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Show Slaughter in the War is Terrible 8o Many Dead That the Killed Re- main Standing Upright London, Aug. 26 Returning from tho front, a, correspondent of the Times, sends tho following une'er a Paris date. "At Mons tho British troops have made themsees at hornet Preparations Prepara-tions for tho city's defense wrro ex-tremcly ex-tremcly comforting to their workmanlike workman-like detail. In the woods wore Innumerable In-numerable field guni. Everywhere In the town confidence was 'dominant, "When with, heavy firing audlhlo In the distance British soldiers can sl( quietly on the banka of the cannl, calmly Ashing with bayoneted rifles as fishing rods oven though from all directions the presence of the dread ed German cavalry is rcporteJ.' The next day tho correspondent proceeded to 1'ourna where he lound the populaco in great ilartnY Six German cavalrymen motored inls the town and Inquired whether there .was any French soldiers. They were Informed that there were nono but later In the day French troops entered enter-ed tho place and killed tho six Her-, mans. The next morning a lirg forco of Germans attacked the 'town and was. repulsed. Proceeding to Valenclenans tbo correspondent cor-respondent found that troop tralvs filled' with British soldiers were continually con-tinually arriving there. The British officers were In absolute possession of the refreshment bars 3nd no foA was obtainable. Tho correspondent continues: "Near Chorlerol, I heard some stories stor-ies of the bravery of the Kri:ch sol dlers. The Germans wera, bombard Ing tho city. Tho French ttoops made what amounted to a medical sortie, but finding Un enemy in much greater forco than was ewect-ca, ewect-ca, were compelled to withdraw. "The bombardment continued restlessly rest-lessly whereupon the French turcos picked troops from Algorla, debouch-cd debouch-cd from tho town ami with ti gallan try which must aurely llvo In history, charged the German battery, bayon ed all tho gunners. Tho losses, It is Hatd, exceeded thoso of the Light Brigade Bri-gade at Balaclavla. Of H battalion, only 100 men, .It Is reported, returned unscathed. Their bravery", however, was powerless against tho German advance which crept foot by foot through tho outskirts of Charlcrol to tho very heart of tho town. "There in tho, nnrrow streets tho carnago was Indescribable. The French infantrymen told mo that tho roads became so Jammed with dead that tho killed remalneJ standing upright up-right where they had been phot. "The last stand of tho French was made before tho railway station In front of which passes the canul. Hero the Germans fought for two hours to take tho bridges. After they-had captured the station with heavy casualties, the Germans' moved rapidly ahead, taking various suburban subur-ban villages'. V I |