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THE GREAT BATTLE LINES IN THE WEST
The first
of Mons-Charleroi, started August 20 and resulted in the defeat of the French
and British.
eneral engagement in the West, sometimes known as the battle
They retreated south of the Marne, where the second general en-
ement started September 5. The line of this date on the map shows the
fes’ positions just before the battle.
he German right wing was broken up and forced back, bringing about
a retirement of the whole line.
midst of their retreat, are sho
The German positions on September 9, in the
on the map by a series of light rectangles,
while a row of darkened rectangles indicates the carefully prepared trench
line of the Aisne where they stopped and were attacked by the allies Septem-
r 13.
Both sides now extended their lines toward the
show the approximate position assumed September 30.
coast. Light squares
By October 15 the
siege line was complete from the Alps to the sea.
The line of September 30 also shows the Germans’ great drive into the
French line across the Meuse at St. Mihiel.
rossed swords mark the spots of he entrenched siege
line where the
greatest struggles have taken place since October 105.
FIRST YEAR OF THE
WAR IN THE WEST
The first month and a half of the
western campaign was made up of
startling, swift moves. On September
12, after the defeat on the Marne, the
Germans took up defensive positions
along the Aisne river. The ten and a
half months since then have seen a
fong deadlock.
The battle line of the Aisne and the
Oise quickly extended northeast to the
gea. Fighting has been continuous,
with tremendous losses. The general
situation has remained unchanged,
gains of a few miles for one side at
one point offset by minor gains for
the enemy in other sectors.
At the beginning of August the
kaiser took possession of the little
state of Luxemburg and demanded
passage through Belgium to the Fran-
oo-Belgian frontier.
Permission to. pass denied, Von
Einem attacked Liege (August 4),
while other German armies passed
around the city and swept over the
fevel Belgian roads at a terrific rate.
The little Belgian army yielded Brus-
sels and fell back to Antwerp and
Ghent.
First Big Engagement.
Not until the Germans had almost
reached the French border did ‘the
first important engagemefi take place
This is generally known as the battle
of Mons-Charleroi (about August 20-
28), but at the same time there was
severe fighting along the whole line
through Thionville in Lorraine and
along the Vosges in upper Alsace,
which the French had invaded with
temporary success.
This battle resulted in defeat for the
French and English.
While obtaining some successes in
ecounter-attacks on the advancing Ger-
mans at Peronne and at Guise, the
French were obliged to fall back rap-
fdly to the line of the River Marne.
On the left the French had with-
drawn to below Paris and the western-
most German army, under Von Kluck,
followed.
The garrison of Paris was put in
thousands of motor cars and hurled on
Yon Kluck’s flank. The latter was not
taken entirely unawares and met the
attagk strongly, but at the same time
the army of General Foch attacked the
German army on Von Kluck’s left and
drove it back.
Driven Back From Paris.
The Germans had begun the battle
with five armies in line. The with-
drawal of the two farthest west now
caused the retreat of the third, fourth
and fifth in that order, each in turn
finding its flank exposed by the with-
drawal of the troops on its right. At
the same time the movement on the
east end of the German line was ac-
lerated by a strong attack from the
nch fortified zone of Verdun.
The German retreat was as orderly
as that of the French and English had
been. The invaders took up an ad-
mirable defensive position. It ran
just north of the Aisne river, on a
geries of bluffs, then just north of
Chalons and through the wooded,
ugh regions of the Argonne and the
oevre, joining hands here with the
ope besieging Verdun. The allies
5: tried this line in valn ever since.
Both combatants now tried to turn
the west flank. Enormous bodies of
eavalry. On the part of the French
flanders. On the part of the French
there was largely the desire to link up
with the Belgians, now being attacked
fn Antwerp.
of the Germans made short work of
the Belgian seaport, however, and it
fell on October 9.
the Belgian army retreated along the
goa coast and the Germans in a fiaal
tush reached Ostend (Octobar 13).
Line Extended to the Sea.
The battle line of the Aisne was now
extended to the sea, the Ge 1
ing the impo
while the all
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The mighty siege guna |
‘the Meuse river at St. Mihiel;
of Ypres, when the Germans suffered
"| enormous losses in attempts to break |
through the line in Flanders and reach |
Calais. They succeeded in pushing
back the allies only a little and the
invasion of Silesia by the Cossacks
finally induced them to desist and
send re-enforcements to Russia.
