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BATTLE OF "TRENCHES RAGES WITH THUNDER OFARTILLERY NIGHT AND DAY
;r7"r:rlriiT',r' wmmmm .- ,.:v.' i guns transform threegerman corps
attacks made by tho French In the and Pnale., were repulsed." BKililai-, ", V '" 'iVV&t ?' v '" ' ' ' T)T7 TimTT?TTT IF R T T 17V TM ft TW II Nflfl A (I A TWQT
100,000 RUSHED TO SAVE
VON KLUK, LONDON REPORTS
LONDON, Sept. 21.
So Berlous has the position of Gen
eral von Klutc, on the Clerman right,
become, that It la declared 100,000 men
are being rushed to his assistance from
Belgium. The resistance of Von lluk'?
wing has been determined, but the nl
lied forces are continuing ihelr move
ments In an endeavor to outflank him.
Anxiety Is Increasing in London Sis
tho battle of the. AIno continues with
out the allied forces being able to gain
ny appreciable advantage over tho
Germans.
The strength of the Cierman position
is now realized. Tho admission that
every advantage gained by the British
troops has been at terrible cost brings
realization that the casualty list of tho
British and French Is bound to bo stag
gering. The weather continues the worst that
could possibly be imagined for such a
battle as Is now being waged. Heavy
rains continue to fall mid the trends
arc filled with water. The British
foices have borne tho brunt of the
lighting In the centre and charges have
been made to carry German trenches
across lields swept from olid to end by
rifle, mnchlno gun nnd shrapnel fire
At the War Ofllee the situation Is
declared to be favorable, although It is
admitted no decisive ndvanlage has
been gnlned. The French gave some
ground yesterday below Solssons In the
face of a furious attack, but II was re
gained. Following the loss of the lull
of Printout, lht French ihove off the
nermntifl and occupied the defences of
La t'oinelle.
Tho most determined German attack
Is being made on tho allied front be
tween Criiotino and Klielms, furlouB
assaults being directed In an attempt
lo pierce the nllled lines.
The Allies have continued to oxerl Hi
greatest pressure upon both wings "(
the Herman army, which tt Is claimed
ni e gradually helm; forced back.
BEAUTIFUL VALLEY
INTO AN INFERNO
Aisne River Losses Colossal,
Says Correspondent Who
Followed Armies From the
Marne.
BATTLE IN TRENCHES
RAGES AS ARTILLERY
THUNDERS ON AISNE
Allies Fight Waist Deep in
Water Night and Day Be
fore Terrific Fire of Ger
mans' Heavy Guns.
CAREFUL PLANNING
NEEDED TO PROVIDE
FOOD FOR ARMIES
JEWISH SOLDIERS HOLDING NEW YEAR'S SERVICES ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Nearly half a million Jewish soldiers, the largest number under arms since the children of Israel ceased to be a
nation, laid aside their weapons of war today to observe Rosh Hashana, or the New Year's Day. The above
picture shows Day of Atonement services held by the Jewish soldiers in the German army during the Franco
Prussian War, and presents a scene that is being enacted in the rival armies of Europe today.
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PAIUS, Sept. 21. Reports from the
front show that the French-British
troops arc fighting waist deep in water,
heavy rains having flooded the trenches.
The fury of battle has slackened on
that account.
Tho Germans' Intienchmonts were con
otructed ten days before tho beginning
of the battle. The French trenches wore
made In ranee of a large number of the
enemy's guns, which frequently and
Imultaneously opened fire on them with
tremendous effect.
LONDON", Sept. 21. Tho Standard's
correspondent in Paris, writing of tho
Alsne battle, says that though It has
now lasted for a week, with about 2,
COO.000 fighting on a. line 110 miles long
It 1b still Impossible to suy that an) de
cided result has been achieved by Ither
side. But tho balance of trains nnd
losses on Saturday, lie sa., seemed to
be slightly In favor of the Allies, who
hnvo advanced further on their left with
out giving any ground in the centre or
on the right.
The Germans, says this correspondent,
have certainly buffered more severely in
both men and captured material than the
Allies, and on the whole the immediate
outlook appeared to be satisfactory
from the Franco-British point of view.
The Germans, he says, have a number
of their heavy howitzer guns placed in
advantageous positions from which they
can shell the allied lines at a distance of
from seven to eight miles. No big guns
the Allies have can shoot effectively at
such a range: consequent It Is Impossi
lil to renlv to this Are until tho Germans
approach within range of tho British or .
