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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25

seemed taken aback, and said No. l
vent away. but presently he came up
~ me and said. Thank you very muen
for ssving that but ! was not satlsheo.
Ne should have done better You "etv
very lucky in shooting away al ny
goice-pipes at the beginning. III tho
when / got chance, with al Lo, tn +
boats away. I went to hav look rouhd
the ship. l have no intention OF o o1
scribing what saw. With the exceep-
ton Of the forecastle, which is haraly
touched from forebridge to stern pos
She is nothing but q shambles, ana T She
whole thing was most shocking. 4 . ne
German doctor asked me 70 signal TOT
some morphia, sent me aft, and l never
came forward again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25
ALEXANDRA SENDS
GREETING TO DANES
[Br Cahl. 90 IN. rrhun. l

Copenhagen. Dec. 24-Queen Alex
andra of England sent the following
Christmas message through the Lon
don correspondent Of THE National
Tidende" to the Danish people:
IL am happy 20 send Christmas
greetings to the people of my dear
native land. | wish the frightful war
may be finished before next Christmas
and that peace and liberation, which
England always strove for, may again
prevail In the world"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25
Japan NOT ASKED
TO SEND TROOPS

Toxic, Dec. 24.-During the course
Of an Interpolation to-day the Jap
anese Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
TakaRki Kato, declared that no coun-
try had asked Japan TO send an army
TO Europe.
The War Minister, Lieutenant Cen
eral Okla, said that the Japanese had
sent arms TO Europe 10 the value Of
$4,000. 600
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25
FRENCH CAPTURE
GERMAN AIRSHIp

Paris, Dec. PA German aeroplane
trying TO reach Paris. says lie Jour
nal" was pursued and brought down
on Sunday by the French air patrol at
Pointoise, nineteen miles northwest of
Paris.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25
EMDENS CAPTURE TOLD
BY OFFICER ON SIDNEY
Gun Crew Knocked Out by German Shell-BrltlSh
Ship Also Set Fire-But Foes Vessel Looked
Like SHAMELESS When All Was Over

badly wounded foot, sitting on the gun
platform and a petty officer lying on
the deck a little further aft, with a
nasty wound in his back. | found one
Of the men was unwounded, but badly
shaken. However, he pulled himself TO-
gether when ] spoke to him and tod
him / wanted him to do what he could
for the wounded. ! then ran back 20
my group.
"All the time we were going twenty
five and sometimes as much as twenty
six knots. We had the speed on the
Emden and fought as suited ourselves.
We next changed round to starboard
guns and / then found the gunlayer OF
No. starboard had been knocked out
close to the coming tower, so /
brought Atkins over to fire No. star
board. | was quite deaf by now, as IN
the hurry there had been no thought
OF getting cotton wool. This is a
point | won't overlook next time.
Thought She Was Sunk.
Coming aft the port eide from the
forecastle gun | was met by lot OF
men cheering and waving their caps.
| said, What's happened| She's gone,
sir. she's gone | ran 10 the ships
side, and no sign Of ship could | see.
If one could have seen dark cloud OF
smoke, 1t would have been different.
But / could see no sign of anything.
SO called out, All hands turn out the
lifeboats, there will be men in the
water They were just starting to DO
this when some one called out, She's
still firing, sir and every one ran back
to the guns.
what had happened was a cloud of
yellow or very light colored smoke had
obscured her from view, so that look
ing in her direction ones impression
was that she had totally disappeared
/ Later we turned again and engaged hcI
I on the other broadside.
/ "By now her three tunnels and hei
/ foremost had been shot away, and she
was on fire aft. We turned again, anC
/ after giving her a salvo or two with
/ the starboard guns saw her run ashore
on North Keeling Island. So at l1:2C
a. m. we ceased firing, the action hay
ing lasted / hour and 40 minutes.
"Our hits were not very serious. w
were 'hulled' in about three places
The she'll that exploded in the boys
mess deck, apart from running the poo
! little beGgars' clothes, provided a mag
I nifcent stock of trophies. For two o.
three days they kept finding fresl
pieces The only important damage
was the after control platform, which
is one mass of gaping holes and tangle'
iron, and the foremost range fnde
shot away. Other hits, though in
teresting,' don't signify
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25
Boards the Emden.

