THE FULTON COUNTY NIWS, McOONNELLSBURO. PA. mnmz repulse FOES BUSH FRESH AUSTRIAN FL Von Kluck, With Fresh Troops, Faces French Left; Reinforced Allies Resume the Offensive - :o: - Kaiser's Generals Turn Their Heavy Artillery on the Weakening Centre of 120-Mile Battle Line to Break Anglo-French Army ZEPPELIN DROPS THREE BOMBS ON OSTEND - :o: Mllltary experts assume that the battle of the Alsne It now in the most critical stage. Reviewing the Government reports and the opinions of critics one finds that the Germans are rapidly becoming the victims of the same strategy which nearly took them to Parla a vast, tireless turning move ment. As the Allies were com pelled to surrender the Laon-La Fere-Rheims barrier by the enor mous strength of the encircling German right, the Germans now must give up the same barrier or suffer their right wing to be en veloped and crushed. London. With fresh troops being brought up by both sides, the battle in the Tergnlnr-St. Quentln section between the Olse and the Somnie is being fought to a finish. The Allies are being reinforced by BritiRh troops from Ostend and Boulogne, while Gens, von Kluck and von Boehm are getting aid, both from Belgium and the Lorraine region. In the Meuse district Germans have broken through the line of forts be tween Verdun and Toul, on the Moeelle. In the center the French report gains, although Rheims was again bombarded by the Germans. At Tergnler, an Important railroad Junction on the Olse, the French, aid ed by two British army corps, are assaulting the German positions and also along the line northward to the vicinity of St. Quentln In a supreme effort to cut Gen. von Kluck's com munications. The Germans, massing, fresh troops on their west flank, hatted the ad vance of the Allies toward the all important position, St. Quentln, and even pressed forward. The Allies in turn reenforced, resumed the offen sive and struck vigorously. This phase of the battle of the Alsne was marked by the most vio lent fighting since the Germans stood on the bills of Champagne. It is reported that the dead are being car ried carried away by trainloads. The general position of the Allied left has gradually been changing. Realizing the folly of sacrificing men in the vain attempts to carry the strongly intrenched German positions between the Alsne and Olse, the French and British commanders con tended themselves with subjecting these trenches to a constant bombard ment. And with the bulk of their forces available for further action they drove a wedge against the Ger man lines of communications. If they can break them then it will bo possible to split the armies of Gen. von Boehm, made up of the bulk of the Germans withdrawn from Belgium, and of Gen. von Kluck. This will either throw the latter back on top of Gen von Bulow's army, which udjolns it on tho east, or com pel von Kluck to give battle sur rounded on Hires sides by his enemies. Meanwhile the French center Is again active. It was announced that the German bombardment of Rheims had been resumed. Shortly afterward It was also stated that the French center was advancing east of Rhelma, indicating that the real cause of the renewal of the bombardment was the resumption of the offensive by the French. The reason for this undoubt edly is a desire to create a diver sion which wot id aid the chain of French fcrts along the Meuse be tween Verdun and Toul, which are under severe pressure at the present time. GERMAN AIRSHIP IS LOSER IN FIERCE SHORT RANGE DUEL ANTWERP. A duel In the air ovr Brussels between a Bel- J gian biplane, which was mak- ing a reconnaissance, and a Ger- $ man machine, which was In pur- 3 suit of the biplane, Is described s 2) briefly by a correspondent who x witnessed the contest. The two 4 S machines ascended to a great ',, f n'titude, and after a swift flight, 4 the aviators exchanged shots at 4 ! short range. Suddenly the Ger- I man turned turtle and fell, and ,jl ! the Belaian blDlane returned to- '5' ward Antwerp. ' POPE BLESSED FIGHTERS. Acceded to Request of Superior General of Capuchin Monka. Bordeaux. One of the last acts of the late Pope Pius, says La Llbcrte, was to give his blessing to the Capuchin monks who are fighting In the ranks of the French army. The superior general of the monks who obtained the blessing of the Pope Is Father Venanre, in civil lire Pau'. Dodo, who was an old schoolmate of President Polncare, at the Nancy high school. - It is admitted that In the fighting of the lust few days the losses on both aides have