French artillery
These howitzers have infilcetd great
damage to the Allies, but the Held guns
of the latter have proved, he says, far
uperlor to those guns of the Germans.
Much of the fighting has taken place
at night, the Germans making many
fierce attacks under cover of darkness,
but thev have not achieved any great
success in any of these attacks, and In
some of them the ( oaseoue ntes to the
German troops involve J h ler.'diB
trous. The frontal attack made b in
British and French in leplv 1 ce ten
marked by great roolnes and ual!ii' ,
though undertaken uridr mo-t ii'mcult
conditions.
MONTENEGRINS TAKE
STRONG POST IN RUSH
ON BOSNIAN CAPITAL
Rogbitza, Thirty Miles From
Sarajevo, Seized and Vic
tors Advance Within Ten
Miles of Stronghold.
CETTINJE, Sept. 21. The Montenegrin
army has occupied the town of Rogbitsa,
Bosnia, jn force itnd is now within tan
miles of Sarajevo, the capital of the
Austrian province. Thin mm ofttciaiiy
announced by th War Office today. nd
Qie capture of Sarajevo is now confidently
expected.
Rogbitza Is an important town on the
railroad leading to Sarajevo. It is 50
miles east of the capital. After oeeijpyjag
the city the Montenegrin army (& a4
vanced 20 miles alcfjg tho railroad to
ward Saiajevo-
METHODS UNDER SCRUTINY
Comptroller Investigating Sum I
plaints of Needy Borrowers.
WASHINGTON rfjpt Jl. Various com. '
plaint that banks are nut cxitndlng ,
loans to ne-tdj e-lients are ueing .nvestl-
sated by the Comptroller of the Cur- I
lencs
Wbeie the complaints indicate that the
banks demand abnurmally nigh tateg of
interest the Comptroller is tfifsraphlng
the bank t" furnish him with a list of its
' Ttyrns and the tales charg.-d in each In
stance VIim it i indtidtfd that a bank
refutes a. t ir.aus. oi lnulH Urn
funds the mucller bus dnidwl tu In
vestigate te ? " 9 "" hon.p a '!
will, advise that m bank take out eni'-r-gency
curt en cj
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i i ijn imdn
Success of Field Campaign
Largely Depends Upon
Success of Commissary
Department.
How nn army in the field sots its food
fiom day to day is nn inteiestlng story
that Is told in the Scientific American.
Tho supply tialn of an infantry divi
sion carries two days' field and grain
i.itlons. In the late afternoon or at the
end of a march or close of a combat the
division commander directs the Held
tialns to move up Immediately In rear
of the tioops, nnd Informs the command
ing officers of organizations that one
day's latlons have been oidered to a
designated place. All orderly Is pent to
that place to conduct the wagons to the
organization; after being unloaded they
return immediately and join the grouped
poll Ion of tlie ration action. That Mime
night, or eaily the following morning,
the empty wagons are refilled fro the
supply train, and this latter secures a
lenewal of Its supplies from a desig
nated point on the line of communica
tions, or Is leloaded from a train per
taining to the line of communications, if
the distance trom tho end of that line of
the zone occupied by the tioops Is so
great us to warrant the use of a tialn.
Theie aie two methods of suppljlng an
aim) In the field:
First. By consignments of supplies for
warded by the service of tho line of com
munications and distributed as abovo
brlelly Indicated; and
Second. By utilizing the resources of
the country.
It is lienerally necessai to utilize to
the fullest extent tho food, especially tho
forage, uvallablo In the theatre of oper
ations. In former times the invader pos
seted the right of booty and pillage,
the resort to which was most unfortunate
for the army, as It embittered the popu
lation and compromised the safety of
the troops in an enemy's country, and
hi the event of any real or imaginary in
ju being done them, it gave rie lo re
eling and reprisals. These evils were )n
u measuie remedied bj not taking dl
rrctlj. from pilvate individuals, but by
m.ikln.' upoli the civil officials certain
u-mands called lequlsltlnns for a sped-f-
! quantitv of supplies necessary for
the tioops The local authorities could
a rtion the demand among the inhab
t..i.t, uccoidihg to the kuoun means of
nub oi could procure the stores by pur
i lne Th former practice of spoliation
tl u. aaiumed the milder form of a war
ak This eventually led to the practice
of U!na jecetpts for the itorea deliv
- led.
In oicler to assure tho continuity of
the i. m e of supply, that U to say, tho
relation between tue troops in the field
and tin- centi- of production in rear of
il.e ntir.. the work perfurmed bv the ad
nuiiit!4tiv departments U divided into
tru diMinct r-phereii of action, via..
