The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-07

The prince of Wales has earned a name for himself in the war and now has been promoted to be a dispatch bearer He Is here shown equipped for the duties of that positoin.
 ~~-~-o-~-~~~o-~--~-~---~-~- that set off finely the century-old splendor of the costly fur4iWme that had been brought in from other ruin. ed houses These were inlaid Elem isl wardrobes in rococo style used here to support the ceiling: there were small mahogany tables in Em. pite style, with gilt ornaments in bronze. The coffee percolator was humming. An ancient clock chimed at the end of every hour the same choral Only submit to the will of
 God But open the door and let II
 the gray daylight and you hear the
 enemys rifle hule's patterilg against
 the walls, iucess.ht and yet so vi cious
 "A tunnel partl, underground, and 1 partly broken through the walls of
 rooms and houses, leads up to the ar l tillery observation sta1I From here
 We overlooked the battle ground. The
 hostile trenches lie very close to each 1 other. at one point uOt more than 20 yards. The river Yser now carrying high water, constitutes the dividing line here. On the other side we could see the French, mostly marines. nov
 ne about in tIeir trenches rather carelessly- what they might well do. as we were not answering their wild nsillade
 "I have now seen trenches all along the western front from the Swiss bor- der 10 the North Sea but | have slo where seen sue 'htreuchcs as these along the Yser here The ditches are cut considerably below the water lev el ot the river. and the result is that they are constantly filled with water They are cut not into earth, but into fully saturated mud, and water is all the time collecting in them Hence the bottoms are covered with brush under which brooklets can be heard bahblng, yet without awake eulg any poetic sentiments in the midst of this perreWal rifle fire At intervals sinks are dug in W1ich the water collects, and men are kept busy day and night dipping it out
 "I went forward into our most ad- vanced trenches. and what l learned there is worth telling Men lNin5 under conditions. the most uac5m fota5le than can be imaaiued yet laughing over ali the d.scomiorts Of the war and cheri- hing only the one wish that the uactioI imposed upon fthem by Visc strategy may soon come to an end and that they may be allowed to attack the enemy that has been lying before them for weeks Al the same time French corrses are still lying unburied before our positions. lett r5ere from the repeated attacks that failed after frightfdl losses for the enemy Lifting ones head eau tiously for a moment above the edge Of our trench one sees piles of silent dead men with blackened faces lying out there in blue French oyercoats It is horrible sight but owing to the incessant fire of the enemy it is i'm possible 10 give burial Co these bodies
 As l was returning from the trenches through a queer tunnel like the burrow of a passing under streets and houses through cellars. rooms and Kitchens, and once even under a dripping sewer the enemy prepared for us a surprise that did
 not come wholly unexpected. He be. | gan tO lombard the ruins of DiNmudt with heavy artillery The first slell
 struck into a heap of ruins quite near us and made noise as if the world
 was coming 10 an end Every man l into the bombproOWs' was command ed and several officers pulled me | along with them into the subterra-
 mean dwelling of the commaldant For three hours we remained there listen | ing to the noise and expecting every
 moment that a shell would suike
 right over us. Once the very earta
 trembled. the adjoining house had
 been struck, Now. at one time near
 CT to us. at another further away And through il all the old Flemish clock
 was chiming out the hours with its
 choral of submission to the will of
 God on high
 Since prudence is the better part
 of yalor and it was uncertain how long
 the bombardmept would continue, We
 finally left Dixmude in the midst of it
 To the left and to the right shells
 were dropping and walls were falling | W-ith A crash