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the country adjoining although they
are stIIi subjected to heavy artillery
fire. The children, however, play
about the streets and the inhabitants
90 about their duties In an uneoncern
ed way. They express no curiosity.
Familiarity with danger has In this
case effectively brought . feeling Of
utter contempt for Il.
The reports that the Germans were
making IN assault in force on Toui
and Nancy are erroneous. For the pres
ent their chief objective 10 the smaller
line Of forts along the Meuse lire
from Tout to verdun. There are Troy
on, Genecourt, Les Paroches, Camp de
ROMANS, Lionviiie, Gironvilie and
Jury Sous Les Coles. The first TO fail
was st. Mixlel and several Of tho
others are reported in difficulties. In
addition, the bombardment Of verdun
continues and some Of the GUITAR
works have already been reduced.
At (name eliminated by esnsoE) I
met for the first time the Red Cross
dogs. There are hundreds Of German
and French soldiers who owe their
lives 20 these animals. They search
the woods for the wounded who are
unable TO reach safety themselves.
When the dogs find these men they
give the alarm and the searching par
ties Of Red Cross rescue disabled
soldiers. One Of the officers In COM
mand told me that the dogs are WON
derfuiiy efficient.
While passing through verv'nay l
witnessed daring piece Of work by
French aviator. Under cover Of = fog
no had swooped down on the German
trenches and had located number Of
them before he was discovered. Al
though the German artillery fairly
ralned shrapnel around his fleeing
plane he mounted almost straight up
and finally escaped to his own lines.
was able to spend an entire day
In the German trenches which have
been constructed to prevent the
French armies with headquarters at
TouI and Nancy, attempting . fianking
attack. IN one Of the trenches the
soldiers had organized singing 90
clety. The whole scene was wonder
fully picturesque. A thick fog hid
the French trenches 800 yards away.
The ghost like figures Of the greenish
clad figures in the trenches were
strangely siIhouetted in the mist. oc-
casIonaIIy the thunder Of the guns
would punctuate the ehoruses. Tho
singing was remarkable ~ many Of
the soldiers had trained voices. Some
stood 1t attention. Others had their
hands tightly eIasped In the attitude
Of a prayer. They sang ats the Day
Of the Lord" and my vaterIand; Be
loved vatsrIand," chiefly. Contrary
TO what I saw In Belgium the IRE
malnder Of message omitted by cen
sor).
SUBMARINE SUNK.
BERLIN, Oct. 90 (1y wireless
sayvlIIe TO the United Pre.s.)
1t was officially announced here to-
day that the new British submarine
E-3 was sunk by German warships In
the North sea on Sunday.
This 10 the first report that has
reached here Of the loss Of British
submarine. The E-3 went into COM
mission In November, 1918. She was
s1o tons displacement. Speed Of IS
knots, was equipped with four tor
pedo tubes and carried crew OF six
teen men.
In admitting the loss Of the destroy
ers s-115, S-11s, s-117 and S-11e, the
admiralty states that the worst fea-
ture Of the loss was the death Of the
majority Of the members Of the crews
all especially trained men. The de-
stroyers themselves, Il 10 stated,
were comparatively old.
Senator strandes, Of Hamburg, has
been appointed civil governor Of Ant
werp.
FRANCE