter the
aday. Our'only duty fOr the
i is to beep the bridges
over the Marne in goad condition foir
- , i v the German troops ' fighting on the
&:> : rtd begged.
, . , went agatast m
We then marched to our destination,
which was at the .
Saulx flows Into the Marne.
We reached Our destination about
■jftia: o'clock In the morning. The dead
around in heaps everywhere. We
camping odeOxeight
could overlook the country for
kilometers in all directions. We
shrapnel bursting by the thou-
3. Little could be seen of the
were fighting,despite the fact
"Mftif! divisions were locked in a
smuggle.
ently we saw the .fighting line,
efmans were about two kilome-
behlnd the Marne, which flowed
In great numbers was en-
' along the banks of the river.
bridges in a very dilap-
condltlon constructed of what-
;v:: ' ' •; y; y ." -
near us. Preparations had been
em up with thousands
iw- pounds of dynamite, The electric
* " bad been strung to the point
we Were located and it was up
-- ES
■ us to manipulate the -switches. Con-
iih , the battle line by tele-
i Were In a position to destroy
M a moment's notice.
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attack and
gala.- The fire of musketry in-
t This Continued lor more
th© French continuing to
^iforcemenfe^constantly
eat
attack, employing sev
kinds. «>f " "III
full power of
. were forced-to re-
r, aUsa te wUd flight
the bri^^bejfond
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_It was. not much that be had to do.
Merely make a movement of his hands.
Masses of troops continued to rush
across the bridge until more, than half
were safely over. 'The bridge-turther
above was not in such^great demand,
and with the lessened congestion al-
most all, who; crossed here were
already safe.. We could see how the
first of the-French units- had crossed^
but the bridge continued to stand.
The sergeant who manned the appa-
ratus at this bridge became restless
waiting for orders, and finally on his
own initiative blew it up. Some
Frenchmen and hundreds of Germans
rifltre found their graves in
-J^-Marne. _ ____p_' . ■ o-
_ -JLt- -the sam^ -moment the^ offieer
standing next to me received-the order
to blow, up the last bridge. • He hesi-
tated to obey, for he could still see
manv'Germans on the other side. He
river. T.i'e plan was permit
Frenchmen to pass no that they -could
be taken prisoner, yet, not too largo "
a force, lest it might, prove a inenaco |TV
to the German arms.
After these hostile troops had j
crossed, the plan was to destroy the
bridge to prevent their being re-
enforced. That was why the sergeant
manning th0 switch had been_kept
waiting, for the o--Iei i- bKv"/ up the
bridge. But the sergeant in the ex-
citement and confusion thought that
the cable to Which his phone was con-
nected had been disconnected atyl blew
up the bri< vi' initiative
while it was crowded by Frenchmen
and long before the enemy could have
had an opportunity to cut that cable
At the same time the officer at the
switch connected wit;h the explosives
under the second bridge received his
orders. ■ He aftm
order he received was hard to mak«
out and that he had lost his presence
of mind and threw in .the switch,
and> leaving many other thousands tc
tbejn6rcy_of the^nemy^,,, -
Befo. lme for more tm
presslo vvtire unit was ordered
to Vitry to be ^assembled in front oi
the cathedral. With a sigh of reliel
we hurried away, for the French ar>
tillery began once more to send shelli
with much accuracy over tlie 'entire
countryside. Woundfed men'from othei
detachments whom we passed on th«
road told us that the French had al-
ready crossed the, Marne in several
different places. " EveFyone "ambng-^ns
voiced ihe same opinion. We had al-
ready rustained great losses on Bel«
gian sell and each day brought new
sacrifices. Our lines became thtnneJ
and thinner. Many companies wer<3
entirely destroyed and- all units suf-
fered, heavily. Tfyese companies whos«
forces had been reduced to a minimum
and wit > ■ survivors . half, starved
were opposed by an array well
^equipped with supplies and arms. Th«
enemy- - constantly brought up freslj
troops while our forces became fewe
from hour to hour. We realized thai
it was impossible to make a stand
here. We were constantly learning
from soldiers of other contingents thai
their losses in men and ihaterials wer«
enormous. '
I thought of tS God of the :Ger
mans. Had he'forsaken themT
could see the race for the road leading
-thebridgeheadasallsought-safety~fished. A
at the sams'lnstant. There a terrible
into the river and tried Jo swim across.
The pressure became greater as the
to. get back.
The message over the wire b«>c<im<
more and more insistent. Finally the
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THE CROSSYTON REVIEW
A Great Responsibility.
I thought it so loud that the other*
could hear. _ ;v :y
"Yes," said another, "whom th<
Lord wishes to punish is first stricken
with blindness. Probably he though!
of Belgium, Donchery,. Sommepy and
Suippes, and still many other placer
flying, fiends/'
—We reached Vitry,. Here the miser j
seemed .to. be still greater than evej
before, for in the entire town then
Was not a single house that was not
overcrowded with wounded. In thl
midst of all this misery robbery flour*
et flnntonlg Mi'3-oiHii
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fficer sprang up, rushed-by-the pio-
neer standing at the apparatus and a
_ formatfons. second-later there-was a; terrible deto^
of oftensive naUon---bridgeHand ^raen w«r - tlHrown
into, the air hundreds of meters. Just
back. At tneo IPB((PBHBP|H|BBIPPPPB
. under blow &s a river at^^hlgh tide ^a^-alon®:
taking with it ail manner of debris, so
the surface of the Marne was covered
with wood, men, torn uniforms and
horses. 'Efforts to swim ware futile,
yet soldiers continued to lump into the
river. ' . .