ave started chasing q collier which
had been in attendance on the Emden,
and when we boarded her we found
they had opened the seacocks and the
ship was sinking fast, so we took every
one off her and returned 70 the Emden,
getting back there at about p. m.
They sent a man aloft to ont down
the colors. and waved biz white flag
from forward. 1t was getting dark,
and ge did not know for certain that
the cruiser Koenigsberg might not be
near, so we could do no rescue work
that night and had to steam away A
cry in the darkness, and we stopped,
and lifeboats were lowered TO pick up
& nearly exhausted but very lucky Ger
man sailor, the fourth rescued from
the water that day.
November 10.-Early in the morn
ing we made for the cable station, 70
find that the party landed by the Ger
mans u destroy the station had seized
a schooner and departed. The poor
devils aren't likely TO 60 far with a
leaking ship and the feathers remove /
from all the pumps. Although they
had broken up all the instruments. the
cable people had a duplicate set buried.
so that was satisfactory.
AT ll:lO a. m. we arrive, of the
Emden again. | was sent over to her
in one Of the cutters. Luckily. her
stern was sticking out beyond where
the surf broke, so that with a rope
from the stern Of the ship one could
ride close under one quarter. with the
boats bow 20 seward. The rollers
were very big, and he sursing to and
fro and so on made getting aboard
fairly difficult. However, the Germans
standing aft gave me a hand-up, and I
was received by the captain o. the En-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25
Still Use yolley Firing.

German officers say that volley firing
is still customary with the Russian.
whereas the Germans have eliminated
it in favor of individual firing.
A large part of the population Of
LODI is busying itself in the German
trenches, salvaging the wood which
the Germans used for constructing
their defences.
Heavy fighting occurred at the tow,
of Konstantinow, ten miles southwest
of LODI. II suffered mostly from
artillery fire, the town being bon.
barded by both sides. Little was left
but naked walls. The other suburbs
of LODI suffered less severely, and The
city, itself. so far as could be sscer.
tanned, has not been damaged An
Efficient municipal administrator has
been set up by the military authorize
who have inaugurated much needel
sanitary measures, including compa.
sorry house cleaning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25

come on and on. despite all ths,, =,
forts, tried them terribly, eau,r,
nerves 10 snap. ISSUE
The Russian evacuation Of Lod, 81,
effected so quietly and was covered a.
well that the Germans did NOT ls,s
OF 1t until the next morning, wb,r
they found that the Russian trooS.
had disappeared as though they had
vanished from the face Of the esrlI
The usual German night patrols had
been sent out TO keep in contact WitE
the enemy, but the Russians threw +,
thin but impenetrable screen beior,
their front. Major Holleben's bal,
TALON lost four Of its most eapabI,
patrol leaders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-25
Trenches Are Enfladed.

About the same distance west Of
LODI is located the little churchyard
OF Beschici, where the Russians, in one
of tn. final phases Of the struggle for
LODI, showed that, in spite of their de-
feats and discouragements, they knew
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-25

In Algeria, in Morocco, in Timbuktu
in Dahomey and on the Ivory Coast,
on the Barbary coast, in TuniS, Sene-
gal and in many other places in Africa
the French native soldier has shown
that in many ways he is fully equal to
the white soldier. There they have
served and are today serving as Tur-
kos, tirailleurs, spahis, foot and horse
and also as artillerymen.
England, too, can swell the allied
armies with great numbers of dark
skinned soldiers, fit conf! on the
firing line with Frances Turkos and
spahis. Among the most interesting
as well as the most formidable fight
ing outfits in the Indian army are the
Gurkhas. There are ten regiments of
Gurkha rifles These little fighters,
who come from the region of Nepal
and who trace their descent from the
Rajputs, would rather fight than eat.
In appearance the Gurkhas are deceiv-
ing They are short, stocky little men
of somewhat the appearance of the
Japanese, although a little heavier
And they wear perpetual grins on
their faces. The grin does not come
off when they go into fight
The Gurkhas We're conquered by the
British in 1914 after years of fighting
and have become loyal subjects of
England. When the Gurkha regiments
were first made part of the Indian
army they did not seem to take well
to organized methods of warfare, 1t
was not until the army authorities al
lowed them TO make their national
weapon. the kulri. part of their equip
ment that they rrgained their fame ms
lighters. Their instructors never could
make them use the bayonet The ku
liri is a long. heavy curved knife.
In close quarters the Gurkha throws
WAY his rifle ana takes to the kukri
viii h he uses with telling effect. When
.hargrh by cavalry the Gurkhas stant
~ a"I fire 1T the horsCmcn until they
re within >ahrriug distance. when the
natives fail. A. the charging horse
men pass over them the little warrior
are up and hamStringing the horse
or clinging to the saddles and stabbin
the riders.
This method of lighting is not III
like that of the TurkoS of the Frenc
army, who also play possum' whe
charged 10y heavier enemy. only
rise and take the attackers from til
rear us soon as they have passed owe
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-25

