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DESCRIBE BATTLE
FOUGKT AT TPRES
French Officers From
Front Tell How Por
tion of German Lines
Was Taken
INVISIBLE GUNS
ASSIST IN WORK
Spray Bursting Projectiles Over Ger
man Trenches in Wide Belt—Lat
ter Are Captured by French In
fantry in Bayonet Charge
Paris. Oct. 27. 10.30 P. M.—This is
how a portion of the German lines
northeast of Ypres was taken yesterday,
according to officers who have arrived
in Paris from the battle line:
\ series of light 4 gun. 3-inch field
batteries, each invisible from tlie front,
were disposed behind the natural cover
of undulations in the fields, 1 bits of
wood, ruined farm houses or dry ra
vines.
Ihe guns working to their full ca
pacity of four shells to the minute,
sprayed bursting projectiles over the
German trenches in a wide belt before,
over and just behind the carefully dug
and roofed field works that is the usual
thing with the adversaries. The Ger
man infantry, as long as they kept in
side of the covered trenches, were se
cure, except from the chance of shells
talliug directly through the narrow
si-ace left .'or t itle and machine gun fire.
German Reserves Caught Unawares
The French infantry, from the rear
of their own line of trenches, got up
as if for the usual run for the German ]
lines. The French guns at a moment
agreed upon ceased their fire and the
Germans, supposing the usual charging!
rush was coining, ordered up their re !
serve infantry, who were held outside!
of the shell zone, to support the slender ]
lines in their trenches.
The French infantry, although firing i
heavily, did not charge. The French
artillery changed their range and at a
signal by telephone from the French
trenches caught the German reserves
< oming on the run one thousand yards
behind the r works with a shattering
shell tire, which broke down formations
and seemed to bring down a third or'
the men in 1-h° line. They simply could |
not advance through the section of!
bursting shells.
French Capture the Trent-has
The Frei.ch infantry then charged
and won their way through the tire
from the German trenches, which they j
tool, with the bayonet.
The pushing of the Germans out of
France opposite Nancy yesterday and 1
the establishing of French positions in
side the German frontier is regarded as j
an important achievement at this junc-1
ture, proving that the allies are capable
of tarrying the .var into the cneniv's
country while holding the invading
army in check in the north.
The "blue devils," as the German? !
call the French light infantry operating
in the Vosges, again justified the terror
in which they are held by the enemy.!
They led the final rush which forced
the last of the Germans out of French !
Lorraine. These troops hesitate at 110
sacrifice to gain an end. The second
battalion, emulating the first battalion.'
which took the first (lag from the Ger- j
mans, held the vantage ground gained. ,
despite great losses.
Every Gulco a Death Trap
Tills seems to ebd for the time being
the long etfor against the unfortified
town of Nancy, the defense of which
lias proved a great surprise to the Ger
man.-. In the absence of strong forts ;
they found ber re them what is more j
effective in this war—field works. All
through the foothills of the Vo ev* |
ery thicket belched fire, every knoll was!
a little fortress, every gulch a death !
trap aii.i rh Germans left there the I
flower o!" the Imperial Guard.
Further west o:t the great front the
Germans treated thr French to a new
kind of surprise. While an artillery |
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♦ t ß ' ans the Vistula, driving the Austrians back. An Austrian column deboaching from thlC^'
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♦ r h Uh p U r i . nterruptio " frOTn the Carpathians, by way of Stry and Sambor. before the fortre.. o7
♦ the Polish part of the Vistula and the district of Plock. rrzemjrsl to
duel gave the infantry a respite, they
drove towards the allies' lines horses,
around the ntcks of which hung pla
cards announcing the defeat of the Rus
sians. The trenches are so close on this
j part of the front that orders may be
• heard across the intervening space' and
I i the soliderr relieve the tedium of their
I | long watches bv exchanging quips.
L RUSSIAN WINTER SETS IN;
•I MAY WORK HARDSHIPS TO
; GERMANS, LIKE NAPOLEON
t.ondou, Oct. 28, 3.45 A. M. —The
l correspondent of the "Times" at War
saw, telegraphing under date of Tues- j
day, has this to say of the campaign iu I
Russian Poland:
I " Kadom, 57 miles south of Warsaw,
: was taken after a hard struggle and !
i large bodies of Hussiau cavalry oecu- :
: pied Lodz, 75 miles southwest of War- i
- | saw, to day after considerable resist- I
. ! ance.
"The opinion is held here that Ger
many lias definitely lost her opportunity j
lin Poland, largely because she mis- I
j judged the attitude of the population. '
j which is increasingly anti-German." I
The Pet.ograd correspondent of the j
'j"Times," under Tuesday's date, says: |
1 | "The news of the occupation of Lodz |
. | is regarded in military circles as ex- j
I 1 tremely important because of thb pres- j
i ence of a large cavalry column,there, j
i which threatens the whole line of Gar- j
. man communication. The Germans will
be unable to withstand the terrible :
' threat to their left rtank and this cav-!
I airy movement may precipitate develop
-1 meats compelling the Germans to fall
tiack upon Crenstoehowa, in Kussian I'o
, land, dose to the Silesian frontier, and
■ j to weaken extremely tiie Austrian de
, j fensive in Galicia.
