Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-10-25
WAR FROM BEHIND
THE GERMAN Lines
ASSOCIATED PRESS MAN
GIVES A NEW VIEW OF
THE BATTLE.
Describes Heroic Defense Made
by French of Battered
Fortress.


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A'S''i'''u iIesS through the German
fortrcsses Of Nayence. Saerbruucken
and Natz tbrougb tho fr,rtIor ro-
s''"' ''"''" M'" ana lhe rene"
fortress line from Nerdun to Toul. into
the actual battery positions from
which German and Austrian heavy al
t,llery Were pounding their eight and
tVcNc-iuch shells into the French
barrier forts and into the ranks Of the
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'IIg '''usH' VII" ram par % ol II'9"
any "'u"u'
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ol S'.''c sICt' lIlu uuSlI lal u'te Id NlI!s
"''I pow ui Iul'HIlvi! IN 4DII oleI-
tlIon ana 'huIess s.ppIy I."IHS 3ilAg-
I'N up .ue iI" mater 'dIS IoI 'H"I I'la-
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Survey of Field.
From point Of observation on a
hillside above 81 Nibicl tho ereat
battlefield ON which a German army
is cndeayorinR to break through the
line Of berrier forts betweep Vorduu
and Toul ana the opposing French
forces could he SURVEYED in its on
tiretv. In the foreground Law the level
I valley Of the Neuse with the towns of
81. Nuhicl and Bannoncour ncstltng
upon tho green landscape. Beyond and
. behind the valley rose a tier of hills
on which the French nj this writing
/ obstinatelv hold an Infrenrhed nosi-
tion. checking The noint OF tho Ger
/ man vodra while French forces from
north and soutb hnat unon tho sides
of tho triangle irving to force it back
across the NIeuse and ont from the
yltals Of the French fortress line.
oloa ri,, ro
A., onooriD,,oi ~, ',,|e ,
shoIl could be seen but Infantry and
field artillery could NOT bc Jiscerned
even with n high-power field glass So
cleyeraly had the armies taken cover.
! Tho uninItiatod observer would have
almost believed this a deserted land
| es,ng rather thon a scona ,f IA prent
battle. which if successful for the Ger
mans would force the main French
army TO retreat from IFS intrenched
nosiiions along tho Aisne river
About three miles away. across the
Aleusc. ouadrangular mound of
Hack ploughed up earth ON the hili-
side marked the location of Fort Les
paroches which had been silenced by
Inc German mortars The night before.
Eort Romnn Camn so named he
.c,lsr the Roman leeions had cen
turies apo selected This site for a
strategic ,ncampment mad been
stormed by Bayarian infantry two
DAYS Garlic. after its heavy gums had
been nut oilt Of action and artillery
offirers stated mai Fort Ijonvlllc
fiftoen miIrs to The south and ont of
ranpe of vision was then practically
.iInnc.d only one of IFS arnored tur.
rants continuing to answer the bom.
,ardueut
Mar. neva.tn,ion
Tho corresnondont accnmnanied
German officers on a trip from Net
TO the battle front. \ few miles be
youd Gorso tho French frontier Wa
passed and from this point on the
country side, with It's deserted farms
roting shocks of wheat and uncut
fields trampled down by infantry
tons for batteries and pits caused by