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Show WOUNDED TAKEN TO HOSPITALS IN REAR London, Sept 18, 7:25 p. m.. The I stream of wounded from the battle-fields battle-fields of the Maine and Ourcq is being directed past Parls to the hospitals in the rear. says a Paris dispatch to Reu-; ter's Telegram company The ob-1 vious reason for this is that until it Is quite certain that Paris will not have to defend herself against attack, it would be unwise to fill the ample bos-1 pital accommodations of the capital. Of special interest are the Rritlsh and merlcan hospitals at Xeuilly, I which are splendidly equipped for the work before them. At present their 1 : accommodation Is not strained. In the I American hospital only fifty-five of the 500 beds are occupied. A British snldler of the Sixth dra-i dra-i goons, suffering from oullet wounds I In the hip, told of a grim Incident at ' ( omplegne. The night before the bat tie his squadron was on outpost duty 1 Some firing had been heard and ho rode ahead of his squadron to find out 1 ' what was happening, in the belief that French cavalry were engaged with the Germans close at hand He cantered along the moonlit road until suddenly In the shadow of trees he found himself In the midst of ai group of horsemen Germans He had ! a carbine across the neck of his horse ; and he fired point blank into the breast of a German trooper, with whose horse his own collided The and both men ell to the ground, the . ? 6S ?fd' uP British Soldir with 1 a bullet through hl6 hip An instant Inter the British squad-1 - ron came clattering up and cut the German detachment about thlrt strong to pieces British cavalrymen say they were a great deal pestered by the German aeroplanes during the retreat from Mons Whenever a German aeroplane appeared over the bivouac the order was given to change camp, and the weary men and horses had to move further on, for they knew that the appearance ap-pearance of the aeroplane meant their position would soon be subject to a J I'lre nf slirsnnpl. |