The Germans in September had per-
formed the feat of pushing a salient
into the French line south of Verdun,
which terminated on the west bank of
while
the French had taken the offensive
with some success in Champagne at
about the same time.
For the most part throughout the
winter the fighting consisted of regu-
lar siege warfare, with heavy artillery
combats and mine and counter-mine.
The flooding of the River Aisne
from winter snows gave the Germans
a chance to entrap the French troops
on the north side of that river in the
vicinity of Soissons for a considerable
distance and kill or capture most of
them (January 14).
Take Offensive in Spring.
With the spring, the French and
English attempted to take the offensive
at several points. Always preparing
the way with tens or hundreds of thou-
shands of shells, they tried joint after
joint of the German armor.
In the Vosges the dominating height
of Hartmannsweilerkopf was taken
and retaken several times in sanguin-
ary charges and finally remained in the
hands of the French.
The salient of St. Mihiel was also
subjected to tremendous French pres-
sure on both “legs.” The French suc-
ceeded in gaining a little ground, but
the Germans, despite the apparent
weakness of the sharp wedge they had
driven into the French line, could not
be dislodged and later sucoseded in re-
gaining some of the territory they had
lost.
The British also reported “victories”
at Neuve Chapelle and Hill No. 60, in
Flanders. Whether these should be
accounted successes for the allies is
doubtful. The British suffered enor-
mous losses and at Neuve Chapelle
bungled affairs to the extent of shell-
ing their own men who had taken Ger-
man trenches. In other cases they
left gallant little parties lodged in
enemy's trenches without supports to
be annihilated.
The next development was the un-
expected use of poisonous gas fumes
by the Germans in attacks just north
of Ypres. With this novel weapon
they succeeded in taking several small
villages and more than compensating
for the British gains south of Ypres.
The losses of the French, Canadians
and British were severe, but they sue-
ceeded in stemming the German on-
slaught effectively a few miles back
from their former position.
Begin Series of Attacks,
The German line makes a salient at
Soissons, though not such a pro-
nounced one as at St. Mihiel. The
French now began a series of at
tacks on the upper side of this salient,
to the north of Arras. Expending hun-
dreds of thousands of shells, they time
and again blasted away the barbed
wire entanglements and concrete
trenches, held by Crown Prince Rup-
precht of Bavaria’s men, and then
charged across the desolate ground for
slight gains.
The fighting centered about the su-
gar refinery of Souchez and the great
German work called the Labyrinth.
Fighting went on in cellars and tun-
nels below the earth and the casual-
ties were heavy. The French bent the
German line and captured the Laby-
| rinth, but whether the gains justified
The remnants of |
| gonne forest,
their sacrifice in human life is ques-
tionable.
In July, Crown Prince Frederick
Willlam’s army attacked in the Ar
west of Verdun, and
ining several hundred
roodland and cap-
sand Frenchmen.
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FIRST YEAR OF THE
WAR ON THE SEA
At the end of the first year
of war not a German fighting
craft, except submarines, is
known to be at large outside
the Baltic sea. The Austrian
warships are confined to the up-
per Adriatic and the Turkish
fleet ‘to the Sea of Marmora
and adjacent straits. The mer-
chant marine ‘of the central
European powers has disap-
peared utterly from the ocean
highways. Sixty million dol-
lars’ worth of German shipping
lies idle in the docks of New
York. while several times as
much is bottled up elsewhere.
At the same time the German
submarines have inflicted enor-
mous losses of allied shipping.
While both sides have prob-
ably concealed many losses,
the following is a fairly accu-
date summary of the number
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stroyed:
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Cruisers .......12 1 2 ¢
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Auxil. cruisers 5 .. y )
Gunboats, de- *
stroyers, and
torpedo boats 4: 6 2
Total Japanese and Italian
losses, seven vessels of all
classes. ;
Teutonic Allies. ‘
2 Ger- Aus-
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Battleships’ ........... o K
Cruisers. ....vsissssn.18 2 Q
Submarines .......... 9 1
Auxiliary cruisers ....19 os
Gunboats, destroyers,
and torpedo boats ...20 1
Total Turkish losses of ves-
sels of all classes, four.
