i t y - . .) a. .,1 - f vr ) ohl .. 3 I "1 i GREAT UNION MEANS ,VICT0RY FOR ALLIES England, France'arfa -America Trinity ThatSpellB Boche Doom STORY OF A NIGHT RAID Nino Huns, Iripaled on Bayonets in tho Dark Explato Their Crimes i By HENRt BAZIN Slaff rnrrwenitnt Evenlno lutMo Ledger tillh l America Armv ( France with Titt: pnuxcii atoiius in THE FI12LD. Nov. t5. I am wrltlnp these Unfespon an army tjpcwrltcr back o the lines at the l'rcncli front. Seemingly, they hde imthlns In common with, what this ttory tells; nothing on the surface at least but much In sjmbol, shibboleth, mot d'ordrc. pointing as outriders toward our determined ends, tho ends of un doubted. Indisputable lctory. If It liad not been for the nusslan situation we would not have had the Italian situation. And If It ere not for tho Italian situation I erlly believe the war would hao ended In Allied lc tory before February snow flics. Now wo must gird our loins anew for a longer war In flice of tho Italian re treat, the menace confronting the Bridge of Signs and tho Doge's I'alace. All of which saors of pessimism, of which hir u nanrlit In mv make-up. For be hind tho nusso-ltallan" cloud I see three things, three suns shining, three united w Ills France, England, tho Jnlted Stated. And I also see this, which nobody can deny, nor anything nusslan or Italian niter that the Boche and the Hun are ns certain of final dcfeit through these threo wills as tho coming of tomorrow's dawn. For France held and udwinced uhllo Kngland prepared. Franco holds and adt.-mccs whllo Kngland adances and holds. France ami Kngland will bo bcond a long line of present No Man's Land when tho United States), fully pre pared In men and materia), takes her genuine placo In the line. Then all three together In effort com bined and Irresistible, growing effort In strength, thanks to the power In might, men and material of tho land of the freo across the sea. It's going to b a bit longer ere tho victorious end but (hat's all. TniNITV THAT MUST WIN Fo'r that end victorious Is certain when In a long pull, a strong pull and .i pull all together France, Kngland and the United Mates are on tho western lighting line whero the war Is destined to bo won: an Inseparable, Irresistible, united trinity that wilt bring about tho common end of Frusslanlsm'a downfall. I havo not been on the nusslan front, and I only know what I know of It through what I read and hear. Neither hae I been on tho Italian front, and afl I know as to tho situation there Is equally through that which I read and hear. Bull believe me, had I been upon either or both, had I witnessed the Husslan flunk or the extraordinary Ital ian retreat. It could not hae made an iota of difference In my Judgment as to ultimate Allied lctory aver the Boche, because I hae lived and studied and ni.nnrhed and written upon this western front for two years, witnessed with my D iIih utt.PP vitlu to friarii nt Tommy Is mado of, Sammee Is mado of. Tawe It from me, they spell tho ccr- GOOD A word to ttZPtro "Braksr Actual al Ewe it .GtV-M-U feltifv fltint vtrnHf" for t-tslit otr wrong: despite Jtussla, dctplte Venice, urnpiie ino roup. Any man who has seen this American army In the making could not think otherwise. Any man who has seen the army of the King at Vlmy lUdgo.nt Messlnes nidge, at ar!ed points from Ypres to the Somme, could not think otherwise. Any man who has seen tho Irorlion blue of France at Chemln des Dames, upon California Hill and Crn onne Plateau, at Verdun and Sallly and varied points, even to the bit of re conquered Alsace, could not thlpk other wise. All of these have I seen. Let us thrust aside any mlsgMtfgs that tem porarily cloud our hopes and gluj our loins anew vve of the three wlllsr a Tn:p "ovnn thk top" I had no business to bo one of tho party, having "butted In" through tho kindness of a French officer whom It had been my good fortune to have as companion during several experiences of the past :ear. Wo were twolvo as wo went over the top, very cautiously. Thi fog was ns solid as a stone and wet as water. The night was very quiet nnd tii thick ns tho mud. In groups of three, closo together, wo went forward Into No Man's Land on patrol, no sound but tho sucking ooze under our feet and ihn hnm nnd fnr-off crescendo of occa sional bhell screeching through Invisible heavens. Suddenly, at the word, we stopped nlil'n nur officer peeped through an eye hole! at the Interior of a little box strung to his belt. It contained a pocket electric lamn fixed Immovably In position wun Its. light thrown upon the face of a com pass. As we stood, we heard advancing steps curing toward us, steps that sounded like ours. and. equally numer ous. We Waited as our officer whis pered: , "QnrAari Ktnnrl ftM tlV aide. Fid your man and give him tho bajonct, all lnrnther. ns I rmicll. Not before. And don't shoot, not one of ou; the bajtnet only, through the trunk " With tho word, he gently pushed mo behind him and I am not ashamed to say I did not resist the kindliness of his Intent Perhaps at the Instant he regretted Melding me my prajer to leave the rats and cllow slime of the trenches with him but a little before. I asked him afterward and he only smiled. Presently out of the gloom we made the figure of a man in a Boche helmet, tl en another directly behind him, nnd behind still, seven more. Just n the .last figure reached the place 1 was standing, so near that I could have almost touched him with outstretchtd iflngertlp, the lieutenant coughed. With tho sound there were eleven lunges, but two of which 1 saw, nine exclamations of pain and nine falling bodies. I saw two go down and a third como toward them la a heap out of the fog. Thre- were but slightly wounded, It seems, nnd gave fight, one firing his rifle, tho flash showing ellow. Where tho bullet went I never knew. And what happened to the 6hooter and his two unshootlng fellows was swift and certain. In less time than It takes to write thero was silence. Somebody said somevvhero that the onlv good In dian was a dead Indian. Well, tho only good Boche Is a dead one, and, these visible and unseen men were 'very good BANKER IS DIRECTOR OF ENEMY TRADE BOARD NEW YOnK, Dec. 19. John Henry Hammond, of the New York banking firm of Brown Brothers 4 Co, has'been appointed director of the bureau of enemy trade, with Headquarters at Washington, D. C. 