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BATTLEFIELD NOISE IN FRANCE
NOW IS LACKING; DEADLY HAND
GRENADES FIGHTSINTRENCHES
Prisoners Profess to Take Gloomy Views on Failure of Ger
man Strategy—Rattle of Machine Guns Only Sounds After
Cease of Recent Cannonading—Subterranean Life of
Troops—Use of the Hyperscope Below Ground
London, 11:45 a. m.—The Press Bu
reau today Issued a report from an
eye-witness at the front covering mil
itary operations during the days from
November 26th to November 29t.h, in
clusive. This report is summarized as
follows;
’■General inactivity is recorded along
the English front, with the Germans
pressing the attack in one quarter
against the Indian troops, who have
been extending their trenehea in an
endeavor to get in close quarters with
the enemy. There has been some
shelling of the rear of our front line
south of the Lys, hut this form of an
noyance diminishes daily along the
whole front. Sniping, however. Is
carried on almost incessantly. There
seems to he little doubt that the Ger
mans are employing civilians, either
willingly or unwillingly, to dig the
trenches; Homo civilians have lieen
seen and shot while engaged in this
work.
Profess Gloomy Views.
■'■\Vhile It Is necessary to accept the
evidence of all prisoners with caution
there is a change in the views ex
pressed by some officers captured re
cently which appears to he genuine.
They admit the failure of the Germun
strategy and profess to take a gloomy
view of the future. At the same time
It must lie confessed that as yet there
is no sign that their view is that gen
et ally held hy the enemy, nor has
there been nny definite indication of
a lack of morale among the German
troops.
"The highways of northern France
are crowded with men responding to
tlie various mobilization orders issued
by the French government. Thousands
of such troops were encountered In
the course of a short automobile trip.
The strange procession Includes a cu
rious mlxturei of types. A consider
able proportion of these new drafts
are composed of middle aged men of
good physique and likely young men
from the countryside.
Noise Decreases.
"The change within the last few
days of what may he termed the at
mosphere of the battle field tins been
marked, '.'be noise of cannonading
has now decreased to such an extent
that for hours nt a time nothing Is
heard but the infrequent boom of > no
of the heavy guns of the allien; the
occasional ratlin of machine guns, and
the Intermittent fire of snipers on
thetr side.
Ho far ns the of explosives Is
MACK 1Y LEAD
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Connie Negotiating For Block
of Stock in Club---Club Own
ers Meet Continues.
New York.—National nnd Interna
tional League club owners continued
their annual meetings here today while
American I-cague magnates and club
owners, at Informal gatherings, dis
cussed trades that nre expected to
strengthen weak teams In the Junior
major league by a more equitable dis
tribution M etar players.
Further developments in the move
•>n the piyt of President Johnson lo
arrange for the sale of the New York
Yankees lo Col. Jacob Huppert were
expected. In connection with stories
about the change In the ownership of
the New York Americans Is a report
that Connie Mack Is also negotiating
Tor a block of the stock in the club
and that if the deal goes through the
maker of world's championship teams
will lead the Yankees In I#lß. In
confirmation of this report the trading
of Collins to the Chicago White Sox
is eltod which It is said is in line
with n new policy on the part of the
Athletics' owners to reduce expenses
hy breaking op the high-salaried in
field of which Collins was a pillar.
Retrenchment Policy.
This policy to retrench Is not con
fined to the Philadelphia American
l.rague club, yesterday's meeting of
the National la-ague magnates devel
oping a similar attitude in the adop
tion of resolutions limiting the num
ber of players and cutting short the
spring training season. Further moves
along this line were expected today.
The International l.eaguc hHd be
fore It today a plan to reduce that
circuit to six club hy dropping Jersey
City nnd Baltimore, although the
transfer of these two dubs to Rich
mond and Syracuse still was an un
settled problem.
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concerned, the greatest activity is
found In the real attacks with hand
grenades and short range Howitzers
The enemy has practically ceased his
efforts to break through the line of
assaults and he is now devoting his
energies lo the same type of siege
operations whleh have been familiar
to the allies since the beginning of
the battle of (he Alsne.
