The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-14
LORRAINE GREAT
CEMETERY WITH
DEAD ALL ABOUT
Where Battle of Nancy Was
Fought Graves Lie Thickest,
but Evidences of Huge Nor
tally Are Everywhere.

AAHNNNNANfh AAN"N w
Pont-a-Mousson France, Dec. g.
French Lorraine Is the greatest Gem
etery In the world Colonies of dead
marked by lines of crude wooden
crosses. lie everywhere under newly
formed sod at the edges Of woods ana
thickets and Ia ravines-Germans and
French. The shifting of battle scenes
may be traced by following them
They are thickest there where was
fought the great battle Tor Nancy that
began with the retreat 81 the French
from MurhanKe and reached It's els
max during the battle of the Marine
The number has been continually
sweIlcd since in he fourteen months
struggle in the woeuyre and the Nos
gea.
saint Genevieve. Essey, the Aman-
ces. the heights uf Quite. Nelainc.
! GerheVilcrs Of the Gruhd Cnuronne de
Nancy, Etain. the Epargcs, the Hols
Brulc. the Bois Apremont, the Hola
saint Mansug. and the Bois lie Petrc
In tho Woevre are so muns 'emeter-
les. nearly all of them with crosses !
bearing names already illu 'rious
Lionel RieuX. the puet. lies at Essey
Paul Vial. who received q bullet Ia
his heart. in The Saiht Mansuy WOODS
Among the French buried 1T Gerbe-
Iviller IL Jean Martin. one of the most
promi.ing pupils of the French art
school at Rome: he fell with the he
roic handful Of chasseurs that held me
Mortgane there against 10000 Germans
during the e.eycn hours. MARCEL
Drouct ia among those who le at the
summit OF the samogncuN hill.
rhesdead lie thiolcs perhaps at the
Loisy Gap. After the Germans had
captured Nomeny and Pona-a- Nous
son. they sent a regiment Go force this
passage between two heights. ncld los
+. "a single company ~ French infantry
The gap became the tomb OF the cn-
tire regiment The cemetery OF ST.
, GcuoNIeVe is not so dense but Ear
r more extended than that ot the Lofty
Gap. The Germans. forced oy The re-
%sistance Of the company OF infantry at
Loisy 20 try 60 % Hank movement
I, around the heights OF S1!ntc Gene'
, ieve. obtained q success before iO"
= heights OF CUTIE. whore FrcIch ,ros-
: ses preiomiuate 10 Was then think
ms he saw tho route opening up Tor
, his troops. the emperor uf German,
, issued his famous order uf the day.
Tomorrow ice NuutE SulIte Gem
. clIrlc was s,ill bcrvr, Ills MHJr-t s
troops and the Lorraine capital. a. .s
tudag the cemetery OF mu. OFF lhrn.
!. The French. tuu, tell loo such numbers
- there AS to %dlsluict The oiloors VINO
. called the attention ui C-uumundan'
D NJ Ca tho losses.
,s $50 matter repissd fho come
if ma 1dauf. Eve won't give 900 IrDh u
required no. order from Iho general d.
81 n.
Pc -.l''" % "''' ODD '"'
During fh" ATTACKS upon tine "I'l''o
.' uf Am.Dr. captured ON the ''h ana
retakrn Dos General bn""t "H h" sun
.- Emperor william ls said q" nave ""'
10 served Do action nom inc 'Is' 'i 'l'
.o Morol woods nehl1d Nhi.h We're '"'.
s crtled 10000 h"rseW'n of lh' fius.
r. sIau guard hIs orr lh'" nancy w.
Is iHiu" t'I ana 'ni"n ana l'''''.'h
90 i1ftry -lrF'd u'" the i"' 's' n''"''I
u the 1881 hrlhil7 "I Ni'l'' ~ We CO..
'o hold "u' me dh' ~ WIZ n' % "II'''.
sald the French s'h'i'l DID '"On'"''''
~ The ~a-iu'ners increases lh',i HI 70
d. he maximum .pc"d lusi lh'u 'h'
IA moved mos" hl"ns ana i'''l'""'
. loWu before thcs '"uIh '""u' ron
The doNIr. they 10" 'n'i' To-Day 'h ,''
No. ricd ranks over whl'h 10 W'rdN -"' n'.
% formed tn" l","'N 'a'''iN "i .h'
b. guard EiI."r'd "I l""'l' N''@ '"' o
p'~rli'lucn'hrlhn WIN M "n.'' ''.
asked IN lh" 1"'ht "I ~. MAZE
iur An 'lin's'I'r "I '""n'i -''"I "'''
q" hulA 'hc "'"u'
In twcnty-fou hour replied ih'
French general when the 'utpor"
snail haN" given ]sepulrhr" O." h.
V thousand of dead. wc shall hc rrn O.
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