Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-15 | Page 1 | German Tells of Cruelties

UU GERMAN TELLS OF CRUELTIES English Officer Has No Regard Re-gard for Suffering of Indian Troops From Poisonous Poison-ous Gases. Berlin, Nov. 15, by wireless to Sayville. Say-ville. An official report mado by First Lieutenant Scboppaus of the Thirty-ninth infantry regiment was given out as follows today by "the Overseas News Agency: "When in charge of the station at Opladen, Lieutenant Schoppaus conversed con-versed with British and French prisoners pris-oners who wero being brought in fiftor fhft brittle nt Loos. A British lieutenant, a member of a London regiment, made statements which showed the use to which the auxiliary troops in Kitchener's army are put. "During the battle near Loos the British started the attack with Indian troops. These troops suffered heavily. heav-ily. The British continued to discharge dis-charge poisonous gases and the wounded Indians, unable to retreat, perished. It was not until some time Inter that the English troops began their attack. When an English officer of-ficer was asked if he did not object to these methods he answered 'Well they are only Indians'." no