Subterranoan Life.
"Subterranean life is the general
rule In the neighborhood of the firing
ling Even those men not actually
engaged In fighting live In under
ground quarters. Some of these quar
ters, called "funk holes," are quite
elaborate and comfortable and contain
many conveniences not found in the
trenches on the firing line.
"They communicate with the firing
line by zigzag approach trenches,
which make enfllndlng Impossible
Attacks are made on the firing line
hy blinded saps which are constructed
by a special earlh borer. When this
secret tunnel reaches the enemy's
Irench, an assault In delivered amid a
shower of hand grenades. The
stormers endeavor to hurst their way
through the opening and then try to
work along Ihe trench. Machine guns
are quickly brought up to repel a
counter attack.
At Close Range.
"Most of tills fighting takes place at
such close range that the guns on
either side cannot lie fired at the en
emy's infantry without great risk of
littting their own men. Bombs have
come lo take the place of artillery and
they are being used in enormous
quantities The short range Howit
zers nre of three types and those used
hy the Germans have come to be
termed (tie '.luck Johnson' of close at
tack. The smaller bombs and gre
nades thrown hy hand although local
Inaction Hre very unpleasant particu
larly In (he enclosed space of a trench.
These grenades are thrown continu
ously hy both sides and every trench
nssaull Is first preceded and then ac
companied hy showers of these mur
derous missiles. This kind of fighting
is very deadly and owing to the dif
ficulty of observation, it Is nt times
somewhat blind. This difficulty has
in a measure been decreased hy the
use of hyperseope, an instrument
which works very much like the peri
scope on a submarine. It permlta an
observer to look out over the top of a
parapet without raising Ills heard
above the protection of the trench."
GARDNER WILL
FIGHT FOR HIS
INVESTIGATION
Representative Who Declares
United States Unprepared For
War Says if Resolution
Pigeonholed, Wants Record
of It.
Washington. Posplte the refusal of
majority of the House Rules Commit
tee to grant his request for a hear ing
on Ids resolution to direct a special In
quiry Into the military preparedness
of the United States. Representative
Gardner, of Massachusetts, was de
termined today to continue his fight
for such an Investigation, hi a letter
which he sent to Representative Hen
ry, chairman of the committee, Mr.
Gardner dedared that lie would accept
a refusal to grant a hearing only from
a meeting of the full committee.
Letter in Answer.
His letter wu In answer to one from
Chairman Henry advising him that
hi* proper forum for n hearing l
was before the regularly constituted
commute* of the houee, which were In
session considering matters pertaining
to the military and naval strength of
the country.
"If you desire to pigeonhole my res
olution Without a hearing." Mr. (lord
lier wrote Mr. Henry, "you undoubted
ly have the votes to do so, but you
must first cflll a meeting of your com
mittee and at that meeting Congress
man 1 .enroot of Wisconsin, will require
you all to go on record."
Full War Strenth.
Measures dealing with the army now
pending in congress Include the hill
passed by the senate at the last ses
sion authorising the president to re
cruit the army to full strength when
ever in hi* Judgment complications
with foreign countries warrant. An
other senate bill awaiting action in
ihe house, is that revising the articles
of war. In the senate- the militia pay
bill, providing compensation for na
tional guardsmen who participate in
maneuver*, still Is pending Sen
ator Chamberlain, chairman of the
military affairs commutes, said today
ha contemplates pressing that meas
ure as of utmost Importance tn build
ing up an army reserve
Military Training.
He also hss In mind a proposal re
quiring military trlning In all colleges
snd schools receiving government or
state aid and possibly extending to
high school cadet corps as a method
of training civilians for commissions
as Junior officers In case of war.
The senate military committee will
meet Friday to take up matters pend
ing before It. Several, bills. Including
the Chamberlain national defense
council measure have been/referred to
this committee.
Sick Two Yesre With Indigeetion.