Total tonnage en-
tente allies '...........376,770
Total tonnage,
Teutonic allies .......224,746
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BIG EVENTS IN FIRST
YEAR OF THE WORLD WAR
28——Archduke and Archduchess
June
Francis of Austria slain by Serbian |
assassins,
August l1—Germany declares war on
Russia.
August 2—German forces enter Luxem-
burg. Germany demands passage
through Belgium.
August 53—England announces state of
war with Germany.
August 7——French invade southern Al
sace.
August troops land im
France and Belgium. 08
August 11—Germans pass Liege fi
August 12—England and Fri
clare w on Austri
S8—British
a. RN
August 15-—Austrians invade Serbis. im
- Red
force. r 1
August 17—Beginning of five days’ bat-
tle between Serbians and Austrians
on the Jadar, ending in Austrian
rout.
August 20—Germans enter Brussels.
August 23—Germans enter Namur and
attack Mons. Austria announces vic-
tory over Russians at Krasnik. Japan
declares war.
August 24-—British begin retreat from
Mons. .
August 25—French evacuate Muelhau-
sen.
August 27—Louvain burned by Ger
mans.
August 28—Battle off Helgoland, sev-
eral German warships sunk.
August 20—Russians crushed in three
days’ battle near Tannenberg.
September 3—Russians occupy Lem-
berg.
September 5—Battle of the Marne be-
gins. German right wing defeated
and retreat begins.
September 7—Maubeuge falls.
September 12—German retreat halts on
the Aisne.
September 20 — Germans bombard
Reims and injure the famous cathe-
a o
October 9—Antwerp occupied by the
Germans.
October 12—Boer revolt starts.
October 14—Allies occupy Ypres. Bat-
tle begins on Vistula.
October 15—Ostend occupied by the
Germans.
October 19—Firast battle of Ypres be-
gins.
October 24—Ten days’ battle before
Warsaw ends in German retirement.
October 27—Russians reoccupy
and Radom.
October 29-—Turkey begins war on Rus-
sia.
November 3—German squadron bome-
bards British coast.
November B—Dardanelles forts bom-
barded.
November 6—Tsingtau surrenders.
November 12—Russians defeated at
Lipno and Kutno.
November 15-—Russians defeated at
Viotslavek.
November 17-—Austrian victory
Serbians at Valjevo announeed.
December 2-—Austrians occupy Bel-
grade.
December 5—Serbians defeat Austrians
in three days’ battle.
December 8—Germans occupy Lode.
December 15—Austrians evacuate Bel-
grade.
December 16—German cruisers bom-
bard Scarborough and Hartlepool, 150
civilians killed.
December 20-26—Severe fighting on the
line of the Bzura river.
January 8, 1915—French advance across
Aisne north of Soissons.
January 14—French driven back across
Aisne river.
January 24—Naval battle in North sea.
German armored cruiser Bluecher
sunk.
January 30—Russians occupy Tabris.
February 6—Failure of German attacks
west of Warsaw.
February S—Beginning of battle in
East Prussia, ending in Russian de-
feat.
February 18-—German formal subma-
rine “blockade” on Great Britain he-
Zins.
February 24-—Russians
Bukowina.
March 10—British
Neuve Chapelle.
March 21—Zeppelins bombard Paris.
March 22—Surrender of Przemysl to
Russians.
March 31—Russians
over
driven from'
make advance at
penetrate Dukla
pass and enter Hungary.
April 5—French begins violent attacks
on Mihiel salient.
April 14—7%
miles Insi
ssians at
Sztropko,
die Hungary.
20
April 18—1 ans evacuate Tarnow.
April 22—Se rattle of Ypres be-
gins,
Aoril 25-—Al leave Gallipoli penin-
suf
sula.
ipril 2%
fearful losses.
nce recapture of
Iartmannsweil
mow with many Russian prisoners.
May S—German submarine sinks the
Lusitania, more than 1,150 lost. Rus-
sians in full retreat from Carpa-
thians.
May 9—Germans capture Libau Baltic
ort.
May 12—French capture Ceremony.
north of Arras, at great cost.
May 14—American first submarine note
made public.
May 24—Italy declares war on Aus-
a.
May 26—Italians invade Austria.
May 20—Italians take Grodno. Russians
check Germans at Sienawa.
May 31—First rman note on subma-
rine reaches Washington. Zeppelins
drop bombs in London.
June 3—Przemysl falls to Austro-Ger-
mans.
June 10—Germans capture Stanislau.
