Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1914 — GERMANS DIE LIKE HEROES [ARTICLE]

GERMANS DIE LIKE HEROES

Little Rear Guard Stood Ground Against the French Till Last Man Perished. Rome. —Recognition is given German discipline by Luigi Barzini, war correspondent with the French of the Corriere Della Sera, in a recent article on the fighting about Chambry. "Along the road of Chambry a story of a combat o,f man against man was told by the dead,” wrote Mr. Barzini. "A troop of Germans whp had been left behind to guard the rear, and had taken-cover in a ditch along the road, offered resistance to the very last —the last dead Frenchman lay three meters from the ditch. Then the storm passed over them and killed the last one; Stabbed through and through with the bayonet, the German soldiers lay against the embankment in a row. Bent bayonets and broken rifles spoke of the violence of the desperate struggle. “The first in the row was a sergeant. It seemed that even in death he still uttered commands. Another group - of dead lay about the body of the officer who had been in command. The similarity of expression on Jhe faces of the dead was striking. Only the uniform told the private from the officer. There was a sort of fraternity among them in death. The dead Germans still hid their knapsacks on their backs, were splendidly dressed, and appeared to be ready for parade.”