1 The srU'e performed in real of
Hie atinv, t..tblisried in the ndtioual ter
u p rv or in the ijovernments of the oc
mpifd countriea for the purpoe of col
li tin,- thfr rMuurcei and provides meaiu
for the nupply of
;' The eriee ol the hue of rommunl
ation. iim duty of the command-r of
w'lich 1 to provide for replacing jf
the store onsumed by the army, and
!,.- transportation, subsistence o'.d iuar
turin.' "f all troopa, prtsonera. sick and
wounded p.ilnff ov-r the line, and also
provide lor Its protection
S, The upplv of the troops in the field
durum .K-tnir operations.
The auciesa nr falluru of the campaign
depends upon the proper opeiation of the
gtrvice of the line of communications,
and this important position Is nlwnss un
signed to a g'-neml offleer of recognized
ability and du retion. IU Is asaisted by
a Iar;e and numerous staff to enable him
to arrj out the varied and multitudi
n.ju dot es aligned to him, and. in ad
dltloti, has a omptf lit force of all
anna of.ne wivite to preurrt order
along the line of ctunmmilcatlons, guard
th depots of vppl, and protect the
lline from 4tt4ik by the enemy Such
otttcer i auliuidiiiate to the commander
of the troops In the field, but his duties
and responsibilities are second only to
bj' h offiter
The iormnander of the line of com
nujiiirationk mut t.ien see that his de
p.its are adequate supplied and must
forward each day to the troops the nec
essary supplies for man and horse, and
likewise care tor tne evacuation or me
atck and wounded, and the custody and
care of the prisoners To enable hi mto
do this, all the necessary field equip
ments are provided, for Instance, a fleld
bakery companv and equipment for each
division supplied bv too line of com
munications The fleld bakery In our
arrm consists of twelve knock-down bake
ovens with all Die ueressarv equipment
t'i' inoiluiinj hieed an the tentage in
winch to limal' the ilrmuh troughs, and
i-he'ter the i Eai li oven Is 1 apabl-"
of prudm nirf .',uo lations of garrison
brad per diem or lo") ratten o fleld
bread.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS JEWS' WORSHIPPING ! JAPAN'S "SANITARY
OF WAR HELD UP BY AMID DIN OF RATTLE J SOLDIERS" TAUGHT
CENSOR IN ENGLAND : IN WAR-TORN EUROPE i ARMIES NEW LESSON
A m p r 1' r a n rnnpc.nnnrlpnl Franco-Prussian War Scene I Efficient Methods
A A a A a a a x , a a a a v a a j
Writes He Even Cannot Probably Re-enacted as World's Previous
Learn If Dispatches Have
Been Sent or Not.
LONDON, Sept. 21. The difficulty un
der which correspondents of American
newspapers hio wofkliiK In tivliu; to send
reports of the war by cable is well told
In the. follow ini; letter, written by tha
Loudon ("irrspundent of a blK New York
daily, nnd printed in the Times.
"I have 'Md with nun h pleasure in tho
Times this moinlnK tho leadhiR article
heuded 'The Judgment of Anierlcii.' 1 have
tho honor to lepresent In Indon a fn
mouo New York newspaper, the news
seiviee of which appeals In a very laigo
number of impnitiint newspapers through
out the I'nlted States, Canada, the West
Indies and South America.
"Naturally, J should have liked to have
cabled to my paper this morning exten
sive quotations fnun tho article lofened
to. I did not do so, as. in spite ot tne
advantage of five hours in time thatvve
have In cabling from Ixindon to New
Yolk, the etpeiieiice of the last five wiek
has shown It impossible to hope for the
message to gi t through in time for pub
lication. This may s-eem to bo incredible,
but It Is true.
"We hove asked for but mcelved no
Information of what Is to bo lonsldeted
as a mattei that could not be cabled
to America. Wc havo discovered, bv the
costly process of experiment, that neither
mntter which appears In the London
newspapers nfter passing the censor nor
even the otllclal announcements of tho
press hui.uu are necessarily available
for publhatton in Amei'ica.