June 11—Second U. S. sub ne note
te Germany made public. Italians
take Monfalconme.
June 12—Italians take Gradisca.
June 19—Austro-Germans occupy Tor-
nogrod.
June 22—French take Metzeral.
June 23—FKrench announce occupation
of the “Labyrinth,” north of Arras.
June 24—Austro-Germans capture Lem-
June 28—Austrians cross the Dniester
at Halicz.
June 28—Halicz falls.
July 2—Russians defeat German at-
tempt to land at Windau.
July 8-—Russo-German naval battle of
Gottland.
July 4—Italians take Tolmino.
July 5—Berlin announces gains im the
Argonne forest.
July 16—Germans take Przasnyss, 50
miles north of Warsaw.
July 1 rmans advance at many
points in Russia, taking Windau, Tu-
kum, Blonde and Grobec.
y
vessels. German
guns reach outer forts of Warsaw
and damage the Lublin-Cholm rail-
way.
‘July 21—Third U. S. submarine note
goes to Germany.
July 22—Turkish-German expedition
landed im Tripoli.
July 24—German take two forts near
Warsaw,
July 26-—Russians repulse Austrians in
Galicia.
CAMPAIGNS OUTSIDE
BIG WAR THEATERS
In a score of regions there hcs
been fighting which would have held
worldwide attention were it not for
the mighty battle lines in France and
Poland.
Servia’s own war was a greater trial
‘ to her than either of the two preced-
ing Balkan struggles. Assisted by
' Montenegro, the little Slavic nation
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twice threw the hosts of Franz Josef
beyond her borders and inflicted
losses of about 330,000 men, but she
suffered severely herself.
The Austrians invaded Serbia in
great force about August 15 and pene-
trated to the Jadar river, where a
great five-day battle ended in the
rout of the Teutons.
The Austrians returned soon in
stronger force than ever. They
reached Valjevo, where on November
17 the Serbians met a defeat.
With their supply of artillery am-
munition exhausted, the Serbians now
had to retreat. The Austrians, be-
lleving them crushed, withdrew six
army corps for = re-enforcements
against the victorious Russians in Ga- °
licia.
Shells and English tars with naval |
guns reached the Serbians, and on
December 5 they turned on the Aus-
trians and cut them to pieces.
The entry of Turkey into the war
was marked by a brave, but foolhardy
attempt to invade Egypt. Great Brit-
ain’s Indian and colonial troops threw
the invaders back with heavy losses.
British and Japanese troops invest-
ed the fortified German port of Tsing-
“tau, China, and after a siege of a few
weeks the defenders gave up the hope
less struggle.
A section of the Boer population of
South Africa revolted. The revolt
was put down by a Boer, Premier
Botha. He then {invaded German
Southwest Africa, and after a long
campaign In the waterless deserts
captured the greatly outnumbered
Germans (July 8).
After taking three-quarters of a year
to arm herself to the teeth, Italy at-
tacked Austria this spring. The effect
of the entry of Italy upon the arena
has not yet been marked.
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Only approximately accurate
tables of the killed, wounded
and missing in the first year of
the war are possible, because
France and Russia and Austria-
Hungary do not give out their
figures, while Germany has
changed her policy recently to
one of secrecy. Great Britain
still tells her losses from
month to month.
The following estimates are
believed to give a fairly cor-
rect idea of the casualties:
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Entente Allies.
France ..............7 1,700,000
Russia (including pris-
oners, 1,175,000) ....3,600,000
Great Britain ......... 480,000
Belgium .............. 260.000
Servis ............... 240,000
Japah .......... 0... 1,210
Italy (no reports of
losses .............. 75,000
Portugal (fighting in
colonies)’ ........ e«. (minor)
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FIRST YEAR OF THE
WAR IN THE EAST
The first twelvemonth of fightinz
between the Russians on one side and
the Austrians and Germans on
the other is a story of great changes
of fortune, both combatants being re-
peatedly driven back only to show
the greatest resiliency in defeat and
soon to resume the offencive in a most
surprising manner.
The end of the year, however, finds
the pendulum swinging strongly
against the czar. He may recover
and take again the roads to Cracow,
Vienna and Berlin, but just at pres-
ent he is on the whole in worse plight
than in any hour since the war
started.
Russia’s losses in the first year of
the war are not approached by those
of any nation in any war of history.
