The Battle of Meaux
EYE-WITNESS'S DESCRIPTION OF MODERN BATTLE.
'ALL AROUND WAS DESOLATION UNSPEAKABLE."
[By Etscxßio [United Press Association.]
(Eeceived 8.0 a.m.)
London, September 12
' The l)aily'Mjail's Paris, correspondent describes how he came upon the Rattle at Meaux .with astonishing suddeness. "The car/' (he say#, "surmounted a ,hill overlooking a little town inj ,thej valley,ai}d before us there were dense white balloons of smoke from exploding- shells, fleecy little coveys of shrapnel bursting in the. .air. showers of black earth ripped out of the solid ground, farm-houses and haystacks flaming, and cruising overhead. It was 1 real battle at last. Descending the'hill, we found the too pitiable sight oi wrecked houses and streets like a city of the dead. It was an odd experience to enter a house through a gap in the wall caused by a shell. All around was desolation unspeakable."
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 22, 12 September 1914, Page 5
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143The Battle of Meaux Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 22, 12 September 1914, Page 5
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