"Wc annot find out fiom the cable
companies whether our messages have
been sent or not. Any request for in
formation meetB with tho leply: 'Our of
fice is in the hands of the censor; we
are not allowed to answer nny questions
or give nnv information '
"A more amazing example of the cen
sorship It- the following;
"The official press buicau issued at f
p. m.. on August 'JS, tho account of tin?
naval action In the fight of Heligoland,
a atorv that thrilled llngland from ond
to end. There Is hardly a newspaper In
the I'nlted States that would not have
published an extra edition for that stoiy
But what happened to tho American oi
repondents in London? Evit man Hur
ried that otticial account. Just as It was
Issued, to the cable offices and the en
soul apparently consigned their messages
to the waste basket, for thev have not
et arrived in America. The American
people would have known nothing of that
splendid feat of tho British u,v until
tho Knglish newspapers leached them but
for til fait that by some fort, mule acci
denttor it can unlv have been an acci
dentthe oispatch of just one correspond
ent ts'aped the cen-orhip and got
through flue m.iv imagine the aston
ishment In trie fjili 'es of the other news,
papers and of the gieat news ageii'les."
NEEDS OF DETENTION HOME
SHOWN BY MRS. LOUIS JURIST
Noted Social Worker Comments on
Requirements for Institution,
The living needs of tho Detention liome
have to mwre valiant defender in efforts
to properly rtll them than Mrs. Louis
Jul 1st. of 91t Noith Iiroud stieet, wife ut
lr. Liuib Jul 1st, prominent socially, a
member of the laiatd of managers of tho
home. u'id nationally in the limelight as
an ardent exponent of child welfare, es.
pectallv the earl.v education of delinquent
and orphaned children, and their later
vocational training for the battles of life.
For 35 sears Sirs. Jurist has devoted
her energies to this cause, and spent n
number of veara directly under the super
vision of Iir. Felix Adler, in New York
eity, where she gleaned valuable exper
ience to her in her i'lUladelphlu efforts.
That there is in the gieat Hute of Penn
sylvania no Institution devoted to the care
uiid welfare of children up to the age of
6 years, emphasizes the importance of the
work being uftomplished by the olllclals
of the Detention Hume, and as the roost
vital of lu needs Jlis. Jurist mention
the following:
Hooma foi girhi. no tlut they may be
kept keparute from each other.
Rooms for mothers with babies. They
must perform their most intimate duties
in a troweled puilic waUlnif room under
tbe e.ves of the eurtoiw, and then carry
their children into the courtroom during
tbe hearing.
The first offenders brought to the house
for trivial offenses mujt Ue kept from
learning the things more rlous and
older offenders tea h them, ("p to now
w. 1 " 11 hi ,.j 1.1. ni
and dormitories. The overuowdlng now
l, . , il tl 11. li I'l , nil 1
timony ha-, cot been 1 eaid on .n.nji 1 of
the various ord iMiiiinuu-n nui-.j sur
rounding tbe tiwit on all sides
Hebrews in Rival Armies
Observe Religious Holiday
An Incident of tho Franco-Prussian War
that has become famous through copies
of n picture which adorns the walls of
hundieds of Jewish homes In this city Is
piobably being le-enacted today on the
battlefields of Lurope. This picture por
tuiys the Jew Ixli soldiers of tho Cieim.in
111 my holding religious services before
Metz, In 1S70, while the Prussians were
advancing on Paris.
Almost a halt million soldieis engaged
In the gigantic Euiopean military stiug
glo will lay aside their weapons of war
today to obsoivo Kosh Hnshana. or tho
New Ycnr's Day, the first of the great
autumn holidays.
The pictuio of the Day of Atonement
services In the Franco-Prussian War has j
been so widely clicuated that It is famll- 1
iar to every Jew. It shows the Jewish I
.soldieis gathered uiound a hugo altar,
saving the prayeis prescribed for the oc
casion. Many of them aie wealing over j
their uniforms the tallth, a shawl used I
in tho synagogue by all oithodox Jews.
In the background nie shown cannon, I
sending forth their missiles of destine-
tlon Into the ranks of tho enemy. Over
tile pictuio Is the Insciiptloii. In Herman:
"Have we not all one Father? Were we
not all created by the same Hod?"
Today, amid the roar and the nimble '
of cannon, perhaps while shot anil shell
tiro whistling through the air. tho high 1
holiday, sacred to every one of the He- I
brow faith, will be obseived. The posi
tion of tho armies, with their battlo lines
stretched over many miles, will make It
Impossible to hold one big religious cei- 1
emony, but doubtless there will be scores
of small services held along the fighting
lines.
