Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-02-27
official Observer With British
Army Gives Vivid Word-pic-
ture of SheIl-torn Sectors
PeopIed by Dead,
FILE AFTER FILE OF
DEAD POPULATE FIELD
Troops Continue the Struggle
!, Though Mired to Knees
Feeling in Germany Chang
ing, Belief Along Trenches


London, Feb. 26 OO;5O p. MI
"All the ground near the front line
Is plowed up with shells and fur
rowed with the remains of old
trenches and graves The whole
Mace is a vast cemetery in which our
trenches and those of the enemy
wind in every direction"
This statement Is made by the Brit
ish official eyewitness at the 'front.'
IN a description. given out here to-
night of the recent battles southeast
of Ypres and of the country in which
The armies are fighting.
In q sheltered spot he contin-
,es there is a little graveyard where
some Of our own dead have been
buried. Their graves have been care
fully marked and a rough square of
bricks has been placed around them.
In front Of the trenches German
bodies still lie thick.
"At one point Of the brick fields
recently some thirty men tried TO
rush our line. Al their head was a
young German officer who came on
calamity waving his sword. He all
most reached the harhed wire and
then fell dead and he lies there yet,
with his sword in his hand and all
his thirty men about him.
Dead Visible Everywhere.
1T is the. same all along the front
in this quarter. Everywhere still, gray
files can be seen lying. sometimes
several rows together and sometimes
singly or in twos or threes.
This description might serve with
a few minor alterations for many Of
the localities along our front where
the lighting has centered around
some wood, a village or line Of
trenches 1t is as If each had been
swept by a whitening blast before
which every object, whether work
Of nature or of man, has crumbled
into ruins or become twisted and de-
formed, and even the very ground
itself looks as if it had been shaken
by a violent convulsion of nature.
To the south of the Ypres-Camines
canal says the witness. the
ground, although there are some en-
closures, is comparatively OPEN To
the north Of It. however there are
many woods and these have become
tangle OF fallen trees interspersed
with shell craters.
Troops Up to Knees In Mud.
fighting, the troops have been attack
ing on ground in which the men sink
up to their knees in the mud.
despite all these drawbacks, con-
tinues the observer, 'counter-attacks
have been carried out with the result
that in nearly all cases the original
line has been regained.
Quoting from letters, which he
SAYS were found on the bodies of Ger
man soldiers, in support of his state
ment, the witness says.
There is no doubt that the feeling
in Germany towards the war is
changing. They probably are as de-
termined as ever to fight to the, last
but the early optimism and conf
dence are vanishing. II would appear
also that the drain upon the enemy's
manhood is having depressing erect
Ersatz Rcservists Reported Called.
at is reported that even the Err
satz reservists who are suffering from
ailments which would render then
unfit for military service, are beinf
called upon and that the supply O
sound Ersatz reservists has been ex
hausted in some districts. Some let
tiers speak Of the calling up of th'
unframed landsturms which repre-
sents large reserve still available
to make good the wastage of war
Many War Incidents Depicted.
Incidents of the fighting are de
pieted. "On the night Of February 10
as our troops were advancing TO drive
the enemy out of one of thes
trenches his guns suddenly opened
tremendous fire." the eye-wtnes
says. "Our men We're in the open a
some distance from the Germans a
me time and being thus taken at dis
advantage, their chance of success
cooked small Without a moment
ntsitaton, however the attackini
ihe broke into a double quick and