been enormous. A dispatch from Basel, credited to the Fournier Agency, says that Ger mans la flight from Lorraine declare that during the attack upon the In trenched camp at Verdun the Aus trian and German artillery had 10,000 dead and 15,000 wounded. Many of the wounded died where they fell, It Is stated, owing to a lack of prompt treatment A dispatch from Lucerne, Switzer land, states that military operations In upper Alsace have been brought to a pause in consequence of full of snow in the mountains and floods In tho valleys. A Basel report says that General Pau, the French commander who is operating in Alsace, captured a Ger man train a mile long which was loaded with ammunition. The train has been sent to France. The Ger mans in that region are now without ammunition and are awaiting a supply from Austria. Speedy Check t n Envoys Who Talk Too Much A. RUSTEM BEY TO LEAVE IN TEN DAYS VON SCHOEN DENIES IN TERVIEWCRITICISMS OF U. 8. ABRUPTLY STOPPED. Washington. A speedy end to the series of displeasing Interviews given out by European diplomats since the beginning of the war was Indicated with the announcement of A. Rustem Bey, the Turkish Ambassador, one of thoso who have incurred the Presi dent's displeasure, that he is leaving In ten days for Constantinople and the repudiation by Baron von Schoen of tho Gorman Embassy of the intervlow with him published hero. The Rustem Bey Interview In ques tion contained the statement that the sending of United States warships to Turkish waters In connection with reports of dangers to Christians would lead to a serious situation. The Incident of the offensive Inter view given by Baron von Schoen on the relations of the United States and in which it was stated that tho Japanese regarded war with this country as Inevitable, came to an abrupt end when the German diplomat repudiated the interview. WILD NIGHT ATTACKS AT ALLIES LEFT Paris. The battle In the north, so far, as tho German right wing Is con cerned, has resolved Itself entlroly In to night attacks. The day Is devoted solely to duels between the crack ar tillery of the urmles, hut during the night tho assaults continue. These consist of wild rushes In at tack and counter-attack that have, it Is Insisted at headquarters here, re sulted In continuous ground gaining. Tho Paris Mutln said that In the war up to tho present time Germany has lost 1,000,000 men against France, Ru.'iBla and Belgium, and that Austria has lost 1,000,000 against Russia and Sorvlu. OSTEND SHELLED BY ZEPPELIN BOMBS Ostend, via London. A Zeppelin airship coming from the direction of Thonrout (twelvo miles southeast of Bruge, Bolgium,) dropped throe bombs. One struck tho Avenue P De Smet de Nayer bridge, on the outskirts of the town; another fell in the harbor, and another on the promises of a wholesale fish doaler, partly wrecking the building. Tho explosion here made a great cavity In the ground and badly dam aged all surrounding houses, extin guished street lamps, destroyed elec tric wires and created a panic The Zoppelln roturned toward Tlilelt, twelve miles northeast of Courtral. From Ostend, as the crow flies, Is only about seventy miles across the North Sea and the Strait of Dover to tee Fnpllsh roast. MRS. PANKHURST IN TRUCE. Aids by Speech to Secure Recruits for English Army. London Mrs. Emmollne Pnnkhurst, the militant lender, speaking at a meeting 'n support of Lord Kitchner's appeal for recruits, said a war to crush militarism had the heartiest approval of women who had fought hard for political enfranchisement. "When tho proper time comes," Mrs. Pankhurst added, "we shall rcsumo, but for the present we must beat back a common (oe." allies' attack ARMIES TO FRONT EEIEFOR 1,500,000 Russians Are Confronted by 1,000,000 Germans Cassack , Fore Now Reported Near Cracow One of Czar's Armies Follows It; Another Moves Toward Warsaw. London. Immense forces of Rus sians are rapidly nearing the Ger man frontier on a line of advance 150 miles wide. London expects within a week to hear of a pitched battle, as vast as that of the Alsne, between 1,000,000 Germans and Aus trlans who are concentrating on this line to save the Kaiser's territory from 1,500,000 Russians. Dispatches from Rome, Petrograd and Amsterdam confirm previous in timations that all attempts to hold the Russians within Gallcla and Po land until the combats In the West are decided have failed, and that the Germans, withdrawing from Russian territory, are combining with such Austrian forces as have escaped cap ture or