SPECIMEN OF HEAVY GERMAN ARTILLERY.
hold the gun to the guides it has clips
near the front end and at the rear, or
breech. it has lug to which is at
tached Il buffer to stop the recoil.
The general technique of the artiI-
lery service in battle is not to delay to
get the exact range of the target; the
enemy exposes himself too brief 4
time to permit this. The method is to
fire at ranges changed by 200 yards
each time until one shot falls short
and one goes over. Then the inter
vening ground is swept by a storm of
bullets, delivered by firing eighteen
shrapnel aimed to cover the district
on each side of, beyond and short of
the estimated range. In this way
quick results are obtained, though at
large expenditure of ammunition.
So great has been the Improvement
in artillery fire that the present guns
can entirely destroy any body of men
that is reached by their fire. Security
is obtained only by concealment. Even
the opposing guns must be concealed
behind hills or grooves and are di-
rected on the enemy by being aimed
ut n given angle with some definite
visible object This requires special
sight and Il rapid determination of the
necessary angle making the artillery
a very technical branch of the service.
The greatest sur, rise TO military
men of the world has been the rapid
success of the Germans in capturing
the forts of Liege. Nawur and Long
WV by means of their heavy artillery.
These We're constructed nj great eX-
pense and were provided with every
known device for strengthening the
defense. Infantry assaults resulted In
terrible slaughter without effect. The
immense shell fired by Germany
heaviest guns weighs $50 pounds and
carries a charge of high explosives
that blasts out an enormous hole. We'll
aimed. the fire of these guns will re,
duce any fort to ruins.
The field gun shell is pointed cylin
der three inches in diameter and nine
inches long. total weight fifteen pounds
| filled with Il powder charge that when
exploded will blow u hole in an enc
my's parapet and win send the fraS
mentS Of the steel shell dying in every
direction The proiectile used against
men and anira'S Is the Shrapnel, which
is shell filed with balls that on eN.
ploSion send shower of BULLETS over
| the troops within range.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-25
Great Armies I'm
Titanic Struggle
Germany'S Big Guns,
Engines Of Destruction,
New Features In Warfare

s-s"s"s"s"s"s-s"s- s-s-s-s"s-s-s-O

~,
A "A NH u 'he outstanding ue'eiop
A n hlehtS Oh INC great war III Eu-
W rope is the terrible efficiency
Of the German artillery. Oh
the stubborn battefields of Mons and
during the continuous rear guard fight
ing of fine retreat to In Fere fine Ger
NAM o.+iIlon,. rr,, ~, a. tho fro,t
,,,,...,.,..',,' iii,
ma u som : ''' -0'''' VI '''' ''''lN' -
cry S'''II"'
Inc Germans llESt developer the luea
OF maSSlig their artillery close To the
front, where 1t could get INTO action
early and by Its Shells cut III tn
enemy troops 50 rs TO shake lHe!.
morale and thus make easier the Sic
cess Of the German attacking infantry
columns,
Artillery had been considered Il cum
bersome, slow moving weapon OF
great value in battle, but 50 defense
less against an enemyS surprise attack
that large bodies of infantry called sup
porting troops were always attached to
the artillery to protect 1t. Similarly
to guard against surprise it was placed
well to the rear of the columns when
marching.
The Germans in 1870 brought for
ward the new tactics Of showing the
artillery up to the front even at risk
of surprise and capture, and thus they
gained the advantage of n powerful
artillery fire on the enemy while the
latter was waiting for his artillery to
come up.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-25