According to reliable estimates, she
has had between 2,500,000 and 4,000,
000 men killed, injured and captured.
Despite these horrible gaps made in
her ranks, she still has millions in
the field, and her great reservoir of
personnel does not show signs of ex-
haustion. It is not men she lacks, but
guns, shells and brains.
Slow to Mobilize.
On August 1, 1914, Germany dg-
clared war on Russia. Almost imme-
diately the Germans crossed the fron-
tier at Thorn and the Austrians south
of Lublin. They were practically un-
opposed because of the slowness of |
mobilization in Russia. The Grand |
Duke Nicholas Nicholafevitch was
forced to gather his main armies well
to the rear of ‘the line of great fort-
resses running through Kovno, Grod-
no. Ossowetz, Novo Georgievsk, War-
saw and Ivangorod.
On account of his desire to do all
he could to relieve the French, -who
were being driven trom northern
France by the amazing German rush
through Belgium, Nicholas attacked
sooner than he otherwise would have
done. As a result, he met two disas-
ters.
He sent General Samsonoff into
Fast Prussia from the south and
General Rennenkampf into East Prus-
sia from the east, the latter winning
the first large engagement of the war
in the East at Gumbinen,
At this moment the Germans, be-
lieving that the French were well in
hand and about to be surrounded on
their eastern frontier, quickiy with-
drew 250,000 men from France and
hurled them by rail into East Prus-
sia, where they fell upon Samsonoff
with crushing force in the great Ger-
man victory of Tannenberg (Aug. 28).
Meanwhile, the Austrians, leaving
only a few troops in Galicia to hold
back the Russians advancing from
Tarnopol on the line of the Gnila-Lipa,
struck the Russians en masse at Kras-
nik and routed them to Lublin.
Most Bloody Drive of War.
With two armies in difficulty, the
grand duke decided to abandon one
to its fate and save the other. He
threw re-enfcrcements into Lublin
and ordered the line of the Gnila-
Lipa river be forced at any cost. In
one of the most bloody drives of the
war the Russians advanced into east-
ern Galicia and occupied Lemberg.
The Russians then advanced to
Rawa Ruska and took the Austrian
armies in Poland in the rear, cutting
them up frightfully.
Meanwhile Von Hindenburg had
completed his victory over Samsonoft
by turning on Rennenkampf and clear
ing East Prussia of Muscovites. But
though Renrenkampf had been de-
feated and Samsonoff almost anni-
hilated, the Germans.
The Russians were now as far west
as Tarnow in Galicia, while their
Cossacks were able to make raids into
Hungary farther south. Hindenburg
concentrated a great force suddenly
in Silesia and began a drive from the
west against Warsaw and Ivan-
gorod. The Siberian corps arrived
in the nick of time to save Warsaw
from the enemy.
High Tide of Russian Invasion.
Hindenburg then drew off the north-
ern scction of his army in Poland to
the north, thinking to take the pursu-
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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
The Postoffice Department has an-
nounced the appointment of W. H.
Petry to be postmaster at Rummel,
this county, vice J. J. McFeeley, de-
ceased.
All one-day records for coal ship-
ments over the Somerset, Cambria
and Boswell divisions of the B. & O.
railroad were broken Thursday. More
than 600 freight cars, all loaded with
coal, were moved over the division in
twelve hours.
The Superior Court’s opinion has
affirmed judgment in the case of the
Jenner Brewing Company, which
means that the concern is again re-
fused a license. The company appeal-
ed from a decision of Judge W. H.
Ruppel, who refused a license on ae-
count of alleged violations of law.
Contracts have been awarded for
the erection of twelve more houses
for the Brothersvalley Coal Company.
The big plant has a housing problem
on hand. The mines are working full
time and many miners employed and
not enough houses. Recently a num-
ber of houses were burned. It is inti-
mated that more houses will be order-
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ing Russians in flank with the south-
But the Austrians were
too slow to carry out the fleld mar-
shal’s plans and the Russians, slip-
ping into a gap in the lines between
the Germans and their allies, slaugh-
tered the latter. The result was the
high tide of Russian invasion. The
| Austrians withdrew over the Carpa-
| ed built befre the summer is over. |
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Last week the
made of the marriage 1
Earl J. Horner, of Som
Susan J. Rhoads, daught
announcement was |
Mrs. Elmer E. RI of Brothersval- |
ley. The ceremony was performed |
while on a trip to Michigan.
thians again, leaving Przemysl to be
besieged a second time. The Ger-
mans withdrew to Silesia and the Rus-
sians, following closely, were able
for a brief moment to raid this rich
province at Pleschen. At the same
time they entered East Prussia
again.
