Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-29
HOW GERMAN SPIES WORK
ALONG ALLIES Line IN FRANCE
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during the night of Sept. 21-22 discov-
cred some deserted trenches, and in
them, or near them in the woods, oveI
one hundred dead and wounded were
picked up. A number OF rifles, am
munition and equipment were also
found. There were other signs that
portions Of the enemy's forces had
Withdrawn for some distance.
Tuesday, Sept. %. was also fine,
with less wind. and was one of the
most most uneventful days that has passed
since We reached. the Aisne-unevent
full. for the Britieh. There was less
artillery work on either side. the Ger
mans, nevertheless. giving another viii
lage a taste of the Jack Johnsons.'
The spot thus honored was not far
from the ridge where some of the
most severe close fighting in which we
have taken part has occurred. All
over this No Mans Land. between the
INES, the bodies of German infantry
are still lying in heaps where they
have fallen at different times.
Espionage plays SO large q part in
the conduct of the war by the Ger
mans that it Is difficult to avoid fur
ther reference to the subject. They
have evidently never forgotten the
saying Of Frederick the Great: When
Marshal Soubise, goes to war he is
followed by hundred cooks; when I
take the field am preceded by a hun
dred SPIES
Indeed, until about twenty wears
ago. there was a paragraph in their
neld service regulations directing that
the service of protection in the field.'
e.g., outposts and advanced guards.
should always be supplemented by q
system of espionage. Though such in
struct1ons are no longer made public.
the Germans. as is well known, still
carry them into effect.
Spying in Warfare.
Apart from the more elaborate ar
rangements which were made in peace
time for obtaining information by paid
agents, some of the methods which
are being employed for the collection
or conveyance Of intelligence are as
lolIoWs: Men in plain clothes signal to
the German lines from points in the
hands OF the enemy by means of COL
ored sights at night and puffs of smoke
from chimneys by day. Pseudo labor
ers working in the fields between the
armies have been detected conveying
information and persons in plain
clothes have acted as advance scouts
to the German cavalry when advance
ing
German officers an soldiers in
plain clothes, or in French or British
uniforms have remained in localities
evacuated by the Germans. in order to
furnish them with intelligence.
"One spy Of this kind was found by
our troops hidden in a church tower.
His presence was only discovered
through the erratic movements of the
hands OF the church clock. which he
was using to signal to his friends by
means of an improvised semaphors
code. Had this man not been seized
1t Is probable he would have signalled
to the German artillery at the time of
their arrival the exact location of the
headquarters and staff. A high ex-
plosive shell would then have mysteri-
ously dropped on the building.
Women Spies Caught.
Women spies ! have also been
caught; secret agents have been found
at the railroads observing entrain-
ments and detrainments. 1t is a sim
pie matter for spies to mix with the
refugees moving about to their homes;
difficult for our troops. who speak
neither French or German. to detect
them.
THE French have found IT neces.
sary to search VILLAGES and. also casual
wayfarers on the roads for carrier
pigeons. Amongst. the precautions
taken by us to guard against spying Is
the publication Of the following notice
printed in French and posted up:
Motor cars and bicycles not
carrying soldiers In uniforms may not
circulate on the roads.
The INHABITANTS may not leave
the localities where they reside be.
tween p. m. and q. m.
3. Inhabitants may not quit their
homes. 4.
~. No persons may on any pretexi
pass through the British lines without
an authorization, countersigned by a
British officer ;ss,sss L
Events have moved 80 quickly
dHrdnS the last tVq months tliat any.
thing sconnects Hin Che al sbiiisa dor
Of the British iapSd ionarv sforcs i,
now ancient history. Nevertheless, tl1s
following extract Of q German orde,
10 evidence Of Decentralization OF the
enemy and ID u stvibute TO the value q
the secrecy, Well and 3ovallyi main.
tanned at the time In NnKland:
n Tenth Reserve Army Headauar.
tiers. Mont st. dutbeft, Attks 20, ip14 1
Ss:40 Corps oFdsr. 51ss uEpstTht