Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-17
SOLDIERS SLEEP IN
HOLES IN TRENCHES
Life in Bulletproof shelters De-
soribed by Attache at British
Headquarters.
SINGLE BOMB WRECKS CONVOY
Grenade Dropped by Aviator ON AM
1aunitIon Wagon Causes Death
OF Fifteen Germans and De-
stroys Motor vehicles.

LONDON. oct I6.-There has been
given out IN Londkn a descriptive account
Of some recent developments in France.
sent by an eyewitness attached to the
British general headquarters. The ae-
count is in part as follows:
on the firing line the men sleep In
dugouts they have followed or cut under
the sides OF the trenches. These refugees
are raised slightly above the bottom Of the
the trench 20 as to remain dry in wet
weather. The floor OF the trench also Is
sloped for purposes OF Drainage; some OF
the trenches are provided with overhead
cover, which gives protection from the
weather as well as from shrapnel balls
ana splinters Of shells Considerable in
kenuity has been exercised by the men
In naming these shelters. Among the ia
vorite designations are the Hotel Cecil
the Ritz hotel. the BILLET Doux hotter
and the Rue Dormir.''
signs of Service.
On the road barbados also are 20 be
found boards bearing this notice: This
way to the Prusslans."
Obstacles OF every kind abound and at
night each side can hear the enemy
driving plckets for entanglements. In
some places obstacles have been con-
structed by both sides so close together
that some wag suggested thae each side
provide working parties TO perform this
fatiguing duty alternately. insomuch a
the work OF the enemy is almost indis.
tinguishable from ours and serves the
same purpose.
Quarries and caves 20 which allusior
already has been made provide ample
| accommodation for whole battalions, and
most comfortable are tho shelters which
| have been constructed in them, The
northern slopes OF Aisne valley fortunately
are very steep ana this to great extcn
protects US from the enemys shells
many of which pass harmlessly over ou
heads TO burst In the meadows along thu
| river bank.
At all points subject to shell fire, &C
cess to the firing line from behind Il
provided by communication trenches
These are now so good that it ie possible
to cross in safety a fire swept zone Il
the advance trenches from where tbs
headquarters happen to be.
| Aviator Blows Up Artillery Train.
| 1t already has been mentioned tina
according to information obtained from
l
by a bomb dropped on the ammunition
wagon of a cavalry column. 1t wal
thought at the time that this might havt
been the work OF Que OF our airmen, wht
reported that he had dropped a hani
grenade on this convoy and had then go
bird's-eye view of the finest displa!
of fireworks he had ever seen.
From evidence it now appears that thi
was the case; that the grenade throw
by him probably was the cause of tn,
destruction of a small convoy carrying
field gun and howitzer ammunition which
now has been found, a total wreck Alonl
tho road lie fourteen motor lorrIes, theii
iron skeletons twisted and broken. Every
thing inflammable has been burned, a
have the stripped trees-some with spill
trunks-one on either side of the road. Of
the drivers nothing remains except tat.
tered boots and charred scraps OF cloth.
ing. while the ground within a radius OF
fifty yards of the wagons is Uttered with
pieces Of iron and split brass cartridge
| cases.