The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 175, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 19, 1915 Page: 3 of 4
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NORMAN DAILY TRANSCRIPT
THEORETICALLY SUNK, AFLOAT AT BOSTON
YPRES RUINED BY CONTINUOUS BOMBARDMENT
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The Kabinga, "phantom ship" of the British mercliant marine, which in theory was sunk in the Bay ol Bengal
by the German cruiser Emden, but which put in at Boston harbor recently. After capturing the ship, Captain von
Mueller of the Emden gallantly presented it to Mrs. Robinson, wife of the skipper, who was aboard at the time witL.
ber little son.
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IN RIDE OF DEATH
Many Uhlans Are Killed in Vic-
torious Charge.
Officer Writes of Heroic Assault
Against Automatic Guns—Of 142
in Squadron, 58 Replied at
Roll Call After Battle.
Berlfn.—Letters "from the front"
are being published in many news-
papers in Germany. Extracts from
one written by an officer to hia wife,
from the infirmary, Dienzei Lothr,
which appeared in the Frankfurter
Zeitung, is given here:
"1 was thrown under my horse as
he fell, and thus bruised my left side,
and contracted a hemorrhage in my
thigh. After the exertion^ of the last
few days, I feel very comfortable here,
and am well laken care of by the sis-
ters.
"August 11 was a great day for our
regiment, and in due time will be re-
corded in history, as were Gravelotte
and Mars-la-Tour. it was a death-
ride in the fullest meanins of that
word: against automatic guns and in-
fantry, in which the first, third and
fourth squadrons of my regiment, and
the second squadron of another regi-
ment took part. One thousand pris-
oners, including twelve or eighteen
commanders, cannons and automatic
guns, were captured.
"Our brave brigade suffered bitter-
ly; of the 142 men In my squadron,
only fifty-eight replied when the roll
was called. And I was the only offi-
cer! All the rest dead or wounded!
"My squadron suffered most, for
they took part in the worst attack.
Our regiment ought to be spared a
little now; at all events, we have the
hardest day of the whole campaign
behind us. The success, particularly
from the moral point of view, is splen-
did. Everybody behaved splendidly
and August 11 will, for all time, be
a day of honor for our regiment, and
this attack of Lagarde will stand
forth as one of the bravest achieve-
ments of the whole campaign.
"Never before was I as conscious
of the proximity of my guardian angel
as on that day. I cannot quite ex-
plain it, but all the while I was not
a bit excited, and had a 'feeling of
absolute safety.
"The great moral success of this at-
tack I have mentioned already. It
seems quite strange to be counted as
HELMETS MARK GRAVES
one of the Uhlans of Ivagarde. Noth-
ing else is talked of here. Officers
constantly congratulate one and I can-
not suppress a feeling of satisfaction
at having taken an active part in an
important historical event of the cam-
paign.
How did it all come about? All
the while we had been partly in
P ranee, partly in Lorraine, wandering
about very strenuously, without see-
ing or accomplishing anything in par
ticular. On the 11th, bright and early,
as always in good humor, we started
out, realizing less than ever before
all that the day might bring. At 9:30,
the fighting between artillery and in-
fantry broke out, in which we took a
hand at twelve o'clock.
"As we advanced, I felt thoroughly
indifferent; the only thought that pos-
sessed me was to whack away. With
remarkable rapidity, one accustoms
one's self to the sight of the dead and
wounded. One becomes so hardened
that the most awful sights seem abso-
j lutely natural. Wherever we rodo
j there were the French in their red
I trousers. Many batteries were de-
| stroyed, and the shells burst and the
shots sang constantly about one.
"A French infantry officer who
called 'pardon' I hit on the head. What
became of him I do not know. As we
were about to enter Lagarde, my
horse was shot in the chest and fell
under me.
"With two of the brave riders of
my division, I took shelter In a ditch
over which countless shots were
whizzing, till at last it quieted down.
In the distance I discerned my regi-
ment gathering together; then, to my
delight, close by I found my own In-
fantry. With my riders, who now
numbered eight, I put myself under
the command of that captain, and with
this company, with revolver and car-
bine, I went through the rest of the
battle.
"With several captured horses,
among which was a French artillery
horse, I searched for and eventually
found my regiment, and there 1 first
learned positive facts concerning our
great losses and our glorious victory."
14 WOUNDS; OTHERWISE 0. K.
Sturdy German Defender of the
Fatherland Thought He Was
Not Badly Hurt.