Photos py American Press Association.
vILHJALMUR sTEFANssoN AND THE KAR-
LUX.
which brought him to Nome and i'm
mediately communicated with the reve-
nue. cutter service.
The revenue cutter Bear got as far
as Point Barrow on Aug. u, but was
not able Oh its trip south to approach
near enough to Wrangel island to make
the rescue
A shortage of coal supply prevented
the Bear from remaining at the island
and she returned to Nome, but started
back again in September, apparently
arriving just in time to take the sur
vivOrs from the schooner King and
Wing
To the King and Wing belongs the
credit Of getting the marooned men of
Wrangel island. Returning, she met
the Bear and transferred the survivors
to the cutter at the request of Cap
tain Bartlett, as the men were badly
in need Of medical attention.
The meeting of Captain Bartlett and
the survivors was affecting, as none
Of them had expected to see him again.
No relief ships having arrived in Au-
gust, they had given Captain Bartlett
up as lost and We're preparing to win
ter in the arctic. When the King and
Wing found them they were building
house of driftwood and were almost
entirely out of provisions.
All the survivors We're extremely
weak and emaciated from the lack of
food and exposure to the rigors of the
arctic climate. Two men had frozen
| feet, but it is believed that they will
recover completely under the care of
the surgeons of the cutter Bear.
After taking on board the rescued
men the Bear proceeded north to Her
aid island in the hope of finding the
remainder of the crew. Arriving of
the island, they found themselves
blocked twelve miles off shore by the
ice. From their position they could
see no signs of human life on the is
land and turned south on their way
back to Nome On the way they stop
ped at Cape Serdze Siberia. where
they notified the Russian authorities
of the rescue of the Karluk men and
asked them to keep a lookout for the
others. Captain Bartlett and the sur
vivors are now making their way to
Victoria. r. c.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-25

W + politics makes queer DeulelloWS
so does war, or at least this may
III be said of the present war, where
especially among the armies OF
the allies some queer bedfelows indeed
have come together. Think, for in
stance, of Turkos from Algeria, and
Indian soldiers and Walloons from Bel
GUM. and Cossacks from Russia, to
mention no other heterogeneous ele-
mcnts, all fighting in common cause
Indeed the army of the allies is re
markable melting pot.
The Turkos and other black and yeI
low regular troops of France have been
brought over in numbers from Algeria
and Senegal. French possessions in
Africa. to fight against Germany. And
France has great numbers of these
regular troops in her African posses
Sions that she can call upon. The
Turkos. native Algerian troops, made
their first appearance in the war in the
lighting about MuclhauScn.
And so the French black soldier is
once more at grips with the white
German regular. Four and forty years
have passed since they met on the field
of battle on French soil. Then it was
hat the TurkOS. in the Franco-PruSsiau
war, drove back the German infantry
with heavy loss at the battle of WciS
Senburg on Aug. 1. 1870, while again.
two days later, the TurkOS. together
with the spahiS, more of Frances
coIored troops from Algeria, under
General MacNahOn. cut and hacked
heir way through the solid German
ranks mt the bloody battle of Woerth
Since the present war with Germany
commenced the war office at Paris has
been advised that literally hundreds OF
thousands of French black and yellow
subjects in the various French posses
sions in Africa and elsewhere. many
nf them already trained soldiers and
others who have in them the making of
excellent fighting men, are almost be
side themselves in their anxiety to go
to France to fight the common enemy
What of the extent of this present
and latent force upon which France
may draw for military support?
In Algeria alone the French native
population of black and yellow people
is 4, 100000. according to official Stats
tics. In the Algerian Sahara there are
said to be 10000; in Tunis, 100000
Sahara region. 100000; Senegal,
100000; Mihaty territories. 100000;
French Guinea. 100000; Ivory Coast,
100000; Dahomey, 100000; Kongo,
100000; Somali coast and dependen-
cies, 100000; Reunion, 173.2O0; Comoro
isles, $1,000: Nossi Bey, $500; st.
Marie. 1910. and in Madagascar, $500
900, making total of 32,635Q00.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-25
Russians Check
German Advance
Thrilling Arctic Rescue
OF MarConed Expedition
In Northern Ice Fields

