The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-27
FRANCE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
AMSTERDAM, May 27.-Fifty Ger
man soldiers were killed and the har-
Dor and railway station at Ostend
badly damaged by allied avlators In
recent raids, according to private ad-
vices received here today.
Many private houses In Ostend were
demolished by bombs hurled from
French and English aeropIanes. Sew
eral missiles fell near the postoffiee.
One crashed through tho roof OF an
electric street car, blowing 1t to pieces
and killing German soldiers who were
passengers. So,
AN AIR RAID.
PARIS, May 27.-Eishteen French
avIators bombarded tho Bavarian
town Of LudwIgshaven, on the Rhine,
settInu sfre to the German annnuni-
tion factorle
LudwI sshaven lies opposite Mann
helm ON tho Rhine and no miles
from the French lines. Its great am
muniton factories and chemical
works wore showered with bombs.
Tho war office announced this after
noon that the French air fleet re-
mained aioft for six hours.
Official dispatches also reported
fresh progress by the French In the
direction Of the German railway CEN
ter Of Lens. Southwest OF Souehez,
the scene Of the most desperate bay
onet fighting for several days, the
French drove the Germans from an
other trench. East of Neuvil!e, the
French artillery converted an ad-
vancing German column Into
screaming mass Of dead and wounded
The Germans launched two attacks
against the Beigians near Oixmude.
In both Instnces, they were driven
of.
THE GRAND CHORUS.
by William Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent.]
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY At
THE FRONT, May IA mighty
chorus from 2,ooO, 900 throats, sweep
ina down the 500 niIea from tho North
Sea to the Swiss border in thunderous
refrain Of "Ia Marse!laise,' greeted
the welcome news that Italy had en-
tered the war against Austria. The
story Of how that message went flash
ina along the trenches at dusk of a
brilliant western suntide and how It
spread TO every remote outpost along
the worlds greatest battle front, is
without parallel IN history.
kinu Victor Emanuel signed the
declaration Of war In Rome at 200
O'Clock Sunday afternoon. France was
notified. War Minister
MiIIerand flashed It to General Joeffre
at general headquarters.
Without scarcely seconds delay,
It went rushing down from army COM
,randers to corps commanders and
successfully down through generals Of
divisions to commanders of brigades,
out faniike from each ne N
center until every colonel, major, cap
lain and lieutenant along the firing
line knew that italy had entered the
lists on the side Of the allies at last.
The message raced on over field
telephone ~ires-wires struns precar-
tiIIages, on forest trees, on stakes
reached the telephone operators on thu
'ront line observation posts. They
flashed II on to the troops blazing
/ few yards distant, to the batteries of
lSIC SSICSlSd DSHtHO InC
1iIs, to the men in hidden gun pits,
% observers in the towers and tree
.ops-to everybody, everywhere.
1t was now sunset-the hour Of the
,nseIus. All along the line there |
seemed to come a luIi. Heavy guns
as though In reverence. Field !
pieces observed silence as If for a
devotion on this new day Of
,entecost- !
Suddenly the strange, almost wierd I
silence, was broken. spontaneously |
he troops began ia MareeIIaise," at
irst singing softly and then breaking
nto a roaring refrain as the words
an along the battle front In the great
'st chorus the world has ever heard.
GALLONS enfants de Ia patre," they
"Ie jour de glolre est ar
ive!" The roaring song startled the
'e!ated field Iarks long since grown
Ised to beiching cannon. They rosa