It Is expected. In view of the concilia
tory attitucie taken by the Russian Hov
1 rninent towaid the Jews since tho out
bioiik of the war, that permission will b
granted these men to rest for a brinf
spell from the bloody business of war to
worship God according to tho dictates of
their religion. The RusMnn military at.
thoiities appear appreciative of the lojal
biipport of the Jews, and for the first timo
in the history of Ttussia, Jews havo been
gi anted commissions as otilcers. Fol
lowing tho battles at Lemberg many He
brews were commended for their gal
lantry nnd several hundred were appoint
ed olllcnrs. These mon, now engaged In
the campaigns against Atihtrla and Her
nia nv, will no doubt be the leading
spirits In the holding of tho religious cer
emonies. In the armies of Austria, Franco and
Knglnnd there are many thousands of
Jews. The Knglish soldiers at home
have been granted a furlough to spend
Itosh Hashana nnd Yom Klppur (thu
Duv of Atonement) with their famUle.
Special provisions have been maelo foi
the soldiers in tho field to obgervo thesu
holidays '
The Trench aro llkowlse said to be ap
preciative of tho tonics rendered by tho
Jews Hundreds have lost their lives,
and a leeent leport from Tans stated
that the C'hlejf Rnbbl of Ljons. JI. A.
Hindi, u volunteer helper, was killed by
tho enemy pear Saint Die. Major Al
fred Drevius is among the French He
brews now lighting foi their country.
The Chief Rabbi of England has issued
on appeal to Jews of the Kingdom to re
spond to the call to arms. "Once morn
we will prove that the old Macuabean
spirit is still alive in us." he says. "We
will offer our lives to defend Hreat
Britain's ideals of Justice and humanity.
In even larger number will we continue
to join the aimy of our King. Be strong
and of good tourogo The Hod of right
eousness is with us. He will jfuard our
going out and our coming in."
The Pay of Atonement follows ten
days after the beginning of the New
Year, It is customary for Jews to fast
on this day, and tho majority of the
soldiers in tho European armies will do
without food for 2 hours, despite th
physical strain that they aro now being
forced to undergo.
Reverse
War
Mortality of 4 From Dis
ease to 1 From Bullets.
SERVIAN PRINCE WOUNDED
Hurt While Leading Cavalry Charge
Against Austrlans.
LONDON Sept. :i.
A Reutir's dispatch from Nish a8
II is oftViallv annoiiiii eii theie thut
Pi line eicoige of S rvia was slightly
v'i inded while heading .1 chu'gc of cav
eiry attacking the Austrian fores on
the Save River He will shortly be
able to rejoin hut command.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21. AVhlle laymen
have given their attention to casualties
fiom bullets, medical and sanitary cx
pcits have been weighing the piobablo
losses fiom a still more dcstiuctlvo foicc,
disease, becniise It is well established
that rarely has there been a conflict of
nny duration in which at leust four men
have not perished fiom disease to every
one from bullets.
In modern times It was loft for Japan
to demonstrate that an army sanitation
system could be mndu elilclent, and many
of her methods have been employed by
tho armies now battling, simple methods
of piccaution with icsults that astonished
the mlllijiy repiuscnt.itlves of Amuilcuii
and Euiopean nations sent to make ob
scivatlons of the Russo-Japanese War.
Among these medico-military experts
who were at the fiont with tho Japanese
tioops, and lor a while with the Rus
sians, was Dr. Luiili "Livingston Sea
man, of New York city, who was sur
geon major of the First Regiment, lT. S.
V. Engineers, In Poito Rico and Cuba,
and who subsequently served in tho Phil
IppiniH nnd made observations nt the
ft out during the Roxer uprising. Doctor
c'camaii personally icceived from Sur-(leon-Gcnernl
Moil, of the Japanese at my,
the final statistics of the Russo-Japanese
War. After u ciueful study of them,
he says:
"The- astonishing fact reveulcd by these
figures Is that out of 77.23S dead, 43,377
met dealh from battle casualties, leaving
l'l,flS9 who died from nil other causes to
gether. The ratio of those who died
from disease and those who died fiom
buttle casualties, thciefore, is as 1 to
3C.
JAPAN'S AVONDERFl'L RECORD.
"Compare this wonderful achievement
of the Japanese with Longmoro's tables,
based on the recoreis of battles for the
lust two bundled years, which aio ac
cepted as the most rellablo statistics of
war, and which Miovv that raiely has
thero been a conflict of any great duia
tlon In which ut least four men havo not
perished from disease to every one from
bullets. Yet the Japanese los,t nearly
four men fiom battlo casualties foi every
one from disease.
"In tho Ilusso-Turklsh War fO.000 men
died from disease and 20,000 from wounds.
It Is asierted by eminent authority thut
in six months of tho Ci linen n campaign
the allied forces lost 50.000 from disease
and only 2000 from bullets.