"Two years ago 1 was greatly bene
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Mrs. S. A Keller. Hilda. Ohio. "He
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When Town Was Too Strong
to be Taken by Riflemen, the
Support of Artillery Was
Given.
Berlin.— Newspaper correspondents,
ns Is well-known, have seen almost
nothing of the actual fighting in this
war, Hut on the German side, there is
now one account of a battle written
by one of the men who watched it
from the headquarters of the com
manding general himself. This was
a recent engagement fought on the
Kast-Prusslan frontier in Russia, and
It was dezerihod hy Captain Rchlokert,
the war correspondent of the Rerlln
I.okal Anzeiger. What he saw from
the observation post of General von
Morgen is thus reported:
“The battlefield was spread out be
fore us like a panorama. A slightly
rolling plain stretched away toward
forests on the horizon. We could clear
ly see the movtfhients of the Infantry
In a depression to our right Mak
ing good use of the covering at hand,
a battalion was moving forward to re
inforce Its riflemen, whose thin battle
line was only Just visible through our
field glasses. It advanced in closed
formation at double-quick across the
hack of the ridge. How important
this movement was just at this mo
ment was shown hy the bursting of
Russian shrapnel over that ridge, hut
some time after our men had crossed
it. ‘Just like on drill,’ said his Ex
cellency with a smile.
Closely WatchecL
"But the Russian urtillery needs to
he closely watched. 'A call from the
V. Regiment,' was announced from the
telephone. ‘The commander asks for
artillery support as the Russian en
trenchments have proved too strong to
he taken by Infantry.' From a booth
in another shelter pit, where the com
mander of the division to which the
regiment belonged had taken his po
sition, tve heard Captain < iestereich
give the telephone order to change the
aim. Then he rushed to the nearest
field telescope to watch the bursting
point of the first shot fired at the new
point After that he sprang beck into
the pit and shouted: 'Twenty shorter.'
With rapt attention wc watched with
our glasses the further dcvelo|rments
and saw how the ohrapnel expinslm
moved closer and closer to the south
ern edge of the village, almost oh
scaring it with their smoke.. His Ex
cellency looked nt his watrh: ‘Just
eleven,’ he remarked 'almost lunch
time.' We saw the ring of German
riflemen drawing up closer and closer
around the village.
Fire Stopped.
“A good quarter of an hour later a
voice shouted from the telephone pit:
‘The commander of the regiment asks
to have the artillery fire on W. stop
ped, as he wants to take tt hy storm.'
Captain Oesterelch gave the corre
sponding order.
"Another quarter of an hour, and
the telephone rang again ‘The regi
ment has taken W.l* “Brave regiment!*
murmured Ills Excellency to himself.
Now, General, strtke In further to the
right,' he said, turning to the next
protected pit. 'Battery open flr«V
ordered the general, nnd Cnpt Oeste
releh repeated It through the telephone.
"Another telephone call: ‘‘The regi
ment that took W. Is under fire from
a heavy Russian battery and nsks for
support.’ This time the remedy was
not so easy. ‘Where is our nearest
heavy battery.’ asked His Excellency.
The captain pointed it oqj on the map,
and His Excellency continued: ‘Then
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telephone at once that it must shell
the Russians.’
"This time it was like a prize guess
ing contest for us to lyirl the position
of the Russian battery. Only after
we had been repeatedly helped hy the
experts were we able to discern the
well-concealed point. A captain of
hussars stepped up to His Excellency
and asked: ‘Does your Excellency or
der luncheon?’ The General looked
at his watch and asked: ‘Can we have
It soon?’, he inquired. ’lt can he
brought up in a quarter of an hour,’
was the answer.
“At the appointed time orderlies ap
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Russians made no pauses for lunch.
The advance of our troops further to
the right was much hindered by that
Russian fire, and our battery repeat
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till the shades of evening were draw
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wished the commander of the battery ’
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'Now, Captain, we shall at last have !
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league. -’A great mistake, my friend.'
answered the captain, ‘toward mid
night the Russian batteries squander
an enormous amount of ammunition'
And with a smile he waved us a r;■■re
well salute.”
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