disintegration In a final ef fort to block the Russians from Prus sia and Silesia. The Russian advance Is a double movement. A great army Is moving westward from Warsaw and the south for the purpose of striking at Posen, while another army, released from Gallcla by the collapse of Austrian resistance, Is co-operating by an ad vance aganst Cracow. Belief that the direct Russian ad vance against Germany is rapidly progressing is partially confirmed by an announcement of the Breslau Ga zette that the military authorities there have cut all telegraphic com munication between Breslau, Posen, Oppeln and Llebnltz. This would in dicate the approach of the Russian armls. There were rumors that Cos sacks have been Seen a few miles east of Breslau. RUSSIAN LOSSES HEAVY AT SADOWA Paris. Telegraphing from Petro grad, the correspondent of the Havas News Agency says that among the engagements proceding the capture of Jaroslaw by the Russians, that at Sadowa, on the Vistula River, was the most Important. This fight lated seven days with out Interruption. The Austrlans were Intrenched on the summits of some wooded hills rising from a broad and unsheltered plain. The Russians were forced to charge across this open plain in the face of a raking machine gun fire. Their losses were tremen dous and they were repulsed many times until finally their guns found the range; then their charge was suc cessful. SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS Paris reported that the French left wing fled before the Germans, but later, reinforced, took the offensive. The official Frenoh report said the Germans nad made a considerable advance on the heights of the Meuse. The reinforced German right was thrown back near St. Quentln, the Allies threatening Its lines of. com munication to Belgium. Premier Asquith, In a speech at the Mansion House, Dublin, appealed to "loyal and patriotic Ireland to take her place in defense of our common cause." The Marconi wireless plant at Sias conset was closed by the United States Navy until delivery of an unneutral message from the British cruiser Suffolk is explained. A news dispatch from Rome atates that the Russian advance guard has arrived before the fortress of Cra cow, In Austria. A despatch from Antwerp announced heavy fighting south of the city and a German defeat by the Belgians. Thirty-two thousand Canadian volun teers have sailed from Quebeo for the front, It was officially announced. It waa reported that a single German submarine destroyed the three Brit ish cruisers, Cressy, Hogune and Abouklr, in the North Sea. The British loss of life was estimated to be 1,133. The German Headquarters Staff In Berlin said the Kaiser's artillery had fired on the Rheims Cathedral because the French, while flying a white flag from the steeple, had used It as an observation post. German diplomats In the United States were charged with seeking to embroil Japan and the United In war by the Secretary of the Ja panese Embassy In Washington. Germany is concentrating Its forces along Its. frontier east of Breslau, preparing for the Russian invasion, which evidently Is about to begin. PEACE POSTERS IN BERLIN. Syndicates Proclaim "Down With the Kaiser," In His Capital. , London. Despite Mie watchfulness of the German authorities, says a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Lon dun Evening News, syndicalist posters proclaiming, "We want peace; down with the Kaiser," appear on the walls of buildings In Berlin. Travelers through the city between stations are ordered to keep the blinds of their vehicles drawn so that the posters may not bo seen CZAR'S ARMY WITH THE BOY8 IN THE TRENCHES AT THE BATTLE FRONT. All the troops appear to have beoomethoroughly hardened and accustomed to conditions. The commissariat and the ammuni tion supply departments are working perfectly. While the soldiers are occupying the ad vanced firing lines they are scarcely ever without one hot meal a day, which la brought to them In camp kettles from the field kitchens. The soldiers take occasional spells of re pose when In deep trenches smoking pipes and cigarettes, for a ration of tobacco Is served regularly. Meanwhile shells tear by overhead with a sound like the ripping of parchment. Germans Now In Control of Cracow Military Commandant Displaces Aus trian Civil Government and Resi dents Quit City In a Panic, Fearing Russian Attack. London. The Austrian defenders of the fortified city of PrzemyBl In Ga llcla have evacuated Bourgade and Medyka and have been repulsed