The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-10-21

Il
IS cotiSidered that measures Of this
Kind should not be spurned d In view
fof the fact that the Germans are
Conducting their warfare in such al
[scisnfinc manner.
| Colonel Ronssett. the military au-
lthorlty. declared that the German
lsystsm OF fortiiications Is excellent
and furnishes protecting curtain
for heavy artillery and the insidu-
Gus machine gun. 1t Is not chival-
/. rohs. warfare" lie writes. but it la
{. practical" Our enemy fights not
after the fashion OF the lion, but like
the fox. and we should rake use Of
some Of thes IDEAS e
Information received In Paris
from the front indicates that the ac-'
tivity at points other than in the
north is increasing daily. The FREE
quent rains; with their discomfort to
the troops. have had tendency to
force the fiEhting The 'Germans ap-
pear to have selected o'clock in
the evening as the hour for their
where rapidity is not essential and
where the battle is in the nature OF
siege.
French newspapers today call at
tention to the success OF the allied ar
tiliery near La Bassee and 1t. Mihtt:
to the extraordinary. visor with
which the allied infantry approach
the trenches of the enemy and to the
pursuit OF German cavalry by k'rench
aviators. From these conditions they
induce that the forces OF the allies
are In excellent condition
Petrograd. Oct. 21.-Correslond-
! ence from Warsaw giving the details
, OF the recent capture OF an Austrian
battalion in the region OF Stry. Ga
licis. relates how the Austrians bear
ing branches of trees heavy with fol-
iage to screen their movements ad
vadced at nightfall. The Russians.
|rcisning ignorance OF their approach.
lessened the musketry fire, allowing
the Austrians to draw near, but
meanwhile bringing their machine
guns and light artillery into posi-
ton. q ~a,W.
In the morning. SO the story goes.
the Russians opened an unsxpec' ed
and deadly fire on the Austrians who,
after a momentary hesitation, surre:,-
de.ed without resistance before
Russian bayonet charge. Among the
prisoners taken were Is officers. Six
machine guns wer" captured.
A correspondent en- the east Prus-
s,a frontier says tina; activity has
0een resumed along the entire line
from Suwaiki to Lyck, where the
Germans have been reinforced. Ger
mao assaults were iHpulsed snd sharp
l.Gssian counter attacks made. The
lGsrmsns arc. engaged in skiru,i,ltng
| and foraging and appear to haze mo-
Intention Of advancing in fcrc,.
London, Oct. 21.-A newspaper
| correspondent at Dover has sent to
London some details Of the recent OPP
erations OF British warships off the
coast of Belgium. He says that last
Saturday night the shops watched a
force OF Germans digging trenches
along the coast under flare Of
lights. This enabled the English
boats to get the exact range. and at
day light they shelled the enemy's
position heavy. A taube aero2lane
was brought down and later Yep
pelin, and 1t is declared that the
guns OF the British vessels account
| ed for 500 Germans in killed and
wounded in addition to putting six
batteries of artillery out of action.
In the meantime German submarines
tried in vain to sink the British
ships. This dispatch is not con-
firmed.
The Star has published dispatch
explaining the desperate resistance
of the Germans in the vicinity of
Roye and Arras. The enemy sue
ceeded in taking possession, the dis
patch says, of huge excavation Of
the Grand Canal Du Nord, now in
course of construction. 1t is 60
miles long and SO deep that the Ger
mans are able to move through it
large bodies Of troops sheltered from
fire. This canal passes Lassigny,
Roye, Nesle and Roisel.