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They are traveling so fast that they have the appearance of being very much shorter than they really are, although their diameter does not appear altered. It, was fascinating to watch them shooting In at all angles and to see the dirt and bits of trench fly In the air as the ter rlflo explosion came. nUDELT DISPELLED Suddenly, about 10 o'clock, we were awaro of the fact that the bombard ment had ceased. At first we did not know what had happened Our own artillery had also ceased Are. It was still as tho tomb of death. There was not even the crack bf a rifle to break tho silence. H was also strange, after tho terrific row that had been going on all morning, that we did not know whether we were alive or dead, I actually did believe for a minute that t had gone to heaven and that that was the reason there vras no noise. I probably flattered mjself regarding my future destination, hut that was the feeling I had Sly conjectures on this subject were rudely dispelled by the most peculiar sensation I had ever experienced. The ground had started to sway from side to side like a ship on a rough sea. It was not a Jerky motion, but a gentle, slow movement and the ground we ware lying on roe what seemed to me about ten or fifteen feet. Up till this mo ment there had been no noise. I looked and exclaimed, "My CJod, Barclay, thero goes a mine." Precisely at that Instant there was tho most deafening roar I had ever heard. JuBt under the place where No)eltj) Suggestions Knitting Needle Sets $1.50 to $18.00 Yarn Holders $3.50 Enameled Toilet Bottles $4.50 to $16.00 Enameled Pen and. 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I looKert up and saw a large piece of limber coming down which seemed to have picked me out as a good soft spot on which to land. It was no use trying to dodge It. I had not time, but even If I had, one spot seemed about as good as another. With a terrlffio thud It struck me on my steel helmet, which undoubtedly saved my life. BAnCLAT WAS UNTOUCHED I don't know how long I was uncon scious, but when I opened by eyes Bar clay was there beside me untouched, by some miracle. I could not move hand or foot and was fully convinced that my neck was broken. I told Barclay I was done In and that he had better get to Observation nidge If he could, as tho Germans would probably attack In a moment and that we would undoubtedly take up a position on the ridge with any supports that might be coining up. Barclay, however, stayed with mo a fow minutes and I soon found that with his assistance I could get up and stagger along. My steel Welmet had been driven down on my head so far that It had torn my scalp In several places and I could hardly see for the blood stream ing down my face. Barclay examined my head and found that tho wounds were not serious and we continued at a little better pace. Wo wero walking over the ruins of the old trenches and not a living man was to be Eecn any where. Wo came to a sort of lean-to dugout which had received a direct hit, and In tho wreckage I found Mr. 'Wells with his feet pinned down by revetting ma terial With him were one or two dead and very seriously wounded men. Mi. Wells himself waa very much dazed. He had had his ear drums so badly dam 3C?33Jlr mm. Toondor" Actual tin Cox of 23, ItVM Box of CO, H-1i Less by the box sM aged that he could hardly'hoar me when I spoke to htm. I had enough strength left to release his legs and wa decided to cross the little stretch of marshy ground which lay between us and Ob servatory jtldge. we were staggering along together when the sharp crack 1 crack I crack I of a German "typewriter" caused us to look around, For the first time vve saw the long lines of advancing Huns. We knew we did not have muil. chance, but we kept on. The bullets were kicking up the dirt all around Us nnd It seemed to us as If they went between our legs and under our arms without touching us. We knew If we could gain Observatory nidge we would uo all right. But this was not to be. We went down together. Wells got It through the side and at first I did not know where I was wounded, f felt as It Eome,on had struck me across the back of the neck with a crowbai. I rolled over and found that my left hand waa flopping uselessly atm y side. Iv knew that my arm waa broken. We had both been pretty weak before we were hit. but this was .the last straw. We Just had enough strength to crawl Into a shell hole on the edge of which we wero llng Our artillery opened fire and shrapnel started to hurst all around us. There was the occasional crack of a rifle from Observatory Illdge, but our hearts sank when we noticed how Intermittent the flro was. Wo knew that no body of sup ports had been able to get up alive through tho German barrage fire. We hoped that every crack of a rifle meant a Hun down and we -cursed our luck that we had not had time to go back to our dugout for our revolvers. We might have accounted for one or two, but If we had, this story would probably never have been written. As vve lay thero In the shell hole sev eral groups of Huns passed quite close to us They wero advancing slowly over the swampy uneven ground which had been torn up by shell fire and were for tunately pa Ins more attention to where they stepped than to us Every man had his rifle slung across Ills back. 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S'MOKK SIGNALS We feigned death whenever a IJun passed close to us, but we watched them through our half-closed eyes because we wanted to follow their actions and hoped later on to be ab e to regain our own lines. We knew they had not gone far past us because from a few yards away smoke signals were being shot Into tho nlr. The were beautiful to watch. They wero fired from a largo pistol, probably similar to the very pistol which wo use for sending up flares. One solid ball of smoke rose about a hundred feet In the air and then burst Into two smaller ba'ls which flew off at a tangent This was evidently the signal that their objective had been reacheu. , The stream of advancing Huns stop ped and at last we were able to pay more attention to ourselves. I managed with one hand to get Wells's tunlo un done and td pull his bloody shirt aside to examine his wound. Ho could not tel exactly where he was hit, but thought It was through the stomach. 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