Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-07-31

Barship. and as in the chart house Of
cruiser 30 the skipper now bent
over his maps.
her r %.s sai 45l 3 e accent sssH s!sssssa
The sun shining through them upon
the sea facilitated steering. With his
eyes upon the shadow OF the vessel
ana 2 piece Of weed hanging Ieese
at the end Of string. the skipper
strength Of the Wind. II the weather
Is dul and the airship Is above open
open water. only practice and sea-
nianlike instinct can help the COM
mander to knowledge OF his posi-
ten. he must also reckon not only
with the prevailing wind but with
threatening changes. A strong cur
rent from the direction Of home
might make his return very diaicult.
This time, however, the vessel adj
vanced in a straight line to the
sells could be seen at sea, ali flying
the Dutch flag, but the skipper
thought his own thoughts. He knows
| that British fishermen even close un-
der their own coasts now seldom ny
| anything but the Dutch coIors
by p: m his mission was at an
END; He had received orders to be
pack at the hangar before dusk, but
the weather being SO favorable he
| Geographically asked permission to
act on his own Initiative, and profit
oy the favorable opportunity. Agreed
was the reply.
Continuing his flight to the north
west he determined 10 deliver a blow
against the English coast. It was vet
twilight when he approached England
and assembled to a height Of 1900 me-
tsrs IN order TO keep out Of the sight
lands guardships. Through a rift 81
the clouds destroyer could be seen
making the round OF guardships
There vas nothing yet to be seen o.
the land, but = blackish mistiness on
the distant horizon was recognized
by trained eyes as smoke from fhs
cnimneys Of an Industrial distrfct,
| Fhe skipper nnoY knew that he had
4 steered q true course, and that HID
destinations harbor with enemI
dock yards-was before him
He remained above the clouds mn
" gark, then pushing on to the coast,
| ne detested in the dying daylight the
| two moles marking the mouth OF the
| river which he was seeking Almost
simultaneously came flashes Of artfI-
lery fire from below. The rudder
swung around aad steering past the
attacking fortress, the airship Vas
over the wards. aFsenals, and NUM-
ton factories. The airshipis gunner
| lay on his face by the sighting an
Paratus and fred at the targets over
which he had been steered There
/ were now flashes beneath MS which
did not proceed from the enemy artil-
leTy. The displacement OF air, due 10
a tremendous explosion, was felt IN
the gondola- Below us large fac
tory was seen to collapse upon itself.
The windows Of the other workshops
/ suddenly became dark
tsThe men in the gondolas were un-
der the impression that they could
see policemen hurTying through the
| streets with cries of warning. be-
cause house after house was sudden
ly swallowed in darkness, until the
town and suburbs were in complete
obscurity.
But the work was done. After max
Ing observations for half an hour the
return journey was begun. The
weather was clearer but bitterly cold.
The skipper sank to an altitude Of
| only 100 metres above HeligoIand.
and was helped by the moonlight
along the German coast Above Nor
nerney the maps were again reotIf-
sitioned, and then straight overland
for the hangar,
Price SeYeryn's smereency com
mittee has next GWEN its attention to
The dead soldiers were very badly
buried at first, near wells where the
water was polluted, and In heaps Just
under the surface near houses. But
all the bodies have now been reburied
deeply and away from wells aad
which was the greatest dread, even
In Warsaw, although nothing could be
made known of II. In the estate next
TO ours the house was turned into q
cholera hospital ana from this one
place zoo dead from cholera weFs
passing army. so that many of the
soldiers were stricken with the
plague. But the COMMITTEES has now
saved the city and suburbs from that
danger. In December tha plaque was
at Its worst; by FebFaruy the re-
burial OF bodies and other sanitary
measures had effectively checked IL,
and now there Is no cholera in War
saw or outside.
The German army has shown no
quarter 70 the country, but there has
been no wantoR destruction except at
kaltses- At my place they stopped
ten days. tkaing ali the cows ana
much clover, but not destroying. They
paid by slip Of paper, which means
they meyer paid. They took our best
horses for the artillery, and gave a
WOUNDED morse and slop for 100
erything Is paid forp
The Germans carry no tents, and
have no food supplies with them, 20
that as the cavalry, artillery and in
taHtES SWaFmed over our place they
lived In our houses and out houses,
and drew their food from the coun-
try, chiefly ;. cows and livestock
slagghtertng the best mich COWS for
food, and spartug only pedigreed
stock. Thus the country was denld-
ed Of all its supplies and ordinary
stock But they did not wantonly
destroy except for q state cause.
They suspected the village next to -
or copcealipg cossacks IN the cellars,
and the village was burned down, not
thing remaining but the chtmneys.
A Polish village Is not like an Eng
ltsh; It IL q long row OF peasant farm
holds, built IN a quadrangle, with
clay walls and matched roofs
Then came the Russians, forcing
the Germans back and taking any
thing that was left. It led to some
strange scenes, A Russian colonel
came TO our house for supper just
as hts troops had pressed back the
Germans. While at supper q peas
ant came to make e Complaint 10 the
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