@IGHT survivors of a part OF
the Canadian arctic expedition
~ which started northwArd
year ago last June ubp the
leadership Of Vilhjalmur SteIdnSSon
have been rescued by the steam Schoon
er King and Wing from their periOus
camp at WrangeI island. 1t VIII be
recalled that Stefansson left his main
ship. the Kariuk, to go on hunting
expedition with two others Oh the
party, and that the KarIuk was sub
sequeGtly crushed i'll the ice Captain
Robert Bartlett in command 81 the
ship. with most of the party, :edched
Wrangel island.
Previous to this four of Bartletts
party against the wishes of Captain
Bartlett had left the ships party and
pushed on in an attempt to reach
Wrangel island. These were DR.. Mac
kay. Murray, Beachet, scientists at
tached to the expedition, and Seaman
Morris.
DR.. Mackay did not believe in the
use of dogs, and he and his companions
started out, pulling a sledge by hand.
They failed to reach the island, and
probably lost their sledge and pro-
visions in crossing the leads in the
ice, dying of starvation or freezing to
death.
Another party consisting of four of
the crew of the Karluk, headed by
First Mate Anderson, probably lost
their lives somewhere between Wran-
gel island and Herald island while en-
deavoring to land provisions for the
main party, which was under the lead
ership of Captain Bartlett
Captain Bartlett saved as large an
amount of the Karluk's stores as pos
sible before the ship went down. The
party knew that practically its only
chance of being saved lay in reaching
Wrangel island, and the dangerous
trip was undertaken over the ice foe,
carrying the provisions.
Upon reaching the island, Captain
Bartlett took two natives and dog
team and worked his way to Boring
strait There he boarded a whaler
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-25
Battle in Northern Francs
Undecided
TERRIBLE ARTILLERY DUEL
Strongly Entrenched the Two Grea'
Armies Engage in the FicrccS
Fighting of the Present Tcfribi
European Conflict.

One Of the fiercCSt battles of a
times, which has been raging acro%
northern France for week past VII.
first Il slight advantage on one sid
and then on the other, remains nj
decided.
The two great armies which hay,
been fighting for a month, W',h f'W
if any. intcrmisSious, have dug ,how
selves into entertainments on river
and mom.ain ranges o. a from
reach from the Disc to the N|~n
and thence southpastwHrd along til
Franco German frontier.
Artillery duelS such rs never bCfor
have been seen are being carried o.
with the hope of compelling IL
evacuation Of the strongly held pos
tons, with occasional successes It.
the opposing sides, while the infantry
in the face of CALLING fire, have
charged right up to the guns. only to
make their opponents give way
slightly, or to be repulsed with srca
losses.
Fighting has been tierceSt on the
allies left. which lies on the RICH,
bank of the river Disc. in the vicinity
of Rheims. the famous cathedral OF
which has been set atire by German
shells and between that town AMI
the Argonne ridge it has been Civ,
and take all the time.
French official reports again CLAIM
slight progress on the French left ant
that the allies again have repuIsci
strong frontal attacks between Cra.
Onne and Rheims.
Around Rheims itself matters have
been about equalizcd. as the Ger
mans have rccaptur"d the heights O.
Brimont. while the French have take
the defonscS of La pompclle.
The French also have scored Il sue.
cess between Rheims and the Ar
EOnne.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-25
QUEER BEDFELLOWS
IN ARMY OF ALLIES

them. Neither Gurkhas nor Turkos
however, do much defensive fighting
except against cavalry, for they are
usually leading any charge that may
be taking place in their vicinity.
England, if necessary, can pour into
France from India 235OOO trained men.
of which 10000 are British troops, in
GLIDING some of the crack regiments
of the royal army, and the 100000 re
naming are the fighting native troops
of the Indian army. Besides these reg
uar troops of the Indian army the in
dependent Indian rajahs have troops
of their own. which they have offered
with enthusiasm for service with the
British eXpeditiOnary army.
Russias most picturesque force and
one that is perhaps the most efficient
of its class in the world is the Cossack
cavalry For hundreds of years these
superb hOrsemen. trained from child
hood to featS of remarkable skill, have
been famous for their courage and for
daring raids against the enemy. The
car has 100000 of these cavalrymen
and so far in this war they have more
than lived up to their legendary repu
tation.
Belgium's most famous soldiers are
drawn from the WallOonS of Wal
loonia. of which Liege is the capital, in
southern Belgium. These WaloOns are
descendants of the Belgii. the men
who so bravely faced the legionS Of
Rome under Julius Caesar The Elem
ings in the north are emigrantS from
German states. but the Waloons are in
dgenous. natives of the soil they are
defending today as in the long. long
past. The WallOOn has been a strik
ing figure in scores of wars in which
his courage has shone, but perhaps he
has made no more splendid exhibition
of valor than in his brave defense Of
Liege.