Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-10

II0rce OF over s9zu,UU0 men IN the ned
at once The French had confidently
expected to be able to mobilize SOC, :
00e men instantly, but found that only
100000 were available for military
movements during August.
After the first conflict az Saarbrueck
on August 2, IN which the French were
victorious, there occurred a fierce at
tack on the Geraman advance guard
near Weissburg, in Alsace. The
French tro0ns retired with heavy loss
The German Invasion progressed rapid
".
First Balloons as War Craft.
IN battle after battle the French In
fficted losses mucli heavier than their
|own mon the enemy, but were each
time defeated. Finally, on September
2. the French emperor and all the.
army endef his command were capttr-
II Al the battle al eedan. There was
one army ieft to France, but it was
bottled up In the fortified city OF Metz.
under the command of Marshal Bazine
who, after 4 daring attempt at a sortie,
was forced to capitulate on October.
81. IL.
The German troops now had an
open road to Paris and they Invested
the capital at once. The Parisians had
proclaimed republic after Napoleou's
downfall sat Sedan, and organized O.
government for national defense, OF
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.rons1n 1onfIaffation of 1914 s
etirnA4t IL Nodern Warfare
me ewes 81 the medical world are
ffse3 son me 8wffiis problems involved
in properly caring FOR the immense
runlbef 81 wounded that Will shortly
have Is elIs removed from the battle
fe36s Of fais M1f. We have perfect
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NUMBERS. bat each Individual case
Win reuifirc exnert care ana the spe-
cid e0nni1efAtion Of trained minds
and hands. -
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have addsd q, the destrile ivnness of
81 y Dtif s Az iatItlnlied the sur !
icons 6f6k{ef>s and have made mifi-I
tart surcefx "a special study for
which. fortunately for humanity,
there ii not much experience provid-
ed. although unfortunately for those
who have tos Sc treated right now
surgeons viii have to do their best
under pressare from time and the
number sof their patients and condi-
tons that are little suited for scien.
fife surgery
PROF Octave Laurent, who spent
eleven months campaigning with the
bulgarian armies, during the recent
war in the Balkans, has Just pub
hshed the story of his surgical expe-
riences. and from this some idea OF |
the grewsome work before the milf
tary surgeons of Europe can be OBJ
tanned. although probabIy even this
fans to give any adequate notion Of |
the surgical experiences that will be |
forced upon the army surgeons. Pro-
lessor Laurent declares that ordinary
civil surgery furnishes no real train |
ing for modern military surgery. and
that the surgeon must literally train
himself and do the best that he can.
The wounds inflicted by modern bull |
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