GERMANS AT CHARLEROI.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 178, 2 September 1914, Page 7

GERMANS AT CHARLEROI.

• ' THE LID OF HELL LIFTED. '' .ffIGHLANDER 'S GRAPHIC STORY. (Received September 2, noon.) LONDON, September 2. >mbng the war stories is one by a wounded Highlander referring J;o the lour days' battle. He says the Germans bluffed the French into the belief that the main attack was to be near Charleroi, and while they were preparing for the Germans, the latter with a striking force ©f 400,000 men, were searching for the weakest point, which was where the British happened to be placed. "They hurled themselves at us," ho adds, "and before we could look round the lid of hell was lifted. At first they advanced as though for a picnic." (Received September 2, 12.30 p.m.)-' The Highlander, continuing, said: — "We ploughed gaps, yards wide here and there, and they then realised that ihe Funeral March would be more appropriate. "When w T e first began our xetreaTon Monday the Gernians" pressed all thejr available arms to harass us, and,shepherd us into a position where they could have driven a wedge bet tween us and the French. We fought all ■we knew to prevent that achievement. Ivery'man was aware 4jhat the safety •f the.French army depended on our Jrinness. Our heaviest losses, occurred in covering the retreat on Monday and on the following days. It was then that our guns w r ere lost." ~...