"In our war with Mexico the propor
tion of losses was about thieo fiom dis
cus to oho from bullets, ami In our
gre-at livll War ne-iuiy the same propor
tion obtained. In lound numbeis of the
hundreds of thousands of fatalities in
that conflict nearly three-quaiters of
them lesulted from disease. Almost ui
many men porlshe-d from fevers and in
testinal diseases us were slaughtere-d in
tho terrible battles that ende-d our great
conflict.
"No lessons teem to have been leuined
from thebe frightful experiences, for
later ttatistlcs show no Improvement.
In tho French campaign in Madagascar,
in WM, 14,0f) men were sent to the fiont
of whom -J wero killed In action, and
7Gfjn perished from preventable disease.
In the Hoer War In South Africa the
English losses from disease were simply
(rightful, greater even than In our Civil
War.
'nut the crowning pleco of Imbecility
was reserved for our war with Spain,
when. In 1SSS, more than 13 men were
needlessly sacrificed for every onu who
died from battle casualties, and that,
teio In a war the chief campaign of
which lasted only six weeks.
"Without for a moment minimizing the
tplendur of her victories on land and seu,
Mukdep, i'uit Arthur, Llao-ymig and the
Korean Straits, of which two ar among
the bloodiest buttles of history, I still
assert unhesitatingly that tho gteatest
conquests of Japan have been in the hu
manities of war, In the stopping of need
less sacrifice of life by the prevention
of disease.
"Long beforejthe opening of hostilities
thorough preparations had been made In
the hospital service, us In evciy other
dcpaitment of Japan's army. In her
reioid-bri'aklng cumpaign her military
officers wero provided with an auxiliary
fence of more thun 44,mJ men. known as
'saultaiy soldiers,' n absolutely un
known factor In our arm. These 'sanl
tai v soldiers' were subservient lo the
medical olllccrs. to eairy out sanitary
regulations servo as hospital stevvuids,
'ittcr carriers or in any oilier lapawty
ti, vvhieii they might be detailed,
Throughout the war they proved a most
.powerful factor."
LONDON, Sept. 21.
German troops are dying to the music of
their regimental bands In the valley of
death along' the Alsne by day and by
night. Their losses are colossal, says an
English correspondent, who fends his
story from La Fcrte-Mllon, south of
Solssons, He sajss
I 'From the battlefield of Mamo 1 worked
my vvny northward through Chnntllly nnd
Scnlls to Crepy-en-Valols to this valley
of death. I came by night through lands
wasted by the feet of tens of thousands
of nrmed men and by Innumerable wheels
of tho world's greatest armies.
"I have seen on thla road sights that
convince me that the retreat waa not only
swift, but precipitate to a point of actual
panic. It was Alsne or destruction, It Is
necessary to realize that Just as tho allied
army, on Its way from Mons to Paris,
was In danger of the German flanking
movement which threatened to overwhelm
It, so was General von Kink's .right
llnnk In Its retreat from Paris to Alsne
In oxtreme danger. To avoid annihilation,
he fled a position of tremendous strength
toward tho west. It was absolutely
essential to his safety to gain the position
of Alsne.
"One must not lose sight of the supreme
fact that of tho present situation Just
ns the Junction of tho Ourcq nnd Marne
nt Meaux made that town the key of
encounter last week, so the junction of
the 01e and the ATSne at Comptegnc has
endowed the latter with oardlnn Import
ance. Once across the Alsne, the German
army had the River Olse on Its right, ond,
for the moment, the danger of being odt
(lnnked was nveitcd.
"This was the position on Sunday, Sep
tember 13, the first day of the great
frontal battle.
"The valley of the river became nn In
ferno. From height to height the great
guns belched forth their fire In terrific
fashion. Hugo shells went Bhrloklng
across the river nnd the liver meadows.
The army poured a withering fire upon
the allied troops and englneera that were
engaged In building pontoon bridges. The
pontoons are carried on wagons espe
cially constructed for their transportation.
It Is necessary to bring these pontoons
to the water's edge, launch them and then
lash them together.
ALLIES BEGIN ADVANCE.
"The whole operation of building tho
pontoon bridges was carried on while a
hell of fire rained down on the men, rifles,
mltrailleutees nnd the heavier guns con
tributing. At one time the enemy's fire
had grown so deadly and had worked
such destruction among the forces en
gaged In building the pontoon bridges that
the work had to be suspended tempor
arily. "Finally tho allied army, foot by foot,
began to advance toward the river banks.
