INCIDENTS OF THE WAR

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15443, 4 September 1914, Page 7

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR

" BERLIN TO PARIS." GERMANS ON THE MARCH. "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. Received 5.5 p.m., Sept. 3rd. ' LONDON, Sept. 2. An English artist-, arrested by tho Germans at Namur and released, describes the splendid organisation of the German, army. The columns marching as if on parade, the officers giving orders like pistol shots. An officer marked his disapproval of a man being slightly out of line by spitting upon him. Tlio transport waggons were marked "Berlin to Paris."

A DARING SPY. A German spy, wearing a British captain's uniform -was arrested at the front While conversing with British officers. He was wearing both French and German uniforms beneath the British. TOMMY'S CHEERFULNESS. ADMIRED BY THE FRENCH. French officials are lost in admiration at the cool drollery of British Tommies. One says: "Three of your soldiers fighting in the lino would argue about the merits of Gunboat Smith. They would stop arguing and fire steadily and laughingly, and when 'cease fire' sounded would resume the argument. "I said to one: 'We shall beat the Germans nearer Paris,, and finally rout them.' Ho replied: 'Why not do it here, and save us walking all that distance!' " "THE ONES FOR THEM." A' British trooper describing a battle said: ' 'The French are the ones for them. We are too kind. The French go for them with the bayonet, and you just shut your eyes." I A Ft" SI LEER'S EXPERIENCE. Among soldiers' cxper.enoes a wounded Fusilier says:—' "The Germans did not giro us much time to tliink. We had not time either. Wo were too busy picking off the enemy. The last sight I had of tho Germans was a squadron of Lancers, who were caught in the open. All their horses were shot and they ay behind a rampant of dead men and horses using their carbines, whilst our artillery and infantry were pouring a hail of lead into them. One of cur mer. was holding a water-oottlo to a wounded German, v.-hen he was shot dead. Another was lighting a cigarette and had his fingers shot off. We hear awful stories about tho German treatment of our prisoners, but we are not incliued to believe them all."