In a sortie from the eastern line of forts. The Russians are reported as having taken the fortified position of Czysch ky and Fouldtyn, which covered Khyroff and other position in the Radymno region. A dispatch from Petrograd says that the Russian army Is mussing before Cracow and that the next big battle of the war is on. The fall of Cracow will leave the road to Breslau open to the Czar's troops. Reports of a battle between Rus sians and Germans came by way of Copenhagen. The Copenhagen dis patch said that the Germans were opposing a Russian army advancing "toward Breslau," which Is the first real indication that the Russian forces were near Breslau, in the province of Silesia. The Russians have seized all the passes In the Carpathians and have occupied Stanlslau and Kolomea both of which are cities of considerable size and both junction points on the railroad that crosses the Carpathians Into Hungary from eastern Gallcla. Positive denial was made at the War Office In Vienna that the Rus sians now are before Cracow. In stead, it Is stated, the Austrlans are now on the offensive In Gallcla and they are enthusiastically attacking the Russians at every point. Heavy rains have prevented the Austrlans following up tholr advantage. Cracow has been occupied by Ger man troops. The Austrian civil ad ministration has been displaced and the town put under a German mili tary ' commander. All the orlglnul administration of tho town and all civil officials of the Austrian Govern ment have left and the residents are fleeing in a panic. AUSTRIAN WOUNDED CROWD INTO TRIESTE Venice (via Paris). According to advices renchlng here from Trieste several thousand wounded have been brought into that Austrian city In the past three days. Many public buildings, Including theatres, are be ing converted Into hospitals for them. A majority of the wounded come from Gallcla, and they relate tales of fearful hardships. Tho Russians have captured Immense quantities of the winter slothing for the Austrian troop. The snow already has begun to fall, and the troops In the field are suffering from cold. AUSTRIANS FLEE AFTER DEFEAT NEAR BOSNIAN BORDER. Farls. A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Niah, Servia. says: "After several days of battle near Kroupnnl, ten miles from the Bosnian border, In which 2"0,000 Austrlans were engaged, the Austrlans suffered a complete defeat and are flying in panic from the banks of the River Drlna." EVIDENCE OF A LONG STRUGGLE BORDEAUX. M'nister of War Millerand has sent a circular to all the Prefects of France re questing them to secure as rap Idly as possible supplies of woolen underclothes, hosiery, gloves and blankets for the use of French soldiers In a winter campaign. He says the supplying of this clothing will provide employ ment for many women mill work ers and help local Industries to keep running. SWISS DEFY GERMANS. Italy Will Aid if Switzerland's Neu trality Is Threatened. Rome. According to a report from Basle, German has asked Switzerland to allow movements of troopB through that country. The Swiss Government, it is said, has refused, and has noti fied Italy, who is prepared to resort to arms in defense of her neighbor's neutrality. This report Is unconfirm ed, but Italy will not tolerate Swiss neutrality being threatened. TROOPS HURLED ON ALLIES' LIS Great Battle, Continuing Night and Day, Grows in Violence. Perceptable Advance on West ern Wing Reported. Fighting along the battle line in France has been characterized by fierce bayonet charges from the hostile trenches, which In some plnces are said to be not more than 100 metres part. (A metre is equivalent to 39.37 Inches.) An official French communication makes tbe claim that the German at tacks have been repulsed and that tho Allies have made perceptible progress on the western wing. The communi cation states that In the centre, from Rheims to Souain, a vigorous of fensive by the Prussian guard has been hurled back In tbe region of Berry-au-Bac (11 miles northeast of Rheims) and Nogent l'Abbesse (three miles east of Rheims). A wireless dispatch from Berlin says that the Allies are engaged In a gen eral attack on the extreme end of the right flank, of the German Army. At Bapaume (14 miles southwest of Arras, an advanced French' division was repulsed by 'a smaller German force, according to the dispatch, which also states that In the centre the Ger mans have made slight gains. Capture by the Germans of one of the frontier forts south of Verdun Is reported In a wireless