The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-30

I NUeir
artillery IRE Is not good. II Is more
than goodit is excellent. But tho
British soldier ~ difficult person a.
impress or depross. even by immense
shells filled with high expios.va
which detonate with terrific violence
and form craters large enough 60 art
as graN.s for FIVE horses.
seoff at German Shells.
The German hoWitzer shells are
from eight TO nine inches In caIiber
and on impact they send uD columns
OF greasy black smoke. on account
OF this they are irreverently dubbed
coal boxes, black Maras. or jack
'ohrsons' by the soldiers.
Men who take things I'm this spir.
are. il seems. likely 10 throw out tl.
calculations based on loss OF moral.
SO carefully framed BY the Cerman
military philosophers.
A considerable amount OF informa.
ton has been CLEANED from prisoners
II has been gathered that our BON
bardment on the fifteenth produced
great impression The opinion also Is
reported that our infantry makes such
good use OF The ground that the Ger
man companies are decimated by our
rife FIRE before the soldier can be
seen.
From AN official diary captured by
the First army corps il appears that
one OF the German corps contains az
extraordinary mixture Of units. II the
composition OF the other corps IS sin.
liar it may be assumed that the pres.
ent efficiency OF the enemy's forces IS
IN no way comparable with what o.
was when the war commenced.
Germans Lose Many Officers.
The losses IN officers are noted as
having been especially severe. A hrl-
gade is stated 10 be commanded by
major; some companies OF foot guards
by one-year volunteers. while after the
battle Of Montmirail one regiment lost
ffty-hve out OF sixty officers
The prisoners recently captured al
preciate the fact thar The march or
Paris has failed and that their forces
are retreating. but state that the oh
ject OF this movement Is explained
by the officers as being 20 WITHDRAW
into closer touch with the supports
which have stayed too far IN the rear
The officers are also endeayorinr
10 encourage the troops by telling
them that they will be at home O.
Christmas 4 large number OF tn
men believe that they are beaten.
Among the items Of news are the
following. Recently a pilot and OBJ
server OF the Royal Flying corps we're
forced by a breakage in their aero
plane 10 descend in the enemy's lines.
The pilot managed 10 pancake his ma
chine down 20 earth ard the two es-
capped into some thick underground IN
the woods.
The enemy came up and seized and
smashed the machine. but did not
search for our men with much zeal.
The latter lay hid till dark and then
found their way 10 the Aisne. across
which they swan. reaching camp IN
safety but barefooted
''Nume rous floating bridges have by
now been thrown across the Aisne and
some OF the permanent bridges have
been repaired under fire On the
twentieth Lieutenant (name deieted
OF Third signal corps. Royal Engineer.
was unfortunately drowned while at
tempting 10 swim across the river
with a cable in order to open mp fresh
telegraph communication on the north.
Telephone Aid to Spies.
Espionage Is still carried on by the
enemy TO a considerable extent Re
Gently the suspicious OF some OF the
French troops were aroused BY com
ing across a farm from which the
horses had been removed After some
search they discovered a telephone
which was connected by an under
ground cable with the German lines.
and the owner OF the farm paid the
penalty in the usual way in war for
his treachery.
After some cases OF village fight
ing. which occurred earlier in the war
IL was reported by some OF our on
GERS that the Germans had attempted
TO approach TO close quarters by fore
ing prisoners 10 march In front or
them. The Germans have recently re-
peated the same trick on a larger
scale against the French. as Is shown
BY the copy Of an order issued by the
French officials. II is therein referred
to as a ruse. but II that term can b
accepted II is a distinctly illegal ruse-
Charges Tricks 70 Germans
During a recent night attack. the
order reads. the Germans drove a col
umn OF French prisoners in front OF
them This action Is to be brought 90
the notice OF al our troops. 10 in
order 20 put them on their guard
against such a dastardly ruse. 90 m
order that every soldier may know
how the Germans treat their prison
CTS. Our troops must not forget that
II they allow themselves 10 be taken
prisoners the Germans will not fail
to expose hem to French bullets.
Further evidence has now been col
lected Of the misuse OF the white fag