Thanks to the presence of the small un
broken bridge, the English troops were
able to effect a crossing of tho river
comparatively early, while the French,
showing great bravery, began crossing
the river In single file by using the steel
girder. In the meantime, the enginceis
renewed their task of pontoon bridge
building, and columns of troops crossed
the river. Ry nightfall the crossing of
the river had been effected, nnd the
enemy was forced to retire.
"Monday the Germans opened a heavy
bombardment along the heights eastward
towurd Solssons. On Tuesday afternoon
a very severe attack was made by the
enemy, who evidently had been rein
forced and who seemed determined to
break through the allied lines between
Vlc-sur-Alsnc and Solssons. This at
tack was heralded by a tremendous out
burst of the heavy Gerihan artillery, fol
lowed by n systematic advance of the
Infantry. The Infantry of the Allies,
aided by machine guns, stood their
ground, however. In a most splendid fash
ion, pouring a deadly fire Into the at
tacking Germans. At certain points the
Allies repulsed the Germans nt the point
of bayonets.
"With unabated fury this battle con
tinued all night and throughout Wednes
day and Thursday. The Germans were
hurled at the allied troops In close for
mation, with extreme recklessness as to
human life. Summed up In a woid, It
seemed as If the German strategy was
'weight.'
GERMANS FALL BACK.
"The first sign of weakening on the
part of the Germans was noticed Thurs
day afternoon after their fierce attacks
on that day had been repulsed with hugo
losses.
"As night fell on Thursday the Allies
began to drive back the Germans along
tho extiemo west of the position
fiom the river bank that Is, Noyon. The
work was slow and labotlous and the
Hermans contested every Inch of the
way, but the attack of the Allies was
lelentleas, nnd foot by foot the Ger
mans backed away. At last the Allies
gained six miles and took the heights
above the river.
"The Allies took GOO prisoners and a
number of fine machine guns. They
then made several charges on the
heights, facing the lenible fire of the
enemy's artillery from (he district of
Noyon, I.aon and Fontenoy. The charges
faiily staggered the enemy because of
their fierceness and suddenness, and they
accomplished their object.
"A Herman prisoner told me that the
courage and the recklessness of the
French and British during those charges
amazed the Germans.
"At Solssons was the only place that
only a slight advance was made by the
Allies. This was due to the fact that
the Germans had artillery placed In the
quarries, which form a strong n.Uuial
position, and by virtue of their big guns
and their position weie able to hold the
allied troops partly In check.
"As I write the Impression exists that
the enemy's resistance Is weakening.
Men In the trenches state that the .Are
of the Germans bus died down some
what. "Solssons has suffered terribly It was
subjected to dally bombaidment by the
great German guns Almost irreparable
damage has been done to the famous
t.'athedral and to the Church of St. Jean
des Vlgnes. It is expected that if the
homburdment continued the town will be
reduced to ruins, but the havoc wrought
in Solssons, so far as the battle of the
Aisne Is concerned, matters not at all.
"Once tne enemy Is dislodged from the
stone quarries the whole German line
must fall back, just as the right wing
fell back at Complegne. It U a question
of heavy attillerv. and. just now, the
Hermans seem to have the advantage in
this respect However, I have seen some
of the great French guns being moved
up and placed into position, and the hour
of the German advantage in heavy ar
tillery will pass as soon as those guns
get into action."
IN ADVANCE AGAINST
POLISH STRONGHOLD
Grodno Objective of Hin
denburg's New Movement
to Clear Way to Warsaw.
Defeated Russian Armies
Unite.
BERLIN, Sept. 31.
Three German army corps (120,000 men)
are marching on the Russian stronghold
of Grodno, after capturing the towns of
Atlgustowo, Szozucr.yn nnd GrnJevo, says
an ofTlclal announcement Issued here to
day. (Grodno Is an Important railway ccntie
on tho River Nlemnn. It Is on the main
line between Petrograd nnd Warsaw. The
city Is strongly fortified and Is tha cap
ital, of the Government of Grodno. The
threo captured towns are along tho fron
tier of Russian Poland.)
The statement continues:
The campaign of the eastern army
continues successfully. Part of the
Grodno army defeated by General
Hlndcnburg has Joined the fragments
of tho Vllna nrmy, and the two havo
fallen back on Grodno. Tbo cam-
pnlgn against Osowlcc (o nthe Blebrc
River) also continues successfully.
General Stelnmeta nnd Count Rantzau,
Whose names are Included In the latcit
list of dead, arc, sold to have been killed
In the eaBtern campaign.
