Returning from the front a correspondent of the London _Times_ sends the
following under a Paris date:
“Near Charleroi I heard some stories of the bravery of the French
soldiers. The Germans were bombarding the city. The French troops made
what amounted to a mediæval sortie, but, finding the enemy in much
greater force than was expected, were compelled to withdraw. The
bombardment continued relentlessly, whereupon the French Turcos--picked
troops from Algeria--debouched from the town, and, with a gallantry
which surely must live in history, charged the
[Illustration: BELGIAN SOLDIERS LEAVING FOR THE FRONT. ALL KINDS OF
ROLLING STOCK WERE REQUISITIONED FOR THIS PURPOSE.