New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-08
LIVES WASTED IN
DASH FOR WARSAW
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Of fire OF Prince Peter Volkonsky, who
is leader OF "A Red Cross motor column
Throughout our journey the Ger
mans were firing rockets. A SLOW green
ball Of FIRE ascendS as gradually INTO
the air as a loaded balloon. Il seems
20 poise aloft for moment and theen
sinks slowly 20 earth, lighting the
country for q long way around with
ebostlv green illumination. Each
rocket is followed by prompt hrc from
the field batteries and spurts Of rifle
The trench 20 which ! finally came
A. midnight was that situated in almost
the mathematical centre Of Guzow.
Tho position here is behind an eight
foot high breastwork built by the
famous regiment. which has invariably
beon I'M the front line during the five
months OF the war, and which has made
itself efficiently "a, home SINCE the war
began. The regiment, whose norma
strength is 1000 men, has lost 5,oUo.
making good its losses out OF reserves
so that now again il is at It's luH
strength.
The Germans have made matter OF
routine Of their attacks. always max
ing them AZ night and always inefectu-
aliv. They advance as far as the barbed
,rire. thirty wards in front Of the
trench. There they encounter the tu..
force Of the Russian rife fire and fall
back again.
she'll Without Ceasing.
The Germans shell without ceasing.
All Russians speak of their profuse
expenditure Of ammunition. The com
marder of the trench told me that al
the lowest they fred more than 5'OOo
shells on a single day. -
ALTHOUGH intermittent firing contln-
ued through the night. no attack was
made. With morning the German guns
rosumed their exhaustive guessing
LONG tho rear Of the trenches. and a
big factory 20 the southwark once
more became their target. Inc rae
tory's great chimney began TO acquire
n kind OF sporting siCnltcance. 10 wa
50 obviously the object Of all the FIRE
sent in that direction. and bets were
beinp mace IN the trench backing the
chimney against the German Eunners.
I counted in an hour thirty-sN shells
directed al the factory, but the chm
nev. like the steepie OF prosecuted
hut triumphant religion. was coc"lhs
its unboWed mead 90 the SKIES.
Now begau rhti,rg OF the trench,
while the German rifle bullets searched
alorc. the front. This, however is
came in which Russian ufemen are
>Deciallv proficient. They can no re"
moments organize combined MURDER
ops inc which forces every German
who is not weary OF LIE TO Keep ms
head down After q few minutes the
Germsr rifle fire goes Wild their bull
lets no longer striking about our loop
holes.
Toward the late afternoon their fire
increased and tho Russian long range
battery came into position behind us.
4 cum. out OF sight astCrn Of us.
roared grandly. a she'll travelled over
as. wailing in its flight, then splashed
in brief fire. and great cloud OF
smoke arose q hundred yards ahead Of
ms and the same distance short of the
German trenches A second shell
burst about the same distance beyond
the German line.
Third Lands Accurately.
Then. after careful sighting and the
position having been verified, came a
third shell. which landed superbly and
within easy sight upon the very lip
Of the trench. blowing q great gap IN
the earthwOrk. 10 was guunery Of the
most exact and expert kind Shell
after she'll under our eyes. each timed
to a fraction. rakcd the trench.
Then came the reply. a German
heavy battery, out Of sight M the dip
toward the river, came into action.
IRON horizon 20 horizon the world was
noisy with the stupondous din OF ar
tillcry. while az each brief interval the
rcnding vibrations of the rife FIRE from
trench TO trench tore az ones ears.
A dreary. icy night darkencd over
some Of the most desolate fields which
this war has seen, the crops trampled
and weighted down with dead men, the
darkness it by gun flashes and brief
moons Of shrapncl winkng aloft, while
from the opposite trench issued the
ghostly. hickering blaze Of rifles at
their work.
The attack developed. after all. 20
the left Of the trench in which we
we're. IL was part Of the great at
tack along a line which extended from
near Gradow southwark 70 Rawa. and
was unsuccessful everywhere.
When darkness came ] made my way
out OF the trench In the same way ]
had previously entered 10 under hte
hui this time with a moon showing
frostilv clear over the horrible levels.
so that. as We went, we were slhOuet-
ted against her vacant face. We were
obviously and plainly visible 20 ger
mans. for. besides the bullets. which
were beginning 20 become common
place and unremarkable. shrapuel shell
came screaming up and burst on the
ground about twenty feet away We
gained the road 20 CChevonaneva. II
was white and straight and as bare as
ones cmpty hand Here ] endured the
most curious experience % my life.
John Bass. correspondent Of the
sDailv News" Of Chicago, and l were
Walking in our heavy furs between the
giarine moon and thC German gunners.
who vii fire eXtIavaganty at any
thing. Their gun got 20 work along
the road and a shell came screaming
an and burst perhaps twenty feet