The "Chronicle's'' Warsaw corre
i spondent seuds a dispatch, which was
delayed in transmission, in which he
; says:
"The Russian winter, which brought i
; l ruiu to Napoleon and must mean the |
i greatest hardship for the German j
! troops, has set in early this year. I
When our train crossed the Beresina I
river near Minsk a few days ago a bliz- i
zard was raging and the fields and for j
j ests thereabout were covered with i
snow. All the way from Moscow to j
Warsaw the weather was bitterlv |
cold."
I AUSTRIAN'S KAIL IN ATTEMPT
TO ENVELOP BRI SSILOFF
Petrograd, Oct. 27.—The attempt of]
the Austrians to envelop the left wing j
of the army of General Brussiloft' has j
failed, according to a semi-official an
nouncement. On October 24 about)
twenty versts (15 miles) souWi of Sam-]
bor, the Kussian troops surrounded in i
a mountain valley the thirty-eighth di-|
vision of the Honveds with effectives'
belonging to the laudsturm, firing upou !
them from the surrounding heights.
Only a few of these soldiers sue - j
reeded by favor of night in saving
themselves by the mountain paths. An
j entire artillery division of twenty can
nons and trains fell into Russian hands.
Gets Armor Plate Contract
| Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 28. —Th e Car- j
bon Steel Company, of this city, which ;
entered the armor plate field within j
three years, yesterday closed a contract J
j with one of the warring European na- j
tions for 8,000 tons of light armor j
plate. The plate, which is to be about [
one and one-half inches in thickness, j
will be used for shields on field gun i
| carriages.
German Defeat in Belgian Congo
Paris. Oct. 28. 4.44 A. M.—A
Havre dispatch to the "Matin" re-j
| ports that M. Tombeut, vice governor I
| general of Katanga in the Belgian Con- I
go, announced that Belgian troops, com- i
manded by Resident Commissioner Hen
ry, completely defeated the Germans
at Kissenie, on Lake Tanganyika, which
lies between Belgian Congo and German I
Hast Africa.
#1.319 for Belgian Relief
Kansas City, Oct. 2S.—The relief
j fund being raised by George Mignolet,
j Belgian Consul here", for the Belgians
rendered destitute bv the war, has
| reached a total of $1,319.80. One
j thousand dollars of this amount already
has been sent to the Belgian embassy at
| Washington. The rest will be used as a
I nucleus for another thousand dollars.
HARRISBURG STAR-TXDEPKNBENT. WEDNESDAY KVFV'Vti. og
MUMS ISSUE A
CALL i moors
General Staff Decides
to Reinforce Army
in the ' Vicinity of
Dixmude
GAIN OF ALLIES
IS ANNOUNCED
Anglo-French Forces in the Region
South of Dixmude Take Offensive
Against German Contingent Which
Succeeded in Crossing the Yser
Paris, Oct. 28, 6.50 A. M. —The is-
I sue of the battle in Belgium was ap
j patently still far. from determination
! to-day. That the Germans had made
jup their miuds to reach a decision in
I this part 6f the theatre of war was
: indicated by the report that their gen
| eral staff" lias issued a further call for
troops from Belgium and Germany for
concentration in the vicinity of Dix
mude where some of the most severe
fighting in the battle of Flanders has
occurred.
The gain of the ailies in the region
to the south of Dixmude, as officially
announced, showed that they are able,
despite the heavy and continuous can
! uonading and the attacks of the Ger
-1 man infantry, to take the offensive
[ against the German contingent which
i previously had succeeded in crossing
| the Yser. This news was-received with
I much satisfaction by the president as
| was also the announcement regarding
; the offensive movement by the French
{ around Nancy.
May Receive Blow in Stomach
As to the activity in this vicinity
i he French recalled a recent remark by
General t'astelnau when, in putting the
i public on its guard against possible
| bad news, he said:
"We will perhaps receive a blow in
! the stomach but we are sure to return
j it."
More to the west in Woevre, the
j progress of the allies toward the route
! from St. Mihiel to Metz is, it is pre
i dieted, going soon to put in a difficult
, position the German forces which have
| tried, in crossing the Mensc, toward a
junction with their forces fighting in
I Argoune. Furthermore the advance of
j the French and English between Ypr.es
i and Roulers also gave ground for hope
I here. As to when the contest in the
north would be finished there is no
! good guess. French military men said,
however, that the prolongation of the
battle gave no reason for losing pa-
I tience.
Possible Attack on Verdun
Discussing the possibility on an at-1
tack on Verdun, General Hierro Cherfils
i to-day declared that its defense was
j unlimited since it was solidly attached
to the allies army of Argonne. The
enemy, he said, after testing the j
: strength of Verdun, would gradually
| give up the hope of attempting to bring
I about its fall.
France, according to the general, still
has more than a million men in re
! serve to give battle to the Germans to
say nothing of the large number of
good volunteers. These are so numer
i ous in fact that many are being re
fused.
New British Gun Finds Airmen
London, Oct. 28.—A new British
gun, used for the first time in recent
days, has provided a fresh terror for
German airmen. The gun, a correspond
ent states, succeeds in finding its target
with great facHity.
German Priare Wounded
Limoges, Oct. 28.—Five German offi
cers. wounded in battle, are in the hos
pital here. Among the number is
Prince Jean Charles, of Carolath-Beut
hen, a lieutenant of the Third regiment
of Uhlans, who is suffering from a
wound in the leg.
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