dispatch from Berlin to the German Embassy at Washington. A dispatch from Petrograd to the Russian Embassy at Washington states that the Russians, who were previously reported as having entered part of Przemysl, In Gallcln, have pursued an Austrian force into Hun gary. Tbe dispatch also reports that Russians In East Prussia have fought a battle with a German force, which retreated after the engagement Toklo announces that the Japanese have won a stubborn battle on the out skirts of Tslngtau, seat of government of the German concession of Klau chau, China. Renewed bombardment of Mallnes by Germans Is reported from Ant werp. TOURISTS ALL PROVIDED FOR. The American Relief Committee's Work Is Finished. Washington, D. C. Orders for the Immediate return of Assistant Secre tary Breckinridge, of the War Depart ment, head of the American Relief Expedition to Europe, were Issued by Secretary Garrison at Seabrlght, N. J. With Mr. Breckinridge will come all officers in his party who have not been assigned as special attaches at vari ous embassies to aid In clearing up the work of assisting stranded Americans. They will return by liner, as the cruis ers Tcnnesse and North Carolina, on which they were rushed to Europe, will be retained in European waters for the present. KRUPPS BUSY DAY AND NIGHT. Many Russian Spies Caught About the Great Plant Edinburgh, Scotlnnd. A Scotch1 woman, who has returned 'here from Germany, where she has been staying with friends at Essen, relates that work Is going on at the Krupp gun factory feverishly day and night. The gun and ammunition departments alone are being operated, but these keep 45,000 constantly employed. Tills woman relates also that foreign spies have been numerous and that one day 14 Russians dressed as women were shot. She says that food is abundant In Essen and some of it is even cheaper than before tho war. 1,600 HEARTS STOPPED. Soldiers Killed Standing By the Ter rible Turpinite. Snn Francisco. Description of the deadly effect of turpinite, the new French explosive, is contained in a letter received here by Miss Ethel Crocker, from her cousin, Casimir PoniatowBkl, who Is fighting with th French. Sixteen hundred Germans, whose hearts had been Instantly stop ped by the action of a turpinite shell that fell In a trench they were holding, were found dead on their feet, M. Fonlntowskl writes, their rifles in their hands in the attitude of taking aim. MALINES AGAIN BOMBARDED Antwerp Also Reports Firing In Direc tion Of Hofstade. London. A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company from Antwerp says that the Germans recommenced tho bombardment of Mallnes. The people were obliged to quit their recon structed habitations. Heavy gun firing was also beard In the direction o( Hofstade. KAISER REPORTED TO BE ILL. Suffering From Inflammation O' Lungs, Says Newspaper. London. A dispatch to the Times from Geneva says that the Suisse states that Emperor William Is ill with inflammation of the lungs, as a result of having, fallen Into a trencb filled with water. Official figures fix the number of cows in Hungary at 2,020,000, of which more than 2,000,000 are pure-blooded animals. GERMAN AVIATOR DESCRIBES BATTLE IN THE AIR OVER HOSTILE By RAYMOND E. 8WINQ. Berlin. A hero has stepped, but of H. O. Wells' "The War of the Air" In the person of Feldwebel Werner, one of the hundreds ' of German aero nauts, who has tbe distinction of be ing one of the first Germans to fly over Paris and to fight a remarkable battle In the air with two of the enemy's aeroplanes. He waa a pas senger for a short distance In the peclal car put at the disposal of cor respondents on their way to Liege and told us a graphic story of his experi ences. Werner's first assignment was to find the English army near Mons. The army was about 100,000 strong and was retiring before a German force of double its strength.' Where Were French Aviators? Here, at the start, one wonders how the French could have allowed their allies to be so misled about the strength of the opposing forces. Where were the French aviators? I know of a man who bad been over the field and who told the war office In France that at least 200,000 Ger mans were In the flanking army ad vancing through Belgium, but he was told: "Imposslblo! There is only cavalry." The French were completely out witted by this flank movement. The flower of their army waa at the Al sace frontier. Their mistake will cost them Paris. At Mons the English forces took up a strong position, filling houses at