New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
FIGHTING INCESSANT
SINCE FALL OF L00S
Stupendous Panorama of Artil'
lery Preparation Opens
10 View.

British Headquarters IN france Wv
Is (via London, Oct. 16).-Along the
Hulluch-Haisnes line, where the fight
ing had been almost continuous since
the taking Of Loos, correspondent
had an Unprecedented view OF the BRIT
isb attack which took the HohenzoIlerH
redoubt.
From vantage point in the nat
country was witnessed a stupehdoui
ptnorama of artillery preparation ana
glimpses of infantry rushing through
sr,ote and shells. So rapid was the
Gro that an effort 10 count the NUMBER
~ audible shots per minute from me
british guns failed. In front, 10 rlghl
ord left and far in the rear, guns
flashed and scattered shells over the
lordscape A seconds lull in the NJ
inc Inv the batteries in the immediate
neichborhood was filed by those fur-
Their away. 49,,
The line Of both the British. and
German trenches was discernlDle IN
lorg clouds of smoke and dust from
Tho bursting shells. That Of the Ger
ran artillery seemed smaller IN vol
uue No shells were seen bursting IN
Joos itself. which appeared peaceiul
row back Of the British positions. FOR
this tremendous concentration was re-
stricted TO a narrow theatre, against
the frontal positions of the opposing
side.
Clouds Give PLANES Cover.
Il was a warm and perfect autumn
dav. bright sun shining and playing
into q nimbus in the sky which gave
the aeroplanes cover. and into the
cburned. man-made nimbus rising from
the earth. Rolling clouds of gas, ris-
ing I'D from the British trenches Ike
steam from the locomotive Of pass
ing train above the edge Of cut, as II
was released from the apparatus in the
trenches. was distinguishable from the
exDlosion Of every variety Of shells.
The reddish-black British lyddite and
the coal-black German 9-inch explosives
shot up through the lighter smoke IN
dense spurts. tinged at the bottom with
dust from the trenches, while the eX
plosion Of a mine made a vast. mush'
room shaped column. Smoke bombs
used as a screen, added to the effect OF
the light colored burst from the shrap-
mel. shot low 10 destroy the barbed wire
and high TO rake the trenches.
Large calibre shrapnel bursting in
n air made big vaporous puifs, and
high explosives bursting in the al,
caused big black puffs. There were also
asphyxiating gas shells, signal shells
10 assist the gunners, ana shells which
dropped streaming points OF fire Ike
those from a skyrocket. The sun
shining through the clouds above and
below. made a mass Of changing colors
that was an eye-tiring spectacle. Now
toward Hulluch it was pink and toward
Auchy-les-La Bassee dark green, Will
toward the Hohenzollern redoubt ar
Fosse s the German parapet became
visible for an instant, only TO be bidder
again.
Trees Stripped Like Poles.
Avenues Of trees along the roads
some Of them cut down by shellfre
stood stripped, like telephone poles, OF
their limbs and foliage. and there were
to be seen the jagged ruins of villages
spectral in the yariegated mist of de
struction, whence came continuous
ugly roar. which submerged the sounC
of the machine guns and rifles firms
during the half hour from ! to l:3l
before the British infantry spranG
from their trenches.
Meanwhile. in the rear, the miner:
Of this mining country proceeded witt
their work; farmers were ploughing;
women going and coming in the vii
lagos OF standing in doorways; the
soldier support straining their eyes
toward the battlefield or playing foot
ball. ready 10 find cover in the dug
outs or cellars instantly should theil
neiChbC,hod be shelled.