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Show BATTLE OF HONS I TERRIBLE Ml I I I I Germans Bring Up Over- whelming Numbers of Best and Freshest Men. I A- BATTLE AWE INSPIRING I d r Magnificent Marksmanship of j I British Made Most Serious Day Since War Began. I London, Sept. 2, 2 47 p. m. The I H Chronicle correspondent, from an un r : named point in France, gives a do- 5 L Bi nption obtained from officers, of c P the great battle near Mons on Au- gust 2tj He sa B 'l "ll soldiers agree that Wednes- day's battle was by far the more ter- P L rlble Certainly if came at the end ? of several days fighting, but they 1 I tell me the Germans put mor a H strength into that day's work than r pi rhaps any other j "An officer told me it was a ter- !T rible day I think the Germans felt c that there was an opportunity to f wipe out the British force and they c J brought up vast numbers of the.r ( best and freshest men. They a?- ' H sailed the British position not only with determination, but with what I f ran only justly call ferocity. f Great Military Achievement. "No doubt the German general staff i was ol the opinion that the British force could not stand before an at- 1 fl tack by an enemy twice as strong 1 In numbers and much stronger In ar- I H tillery If was really the first occn I sion m history on which a battle has !; taken place between a German and a British army and I think, when we I j can read its story as we can that j of Waterloo it will be found that s H the battle, in which twice as many n men were engaged, as at Waterloo, deserves far higher place purely as a military achievement j "It was something really awe in- spiring, another officer said. in d Bpeaklng of the same day. to see thi Je terrific (Jerman rushes. The attacking forces were well served, too, by artillery, and that has not al- i ways been the case. Generally the I artillery fire of the Germans had been rather poor. i H Magnificent Marksmanship. "When you saw the rush start, you t thought nothing on earth could stop 1 it. That those tremendous charges were stopped and the attackers dri -en back in disorder in due in the first place. I am certain, to the magnifi i enl marksmanship of the British sol- dier The officers naturally expected L a good deal in this particular direc- , tion but 1 don't think they thought the men would do so superbly in act- I mil warfare " V.I the end. practically Of 8 weeks hard marching and harder fighting, and in the face of perhaps the fiercest frontal attack ever delivered In mod Prn warfare. It must have surprised U. Hermans Judging from what r thev saw the officers state that Wed nesdav w:as the most serious day for Germany since the war began. - |