the edge of the city with troops and machine guns and covering the road of the advancing German troops. When the enemy approached they di rected a terrific fire upon them and could be dislodged only at heavy cost They then retired to a position be hind great mountains of slag' behind the city, where the Germans were unable to dislodge them with howitzer fire. Flyer Watches the Battle. Again, they could be driven back only by flanking movements from both sides. This time our flyer, who watched this battle, told us the Eng lish retired hastily along the road In the direction of Le Cateau. " "The English have reached their new position successfully," said a London report In its account of this retreat. "And out of breath," added a correspondent on reading the dis patch. The fighting at Mons was furious and the Germans were enraged by the British method of fighting, which throughout at Mons was done under cover. Never had German soldiers fought with such frenzy as against this foe. ' Attacked by Two Airships. When the enemy retired Airman Werner was assigned to the duty of following and discovering their new position. He found the army near Le Cateau, where, at the edge of a wood, he saw them taking up a strong po sition In a seml-clrcle before the for est While watching theBe operations from a height of 1,700 yards Werner suddenly saw a double-decker Bristol aeroplane coming down on him from the clouds. The Bristol Is a faster but a less sure machine thnn the Taube which Werner was .piloting. There was no safety In running away; the Bristol could overtake him. He could not alight, as the English were underneath. There was nothing to do but to face the worst and to fly gradually lower and lower In the di rection of the German army. As the Bristol came nearer Werner espied P. second aeroplane, a little Blerlot, an other swift flier, also bearing down on him. Revolver Battle In Air. The Bristol drew closer and closer flying down upon Werner in large circles, gradually getting within rnnge. With one hand on the wheel the German officer drew out his re volver and emptied his magazine at the approaching foe. But tho Bristol continued, coming always nearer. "When they get over me they will drop a bomb," thought Werner, and felt most uncomfortable. His ob server reloaded Werner's revolver and both kopt on firing. ' But the Bristol kept always coming closer in Its cir cles, firing const-ntly on the Gorman monoplane. The Blerlot had come close enough to fire also and bullets punctured the wings of the German machine at Intervals of seconds only. There was no sound renchlng , the Germans except thnt of their own mo tors. They only knew tho English and French pilots were shooting from the vivid flashes from tholr revolvers. But no bombs fell; It was evident that the English and French were not carrying them. Escaped to the German Army. Firing continued as Werner de scended gradually, reducing his eleva tion from 1,700 yards to 850, always coming closer to the German army. Every moment he faced the risk of being wounded or of a bullet striking his steering apparatus, COMRADES SLAIN: MAJOR DIES A HEROIC DEATH Angouleme. The family of MoJ. C. Dupont of the artillery has received news of his heroic death In a recent action. With a regiment of 700 men he re ceived orders to tnke a position In a meadow near a town. There was a dense fog at the time, through which ominous rumblings were heard, but Major Dupont'8 instructions were ur gent. All his men stood at their posts FRENCH BOY HERO IN THICK OF FIGHT London. The remarkable adven tures of a boy of twelve on a battle field beyond the Marne are told In a letter from a deputy to M. Millerand, the minister of war. When the troops were passing through the village of Neullly-en Thello, Andre Guede said to his mother: "I'm going to follow the soldiers." Lieutenant Grlvelet took the boy un der his charge. For the whole of the For hours, it seemed to kin, , conflict continued until he sa German army In the distance. Bi then sent his car rapidly dowiltj and descended beside his army, Bristol and the Blerlot retired hutiii The battle bad covered aeeatMn. miles. On descending Werner found hh plane riddled with bullets, tut patched up the punctures and kio witnessed the battle of Le Cateaa tm me poeiuon mat ne naa discovered. Here again the English, after nluh resistance, were driven back. The Germans attacked with two nankin, movements and a storming daie against me middle or the English pe sltlon, and through main strength uj