But again the German strategic
railways proved their undoing. Hin- .
denburg concentrated at Thorn and
drove into the right flank of the Rus-
sian main forces, throwing them back
on Lodz.
He advanced too far, however, and
when he had the Russian forces near-
ly surrounded, he suddenly found Rus-
sians in his own rear. In this ex-
tremity, the Russians say, he tele-
graphed for re-enforcements.
But. before the re-enforcements
sent from Flanders arrived the Ger-
mans had managed at frightful cost
to hack their way to safety. This was
the bloody battle of Lodz.
Wins Second Victory.
With stronger German forces oppos-
ing them the Russians withdrew te
the line of Bzura, Rawa and Nida
rivers. At the same time the Aus-
trians, attempting to debouch from
the Carpathian passes, were driven
back everywhere, leaving 50,000 pris-
oners.
With January Hindenburg made a
third desperate attack on Warsaw.
For ten days, both night and day, the
Germans came on. Then, having lost
probably 50,000 men and the Russians
nearly as many, they gave it up.
Unable to reach Warsaw, Hindenburg
concentrated twice Siever’s force in
East Prussia, and won his second
overwhelming victory there. Enor-
mous captures of Russians were made
and the fortress of Gradno was at-
tacked farther west, from Ossowetz
to Pultusk. The Germans retreated
to Mlawa and then tried to flank the
Russians at Przasnysz, which city
they took. But the Russians again
flanked the flanking party, as they had
done at Lodz and won an important
success (February 22-28).
In March and April, the Russians
pressed through the western Carpa-
thian passes and entered Hungary.
Just when their future seemed bright-
est, the Germans broke the Russian
line in West Galicia and let through
enormous forces.
Pressing westward irresistibly, they
took the Russian Carpathian armies in
the rear. The latter tried to retreat,
but vast numbers were captured.
Przemysl, which had succumbed te
the Russian besiegers March 22, fell
again into the hands of the Austro-
Germans.
Great German Maneuver,
From Przemysl Von Mackensen
drove east through Mosciska and
Grodek and captured Lemberg, the
Galician capital. Then he turnéd
north and marched upon the Warsaw-
Ivangorod Brest - Litovsk triangle
from the south.
At the same time the Russians in
southern Galicia, putting up a desper-
ate resistance, were driven by Von
Linsingen first to the line of the
Dniester and then across the Gnila-
Lipa to the line of the Zlota-Lipa.
Reaching the vicinity of Krasnik
in their drive to Warsaw from the
south, the Austrians sustained a se-
vere check in the scene of their tri-
umph of the previous summer. Held
on this line the Germans attacked hot-
ly from the north and took the town
of Przasnysz (July 14).
The Ge. mans now began the grand-
est maneuver ever seen in the history
of human warfare.
From the Windau river in the Bal-
tic provinces all the way along the
border of East Prussia and in a gigan-
tic sweep through the vicinity of Ra-
dom, west of the Vistula, and a Wne
south of the Lublin-Cholm railway
they delivered smas’‘ng blows and
have reached the very gates of War
saw.
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Repartee.
Issace and Moses were rival cloth-
fers who kept shops situated on the
same street and opposite one another,
It was their frequent practice to stand
at their shop doors and solicit the
custom of passersby, and occasional-
ly irritate each other by very person-
al remarks. One morning Moses shou-
ted to Isaacs:
“Go in, you grade booby and take
that ugly face wid you! You might as
well stick a donkey at the door.”
“lI did dat one day last week, Mr.
Moses,” replied Isaacs, “but de peo-
ples passing by only smiled and said
to it, ‘Good day, Mr. Moses, good day!
I see you haf removed from de oder
side.”
In a recent Interview, Governor M.
G. Brumbaugh, talking about the
Dunkard or The Brethren church, of
which he is a member and a minister
said that he never knew a member of
that denomination who did not pay
his debts, nor did he ever know one
who was an inmate of an almshouse.
The members take care of their own
poor, if they have ny.
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wiffiel, of Johnstown,
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