The daily tribune., 1906-05-11
SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING cHAP-
yERS.

1ames 441ams, graduate of West Point, dnd
European ,epretentafiUe o dneriean rfars-
faefHrers, is in Paris al khe opening Of fAe ma,
6sfrceea France aud Germany. He engages IN
an al, ship yeeonnaissanee TOR The French and
aayyo,uly escapes capture by The Germans.
The air ship Is fvreeked at ME Chateau Lagn-
nay. adams as rescued, and Is nDrsed by NE
Counts daughter, 44,naee, tuffh uhom he falls
in lope. The Germans advance and take The
Chateau for headquarters. .4dams defends
Aimee against insult BY COL G,senman and is
6noeked douun hy the Kaiser. Esa,ing treat
menf as a French symtafhiser he enters a reg1-
nenf Of Hussars, Hnde, MS /,1end COL Lofpen-
be,g. 4 spy is eobfHred and turns oaf 10 6e
Ldfony, Pdrisian eiN6 friend 0/ adams.
.4yyanqeaeafs are made for .5in,ee 10 be taken
aroay 10 The home ofher COUSIN. The Getmaa
army mopes tuest, earring GyiesMdn ~ charge
o(fie Chateau tu.hiIe 14ddms and his regiment
ays6nsha a French column. Report reaches him
that 4Imee has Leji, taking toifh her Lafony,
HE SPY. G,1esman goes in pursuit ruth orders
10 shoot adams and Sergeant Fleisehmaan
steal an automobile and go 10 aefend Aswee.
CHAPTER ".
| suddenly found myself riding among
great concourse of mounted officers. To
left and to right, through the fields, the
regiments were pushing ahead. AT Inter-
walls groups of officers left the road and
their troops. And AS we settled down to
steady trot, Lowenburg explained to me
the movement tDen uuuer way.
The bulk OF the German army lay ut this
time between the Meuse and the confluence
of the Aire and the Aisne rivers. These
two streams run In generally northwest
nifty miles. being nowhere more than ten
miles apart. Between them, and extend
Ing for perhaps thirty miles, lies the Forest
of Argonne. Il rugged and densely wooded
area. consisting mainly of a single line of
irregular hills, varying In height, and end
Ing at the river junction in bold. precipi-
On, f1.4 YI.. tao
rather small but deep stream, has. In the
course of Its centuries OF flow, cut sharply
into the hillside. On the. west, the hills
slope gradually to the Aisne, forming a
wide. and under high state of cultivation.
At the foot of the hills fine road winds
northward. following generally the course
of the river.
According to the main plan of invasion
the Germans intended to skirt the nor
thern end OF he Argonne Forest, cross the
Aisne ut Its junction with the Aire, and
proceed west to Reims. The French were
known to be moving slowly north from
their great camp near Chalons-sur Marne to
bar the German advance, to assist In which
operation strong detachment. under Cen
eral Messonier, was moving northwest from
Bar-le-Duc. following the road through
Intended as n coup; but SO perfect were
the German sources OF information that 1t
became known on the second day. The
Emperor issued orders for an immediate
advance of the left wing. then resting south
of the Chateau. and consisting entirely OF
heavy cavalry, TO push directly west, cross
the Argonne Forest. and fall upon the
French column.
To Lowenberg, with his magnificent hus
-ars. assigned this important duty.
In addition to his own command were three
regiments OF cuirasslers, three OF mounted
Infantry, and two of lancers-ln NIL about
eight thousand men. These were well
mounted and were armed with sabre, re-
volver, and n new magazine carbine, carry
Ing sixteen shells of high power. each
bullet being constructed that upon leav-
ing the barrel II split into five smaller bull
lets. The principal object of the attack.
however, was panic and dispersal, rather
than humiliation. as producing more dis
nstrous effect upon the main French army.
An hour after midnight we reached the
Aisne river which had been bridged some
hours before by a pontoon corps. In the
shadow Of high Argonne hills II was In