The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-04

only effective weapons ara5r -
attacks, were thrown Barr. .a
shattered, others were knock4a.
others continued to roll ~4,-.1.
forward after the men hehi-
must have been killed Whar
tenders were busy here. nor.
rolled against a neighbour
section, and, as all the greuaaas
been thrown away, the erta.a......-.
were cut. and the enemy ra~h-4
trench.
Later the surprised Russo.
the unattached section saw som.
damaged barrels retreatins ~ar.51,
the slope. The enemy. II af.,.s5-
had driven spikes. as axIes I-t. ~
barrel heads, tied ropes ana s4r- liz
barrels rolling down the slopa II.
their own weight. The Russians rh.,
hoped, would exhaust their storl II.
grenades and relax their vigilan.. 4,
| the neighboring trench section
The morale of the AustrIan,
cording to this same observer. r,,
so good as that Of the Germans FL !,
| he had on the authority Of the RrI.
garian General Dimitriyeff. who iii.
| in command OF the Third Army M
the Dunajec at the time Of the c,rra.
spondent's visit. Robert Croz,a-
| experiences, by the way, are douhlv
| interesting because OF the paUCltN Of
news from this particular part 81 rha
eastern battle front There ara H.
American correspondents here ana
little from the region has reached tha
| English press.
He visited Dimitriyeff at has head.
quarters The Bulgarian made
great reputation in the Balkan Wal
which he has enhanced in the Cali
clan campaigning. he is looked on
as a hero by his men. The English
correspondent describes him AL a
"lOW- sized, broad -Shouldered spare
man, with thin, coal-black hair. BLACK
mustaches and black eyes Of acQuiIine
beetling expression; he talks Russian
through his nose without Bulgarian
. accent. Like the other army COM
manders, he lives plainly he Is ndif-
ferently uniformed, and wears ~ oriy
decorations the white crosses o1 ths
Third and Fourth Degrees of the or
; der of St. George. He promised thar
, l should find the general condition of
the armies operating in Gahca la-
vorable as regards health, spirits ard
, recent achievements. The sickness
rate, per cent, is lower than Ill
peace time. In the past six weeks -
\ 900 prisoners have been taken
Austrian Morale Weak.
t "The General praised the Austrian
S equipment, also the Staff work bat
|. he criticised the bad morale AZ
: shown by easy surrenders and by th4
/, unSOldiery disposition of prisoners Il
S give information. The cause Of sur
e render, he said, is not personal COW
a ardice, but lack Of interest il th'
d war, lack of that sense Of race re
It spOnsibility and race solidarity Whlci
IS make the Germans so formidable
n l A - c,, rirrnr t4l
d the Lower Dunajec, stands one Ger
It man division, but practically ne Ger
i man prisoners are taken The com
e bined Austro-German force stretche
d along the Dunatec from the Carpa
y thians to the Vistula confluence I'm
le enemy is we'll equipped with artller
le especially heavy guns and morah
< and he has abundant shells.
IS In the particular portion ct II
t eastern theatre of war visited hF n q
is Englishman quoted above, the mn
f. tary state of affairs has changed yer
little from the time he was theF
Ell some months ago. 1t has been 81
T. great extent a deadlock, with po"e
s. full Russian forces holding IL chee
er equally powerful forces OF German
ey and Austrians. Whether q shiH
lie the general fronts will come from "
n, renewed German ana Austrian aes
LII Why dfOunU CTdCOW anu e&t't+7
is Dunajec front remains TO be seen
ct Desperate Fighting Here.
e. An intimate story or the ballleS
the Carpathian mountain 1d-0lltSS
n remains to be written. The fe" AZ.
s. dispatches and scraps Of descT sl-,
e. that have reached this side oI y
n world give promise Of highly 0
ur matte narrative, brilliant Win
ne of self-sacrifice and heroism n a..
tn which gave pause to the fighllh1 S
et where, had little effect on the ha.
ey soldiers, who were strugglln3 ld
lis Carpathian SHOWS. Indeed, they rs
ed better in the midst Of WInte
an they are able to fight now
a midst of spring. For the tina"
n freshets of the mountalL-
n deadlier enemies to campaign
er snow storms and zero tempeia
re With the advent OF better "
ng fighting is bound to be resume
or terrific pace. The world IS Is9.
[e- toward the Carpathians at pres.
on seems to be pretty we'll agree
a the war is more likely to be flst-5
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