GERMAN SOLDIER
THINKS GERMANS
WILL WHIP WORLD
Officer Declares Teutons
Despise English Forces
and Will Humiliate Great
Britain Letter to Mother
in New York.
PARIS, Sept. 21.
This letter was written by Carl
Schmidt, corporal, S6th German Infantry,
stationed nt Goblenz, to his mother In
New York city. It was carried by courier
from Goblenz to Holland and mailed fa
this country. The soldier writes:
"Goblenz, Friday morning, Aug. 28, 1814.
"Dear Mother
"Your letter of August 3d at hand at
this moment. I trust you have received
my letter wherein I spoke of the bomb
nttacks on Goblenz by French flyers dur
ing the night of August 3 and 4. I had
already written two letters to you, but
they w.ere both returned by tho censor.
Let us hope this one will reach you.
"During the attack of the French we
were during four hours exposed to Are
of the cannons, machine guns, rifles and
falling bombs, which later explodod from
time to time with terrific noise. We
came near losing our lives and were
obliged to fly from our bedrooms, as the
bullets were smashing the windows. Since
then wo live amidst the most awful tur
moil. Declarations of war following In
rapid succession: Russia, France, Eng
land, Belgium, Jnpan. We vvero almost
overwhelmed, yet the 'German heart was
not to li? overcome by fear. Germany
arose like n giant.
ALL KALLY TO COLORS.
"I wish you could havo witnessed the
mobilization. What an event! Millions of
soldiers! A regular migration ot nations'
Germany will fight for her existence to
the last man and to the last drop of
blood, Alieady 8,000,000 soldiers are In the
fjeld and millions more are being mo
blllzed. Every man from the age of 17
to 43 has been called to the colors. From
here at least 200,000 men have gone to the
front, yet Goblenz Is still alive with sol
dlers. At least 100.000 more are still here,
with a steady Inflow of others, Eveiy
body able to carry arms Is turned Into i
soldier peasants, artisans, laborers.
Judges, professors, lawyers, students, ete
"So far our chances aro excellent, not
withstanding the untruths circulated bv
the Freqch and especially the English
press. Our armies are on Belgium and
French soil as far as St. Quentln l.'2"
kilometres from Paris) and one kingdom,
Belgium, nnd threo powerful forts are in
our hands. Liege, Namurand, Longwy,
Belgium, France and, today, England are
beaten In six great battles and number
ous skirmishes, France lias already lost
100,000 men. Tho main 'Biitlsh army is
beaten and In flight, losing about 50 can
nons, 170 war automobiles, with 7000 men
made pnsoneis. Two English cavalrv
brigades were viitually wiped out when
they attempted arrogantly to ride against
German Infantry. Wo havo already
thousands of French prisoners here in
Goblenz, also Turcos, soldiers from Sene
gal, Tonkin, French India, little yellow
fellows with slant eyes, and also seven!
hundred Englishmen.
DESPISE ENGLISH FORCE.
"Here France and Belgium are respect
ed us enemies at least, whereas England
is made tun of and despised and she'has
absolutely done nothing as yet, no(wtth
standing the bombastic talk of .Mr. Grev
Not even the Ileet has attacked us yei
They are a bunch of cowards, and they
well know that hundreds of mines are
floating along thu Herman coast and that
their ships would be blown up by the
mines and by dirigibles. So these Inciters
stay at home tind abuse us in the news
papers. Here It U one whole month and
their almighty Ileet has not dared to at
tack. Lord Kitchener was able to lick
Boers and Soudanese, but never German
"Our artillery has raised even thing.
In Liege the heavily armored 15,000-cwt
steel towers, sunk In five meters of te
ment, came down as so much pastfcboaid
The cement was blown to the winds and
the toers, whose steel walls measured
one-half meter In thickness, toppled over.
The aim of our Infantry was excellent,
accoidlng to the lepoits of the wounded
The Fiench mltrallleuscrs' lines of men
were laid low. The From li trenches were
filled jvJitaNad. Such is the Are of tha
GernialrrWl...,iy. Whole regiments are
, viitually wiped out.
"Our losses, too, are enormous, and we
I are fighting for the Fatherland to ths
I last man. We have here 10.000 wounded.
mostly Germans, but also French. Bel"
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regiments. 25th and CSth, stationed here,
have suffered heavily The 2Sth nas lol
over EO0 men. Several of our acquaint-
ances are among the dead up' "'
I Grev e and Lieutenant Mohran HoU bota
x lived close by an I saw them when tnex
left, three weeks ago. All hospitals sn
public buildings are Ailed with ounda-
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