The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-16
81 RAYMOND : SWING.


s-y Fzzce-Fve niles ahead
are re trades 80 yards apart,
=es-s tie British and German troops
z-s lzE1E heir heroic parts IN this
BODIES z-5 hardest fought battle OF
Co6s-1 INES Occasional explosions
sr- h gins ear - plainly heard
hzTe !zs- returned ron Il auto
Eotze rt5e -hich brought ne near
eng. g re 6HE lire % see shells
1plo5-g q Tie to-izo-- First there
Eo-l6 y : graz fash Lighting up the
sFEl-g szy. toIoEe6 y Ihu1derous
5-scEz-Ee E& III allowed . drive
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British s=hfr1 7ocs ostsrses.
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celzzL Tce B-=dsh ruous q this
vc5z- ara -zinIy be5-d ruck defeases,
~ -ze GaDzzs 1zTs ECEEed their
Ezy - else up t5z- accurate IRE o.
bo.a sides zsz-s tsz-t 70 The soldier
Eto czrelesslE p-c--dez his head
Oze @ - diversions O he GerUa1s
: q P1s cap u : ne bois- i above
Re -e7czss and t-z~ -1e Immediate
AID Ue-r1zg f-e Q. he opponents
Tie soldiers = -ts trenches tor
days zz5 nights hare lad : terrible
eIre-.s-ee- Recently tEsy -ere lying
Z Esre- uz6s- he eIplodi-g shrzp1el
ard receiving tood Only a. night Ehel
blsek tread Etzs and Sometimes soup
-=-e PASSED q -1z- u-6e- cover o.
he 6zrE@s- o. tLe German side for
uz-y days r1s -oz1d=d lzE Il the
tre1ct=z NM night betore they could
= -e-oTeC
Now -tE Esztts- bzz improved and
cc-E5-iczz are teus- Abcu- thres
niles b=hi-d -te trenches artillery :
sgz-tc-e5- dropping shells and shrzp-
lei Epo1 lie trenches z1d The Gun 70
sztlo-z = E6e oppo1e1ls
Flashlights Reveal Fee.
u! 1r-ezs5oz = -hz- s1c1 fighting
CA ccz--zz E1rzui-rt1Ely and that
Ez-e = Iszz- -1e Ge-uz1s EiI pe--
tzps ozIy zr-e-p- 70 hold the lines
wLLs so-e C-1er PORTION @ the Gar
~ an! 5-=zx through, either O.
tte tzr right ring @ ~ yerdun- The
British --oops Ez6s several attempts
e hight charges TO nights ago. They
l=t- tL=i- trenches AID advanced CT
Le Cs"A positions bur tie move
Cect E@ suddenly revealed By Z
German 6zshEEh- machine guns we're
quickly brought into position and a
entire reziEen- @ Englishue1 vas
zoEe6 down b. the deadly fire.
For r<o dzEs have beeu Z guest o.
the general counz1ding this corps
Eto hzs his quarters IL Z beautiful
Frezch chateau IL i ideally situated
Z large grounds, richly provided With
gzEe- Ehich the STAT Cheers have
hunted these lzz- fe- days during Z
slight pz1=e II The fighting q The
trozL Before the castle are artificial
lakes, The grounds giving the iDp-es-
sion CT Z snail Versailles
Interested in U. 5. Attitude.
I-S welcomed Warmly by the on
GERS, I'll O. Ehou Ee-e interested il
learning the attitude Of the United
States The impression prevailed
among them that The American gov
e-uEe1t had assumed Z prorectorzte
over German Interests il China
We di1ed toge-her II the great ga
lou- the walls q which Eers hung
pEofuseIE Eirh valuable oil paintings
Tie menu Ess nole TOO diverse, bu-
!, Ezs plentiful. Nth vines II soun-
dance. sat beside the city conuzn-
dzrt- Eho told ne OF the situation il
the city
TIE castle itself Is filed With costly
treasures There i Al especially
beautiful coin collection and there are
also cd engravngs o priceless vzlue-
Tie chstezu vas crowded Eilh or
cars ! had lodgings IN the librzry.
Sleeping q Z mattress OF the floor BE-
fore : cheerful fireplace II Z roon the
antique furniture o Eaich would make
any co11oisssCr eHTio1s
Il the front hall O. the chateau (
: Telephone switchboard, where tEo
soldiers sit with receivers a. their
ears making notes CT reports from
the firing line
Outside Is Z scene of c=zssless &C
tivity- Every moment automobiles
drive Up The vide rosdvzys. officers
disuczzr, answer the szlutes Of Tie
orderliss. 90 inside. euerge szzir
hastily take their places IN the srto-
mobiles and drive away quickly.
HorseCsa L snail 6etzchnerts
coue and 60 ard soldiers OF nicyclez
or O. foot zre IN constant circulation
from early Il the EOrniag TIL late ~
night Ore 1eyer torgecs that this Is
enc % the brain eenterS 0. the hattie
going On five niles ahead
To6zeco Delights FIahte-x
There Ess especial delight over the
arrival : short tine ago O. Z doze-
automobiles heavily laden With gifts
tor the soldiers. such as tobacco.
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