the extraordinary spirit of the attack, forced the enemy back. The armt 100,000 had In a few days been n aucea to 3U,ouo. Drops Bombs on Paris. Later on Werner was Instructed It fly over Paris. Here he dropped set eral bombs, some with good effect though others did not explode. He carried two kinds of bombs, one 1 round shell about the size of a ban ball and weighing 1.1 pounds, the oth er snapea like a email artillery shell and weighing 4 pounds. These at ter, when they exploded, were pot ful enough to tear up paved Btrwu and wreck bouses. Werner tin told of dropping notes Into Paris, call Ing the French such hated sumeiu cochon. The flyers are the only men ht really are seeing this w ar. They km the enemy's position under then id can study It to their heart's content Only a lucky shot can dislodge then, and their chief danger is from the it' tacking aviators. The Germnn scotti usually fly at a height of 1,700 yardi On dark days they lly at the edge of the clouds and slip in and out for eh solvation from this excellent screen Accurate Aim at 2,000 Yards. Extraordinary stories about Zeppel ins are to be heard In Germany, mum of which are almost Incredible. 0u account Is of the method used by Ze pellns in throwing bombs. A rectal I invention, I am told, permits a Zep pelin, when there are clouds, to Ij I high and unseen from tho ground ui to let down a basket containing a mu who then, by telephone, signals tit airship what position to tako. In cloudless times the bomb in I dropped from an apparatus bunf di rectly below the airship, the bomhi being hung on two fingers. When Um position of the target is determined, the fingers open and the bomb fails. These bombs are said to be twelnl Inches In diameter and two feet kn. The damage they can do is terrific I Houses In the neighborhood of the ei- ploBlon collapse as though made of I cards, and they can tear up street for I a distance of scores of yards. Zeppelins to Attack Fleet I am told that practically ill &r pellns have retired from actlre auuv tance in taking fortifications and are centered around the North sea, where they are to assist In an attack on the British fleet. The outcomu of such battlo will be highly Important, fort will determine whether a dirigible can measure up against a warship. HI'I can, the German fleet will not be beau 1 outnumbered In the conflict about tf I take ploce, for the British fleet H sufficiently supplied with balloon pu na only a few of these ore in existed We hear, too, reniurkablo stone.'! about the number of Zeppelin- AtUl1 outbreak of the war (litre were twa ty-two on record. Today tho rp of their number vnrles from ttlwl to ninety. Material for Zeppelins l said to have been stored at PIBJ throughout the empire, where It conk I bo put together In a few day. " I this scheme has added mw" " the air fleet at tho rate of two a wert This story is Improbable, for German army does not posse" dent number of men trained In of ating dirigibles. DlHtr on BombHurllna Ethlcl The Germnn aeroplanes have do" I excellent service. There are k hundred machines In operation, I i.,vn been comparatively it - I know of one young msn. a w 1 oie of Germany's most prominent l wbo nnw to i-ans eunj - was fired on repeateoiy, an" 1 . . . . , i n nronrranj'Jl aescenaea gniuuunj depot, whence, after. to JjJ lleved him to have been killed. tinued nis trip. taBj,i When asked tr ne nu - - ,. on Paris, he answered """' .. y, u k. Th a would w I cato thnt there may he a A lff.rcf I opinion in ine urmj . . . ... .. irui. I ua 1 ethics or Domo uu""- . qi The as.oundlnr .lvn ) " I mans has been an.nj expert, wno says . - s four points; neay "7. nfMt.o' field kitchens nnu ,ri points are now generally recogn- large troop R'u,"' - .nd. waiting for tho wora 01 fj Suddenly the fog llM " a company of German qui ' . wtthln 1,500 yards of the ' n (fl tlon. In a few seconds nil e officers and thirty men U m.tr Tiininiit was anions Wli scathed. The German caplai J for his surrender. fc ptl spranganbesJJ ners lay ueu - .. flrea" i enemy, but before ho couW J ... 1,1,,, ncros t'10 gu I lei siren-lieu tally wounded. three days' battle the malned by the side of iw . Lloutenant Grlvelot a'rndfrr then came the boy's turn- ' . the boy carried the ofll' llfcf volvir, maps and eu 1 wbjp three hours they nought When tbe lieutenant . adoS, I to a hospital tram - - ,., ; boy ran for mllev and' then succcede&m In the train. . o&1 He thus accompan y protector to tbe bosuU
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