Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1914 — Make Rampart of Dead Men. [ARTICLE]
Make Rampart of Dead Men.
Paris.—ln one of the hottest corners of the vast battlefield of the Marne the Germans were hard pressed by the French, and driven from their trenches, To check the victorions advance of the French troops they raised a rampart of’dead and wounded. This wall, six feet high, the Turcos had to scale before they dislodged the enemy with their bayonets. In this corner of the fighting 7,000 German dead were found.
