The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-08-13

OF Ypres. when the Germans suffered
enormous losses In attempts to break
through the line In Flanders and reach
Calais. They succeeded 10 pushing
hack. lAs alltes palyy a litils and the
invasion OF Silesia by the Cossacks
finally induced them to desist and
send re-enforeements to Russia
The Germans In September had Ger
formed the feat OF pushing salient
into the French line south OF Verdun,
which terminated on the vest bank OF
the Mouse river at St Mlhiel; while
the French had taken the offensive
with some success In Champagne at
about the same time.
For the most part throughout the
winter the fighting consisted OF regu
lar siege warfare. with heavy artillery
combats and min. aud countermine
The flooding OF the River Aisne
from winter SHOWS gave the Germans
a chance TO entrap the French troops
on the north side OF that river In the
vicinity OF Scissors for a considerable
distance and kill or capture most OF
them January ~.
Take Offensive In Spring.
With the spring. the French and
English attempted TO take the offensive
at several points Always preparing
the way with tens or hundreds OF thou.
stands OF shells. they tried Joint after
Joint OF the German armor
In the vosges the dominating height
Of Hartmannsweilerkop was taken
and retaken several times In sansuin.
airy charges and finally remained In the
hands OF the French.
The salient OF st. Mihiel was also
subjected to tremendous French pres.
sure on both legs" The French sue
ceeded In gaining little ground. but
the Germans, despite the apparent
Weakness OF the sharp wedge they had
driven into the French line. could not
be dislodged and later succeeded In re-
gaining some OF the territory they had
lost
Tho British also reported victories"
at Ncuve Chapelle and nm No so, In
Flanders Whether these should be
accounted successes for the allies Is
doubtful. The British suffered enor'
NOUS losses and ut Neuve Chapelle
.hunsled affairs to the extent OF shell
ing their own men who had taken Ger
man trenches. In other eases they
LEFT gallant little parties lodged In
enemy's trenches without supports TO
be annlhllated
/ The next development was the un-
expected use OF poisonous gas fumes
| by the Germans in attacks just north
/ OF Ypres. With this novel weapon
! they succeeded In taking several small
villages and more than compensating
/ for the British gains south OF Ypres
The losses OF the French. Canadians
and British were severe. but they sue
! coeded in stemmiug the German on.
slaught effectively few miles back
from their former position,
Begin Series Of Attacks
The German line makes a salient at
scissors. though not such pro
nounced one AZ at st Mihiel The
| French now began a series OF at.
tacks on the upper side Of this salient.
to the north OF Arras Expanding hun.
/ dreds OF thousands OF shells. they time
and again blasted away the barbed
| wire entanglements and concrete
( trenches. held by Crown Prince Rup-
( precht OF pavarias men, and then
charged across the desolate ground for
I SLIGHT ga,ns
The fighting conferred about the su-
gar refinery OF Sonchez and the great
/ German work called thc Labyrinth
7 Fighting went on in cellars and tun.
I neys below the earth and the casual.
F Ties we're heavy The French bent the
T German line and captured the Lady,
r,nth. but whether the gains justified
their sacrifice In human life is CUES,
tionahla
In July. Crown Prince Frederick
Williams army attacked in the Ar
gcune forest, west of rerdun, ard
/ succeeded In gaining several hundred
I yards OF shattered woodland and cap
turing several thousand Frenchmen-
There we're ruUars that the Ter.
! mans were reinforcing for another
great drive toward Calais or Paris,
/ bat the Teatonic campaign In the
West continued TO wait upon the
/ crushing OF the much weaker enemy
In Poland