On the other side the French began
to disarm such Carman soldiers as
stood there with raised hands. Thou-
sands of prisoners^ innumerable horses
and machinie guns #el]| into the hands
C the enejmy.^ g^^l o^iw company
ere just about to retire >vith the
lectric apparatus when something der
which wrtoln Of our number
too late to rectify i
had, hot carrt
siiif SliW
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m
make njbm for the Wounded.
The sanitary-squads went over th«
townend took everything' falhe
The munition and railroad column!
followed the-sftme praettee. They had
plenty of room for plunder. This wa*
amply proven by numerous seizure)
afterward of parcels put In the mail
which contained gold rings, watches
precious stones, etc. The business ,ol
the marauders flourished here In Vitry,
The soldiers in the supply columns en«
countered very little actual danger;
they had an easy tlitte as compared
v^lth soldiers fighting at the front
reported to Lieutenant Elm. He alsa
had d^ended his fatherland at a saf«
distance arid here in the city, freshly
shaved and in immaculate attire he
looked very presentable.
The conlxast was vivid aa he stood
before us who were torn, dirty and cov-
ered with blood, with unkempt hair,
with beards grown and caked with
mud and dirt.
We were obliged to wait so we sat
down and looked around us. Tha
church was full of wounded; many
died under the hands of the doctors.
They were carried out to make room
for others. The dead were carried ta
one side, where whole rows of corpses
lay. We counted more than sixty.
On our way to Vitry we had begged
some bread; but we were still hungrjj
and our field kitchens were nowhere id
Sight. The crews, of our field kitchens
as well as our. forage officers and non>
ffef^ft^tffa®'maJny Homeiers be?
hind the battle fronts. They did noil
care about' us as long as ■ they wer«l
not obliged to go within range of the
artillery fire. - Comradeship has "ltf
limitations with them.
3 " ~
, The Germans,, unable to with-
stand the attaoks of the French,
begin
wild disorder. The next In-
stallment tells-the story of the
the Prussia: ^
At Good as T^n Men. ; ■
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ments when there, is a shortage of la-
bor. An example of this Is" the lone
overhead monorail erected in r, Toledo!
crane is handled by but one mate.
plant to ibo r!:U cai m the siding,
where the nm ? a < flip < lectric
motor lowers them Into place. Form-
erly It took ten hands, with trucks and
gangways, to^accomplish'the same la-
bor. The work dqes not require a hig^
iy trained man. A woman can do
is undoubtedly greater than that imposed upon , the manufacturer of remedies
for adiHts whose system is sufficiently strong to counteract! for a time at least, ;any
injurious drug. It is well to observe that Castoria is prepared todayy as it has been
'for the-past 40 years, under the personal supervision of Mr. Chas„ H. Fletcher.
What have makers of imitations -and substitutes at stake ? What are their
responsibilities ? 4 To whom are they answerable ? They spring up today, scatter
their nefarious wares broadcast, and disappear tomorrow. .
Could each mother see the painstaking care with which the prescription for
Fletcher's Castoria is prepared 1 could they read the innumerable testimonials from
grateful mothers, they would never listen to the subtle pleadings and false arguments
- of-those- wiio~w:ould -offer- tm~-imitation of, or substitute for the tried and truo
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Extracts from Letters by fateful
' ' Parents t© Chas. H. FMeher *W
' It was your Castoria that
, , "V/c have given our
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6; J. English, of Springfield, Mass., says :
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Mrs. Mary McGinnis, of Ct. Louis, Mo., srys :
baby you " ' '
mothers.
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There's 110 longer the slightest need of feeling
ashamed of your freckles, ns Othine—doublo
strength—ia-3uaraateed-to-remtJ*e"theBe homely
spota.
Simply get an ounce of Othine—double
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,. ot Jt^nlght and ittomtMf_and you .«hould soon sea
We soon reached the eithedral and- that e*en the worst freclclea have begun to dl«-
~ " app?ar, while.the lighter onea.havc. vahighed en-
tirely. It Is seldom tliat more than one ounce
Is needed to completely clear the skin,and gain
a; beautiful clear complexion. —
Be sure to aak for the double strength Othine,
as this Is sold under guarantee of money back
S£ it falls to remoTw freckles.—Adr. r
Optimletic Thougfht. . "
Man is neither by birth nor disposi-
tion a savage.' .
HEADACHES
This distressing Ailment should be
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Nervous System. CAPUDINE gives
quick relief. It's a, llq-ild—Pleasant to
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Some men are high livers because of
their inability to pay 'ground floor
refits.: „ ' . - • ' ■ .
If it isn't hard work," or exercise, then its your blood.;
Your blood has been poisoned by the bite of a malar-
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some cases low vitality and lack of energy is due to
tMn9 weak blood.
a
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and Quinine, in a form acceptable to the most deli-
cate stomach.
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC is an ex-
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Peirfeefftir Harm/ess. Qontatism no
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Where He Goes..
A^ker—VT iiu-or-
riglble kid whoUso'd'QTbe driven ffoic
home 'because his parents couldn't do.
anything %vlth. him? —"
Tellum—Oh,he takfesan hoiu;. or two
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1918, newspaper, August 16, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242454/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.