Berlin.—The report of the following
incident was sent to the Berliner
Tageblatt by a physician:
"In the royal surgical clinic in Zie-
gelstrasse there arrived a new trans-
port filled mainly with severely
wounded men, most of w hom had to be
carefully carried to their beds. One
sturdy defender of his country clam-
bered without assistance out of the
wagon and approached the physician
who was receiving them.
" 'Well, my man,' said the latter,
'you were not badly hurt?'
" 'No,' the man in the field gray an
swered, 'only three blows on the head
with the butt end ot a rifle, ten bay-
onet thrusts and a shot through my
chest. Nothing else.'1'
FOES FORGET HATE
French and Germans Enjoy Unof-
ficial Armistice Daily.
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Fourteen German soldiers who fell
at Charleroi lie in this grave. The
helmet of each man resting on the
mound shows where its wearer is ly-
ing. A cross bearing the inscription
"For Kaiser and Vaterland" sur-
mounts a tablet on which are en-
graved the names of the men who lie
buried in th« grave.
Permits Freedom From Trenches and
Songs Enliven the Day—Germans
Have No Such Understanding
With the English.
London.—A German officer attached
to the great general staff in a dis-
patch, a copy of which has reached
London, mentions a curious system of
arranging unofficial armistices which
has lately grown up between the allies
and the Germans facing each other
day and night at close quarters in the
trenches in Northern France. He al-
most makes one believe that the
French and Germans, after weeks of
intrenchment within a few yards of
each other, have lost their animosi-
ties and regard the great siege battle
north of the Aisne as a sort of friendly
match away from home. He has a bit-
ter pen, however, when he writes
about the English.
"From noon to two o'clock in the
afternoon," he says, "both sides in the
trenches call an armistice. It is a
strict agreement, quite unofficial, be-
tween groups of men in the front fir-
ing lines, and it has been honorably
kept so far by both sides.
"When a soldier has to leave the
trench for some reason or other he
raises the butt end of his rifle in the
air as a signal to the enemy. The en-
emy answers the signal in same man-
ner, artd there is a mutual agreement
to leave the trenches at the same
time. The understanding Is that the
German or th,e Frenchman shall be
allowed to leave the trench without
being fired on. If the enemy should
break the armistice and fire on our
man we would reply instantly and kill
the corresponding FYenchman as he
was leaving the trenches. This agree-
ment with the Frenchman works
amicably, but with the English we
have not attempted to come to such an
understanding. Our bitterness toward
them prevents it.
"The trenches are so close together
that the Frenchmen can hear us sing-
ing our songs. They listen, aid when
we have finished they burst into song
and we listen to them. We take it in
turns to give these little concerts,
which are generally held during the
armistice. The Frenchmen seem fasci-
nated by one favorite song. It is a fa-
mous old students' air from Heidel-
I berg. The words were composed by
an officer in the trenches."
The song, freely translated, de-
scribes life in the trenches in the
rainy season, the horrid oozy sound
when the boot is taken off and the
jet of mud that strikes the ear when
a comrade jumps into a trench, the
last line of one verse being: "The
only things which are dry are oui
throats and our humor."
OFF TO FIGHT RUPSIA
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Ypres has been 'Subjected to almost continuous bombardsuent for weeks, and the entire city is in the ruined
condition shown In this photograph.
ENGLISH CITY BOMBARDED BY THE GERMANS
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View of Scarborough, tn the east coast of England, which, together with Whitby and Hartlepool, was
bombarded by the German raiding squadron of cruisers.
WHERE MEXICAN BULLETS CROSS THE BORDER
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Street scene in Naco, the Arizona town on the Mexican border to which American troops have been sent be
rause shells from the warring Mexicans have come across the line and kflied and wounded a number of citizens
Ind soldiers.
INTERROGATING A GERMAN PRISONER
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MAKING A DEEP TRENCH
Young Polish sharpshooters about to
leave Czenstochowa bidding their
friends and relatives good-by
Just behind the firing line at Argonne this Interesting little episode was
photographed. Officers of the French general staff are interrogating a Ger-
ran prisoner concerning the strength and position of the kaiser's forces.
One of the deep trenches on the
firing line in northern France. The
allies have constructed hundreds of
miles of ditches like this.
Be sure you're right, but don't stop
to get much advice before going
ahead, or you will never start.—Al-
bany Journal.
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