The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-20
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ments nave Deen tTylug "a
the battlefield ever S1DQ
struggle. but without seoU
make Roadway. 80 vast =
dertaking.
Excavations being r. Iisnf
fresh war stores. or hu11l
putrefying Germans. 90 e t111
some new Pompeii.
What took at first %
stump OF shell-torn bush t1iru
to be a crisped red hand a
man arm. protruding from .
In trench. 4.
What seemed to be an Old
had a human foot inside. IA
A discolored blue sweater
mans trunk within It
Under the French IRE the r.
es became graves for the
while the graves of earlier N
were exposed to the air.
This man-made earthquake
what is now necessary II N
vance Is to be made. WithoG
earthquake, the advancing int
woald be paralyzed by the a.
guns. formerly used against ~
lie forts. as these French e.
clerks and farmer boys stf0n|
with the enemy's barbed w1FM3
| lenses. "a
The Germans had woven
forests with this barbed wire
cover OF which they had dug "a
es which zig-zagged eight feet
along their entire line.
The front was supported By
titude OF machine guns ana
four-inch steel turrets with
ing tops, all save the tops emf
In the grounds. These held o(
5O-milirneter hapid-fire cannOn}
to serve 1t. three men, whe
French say. were locked in
personally inspected y cAt
turret, the doors of which WERE
ened with chains outside.
captors told me that three unWG|
ed but unconscious Germans
found inside: "a
This was what the French II
go up against. The general
handing the French fourth
told me that II took two non1n
prepare this part ri. the attAcov
constructed about 500 milimek6
new trenches. some wide en6uf
two horses to pass, and many]
railroads avd dirt roads.
personally rode along q new
road 13 kilometers long, laid soa
troops and conveys could peno
and night. without being seem
ing to cuts and improvised ~
When all was ready the art
cut loose.
The battle, which took two NJ
to prepare. was practically oy<
one day. as subsequent lighting
really settling down proceeG
cal attacks and counter-attaclt
still occurring. but the Origin
suit has not been materially e.
ed. n.
| The cannon seem to touch NJ
There are batteries eycyyUE
their crews active In CORE
ranges on new enemy positioo
response to telephone calls
hidden observers near the GU
lines. or wirelessed commands
specks lowering in the sky.
Aeroplanes on both sides ~
ceedingly busy Photographers
opposing trenches and plotting
TO scale.
Air duels are almost OF houb1
currence, but usually result I'll
invaders return to his own lia4
he has more important work U
than to bring down an enemy
ator. t|
The rat-ta-ta.tat of machine Z
exchanging courtesies in the en-
wins only a passing glance
every little while one IL dGSko
by the pandemonium of anti-aI1|
batteries driving on inquii
aerial enemies.
The combined scream OF
shells is absolutely cyclonics
countless fecks OF smoke givin1
impression that the sky has htv
out with white rash.
The French claim their ADV
was gained with small losses
considering conditions. even had
Gallo losses been enormous.
Champagne victory would have.
cheap. The country was not
electrified, but the French u
are surer than ever that they
fully equal to the mightiest
Germany has to offer.
Ny personal impression u I
the line viii stick about whc1
Is all winter, as indicated BY
statement OF the general g
with. TO the effect that much
aration IL necessary to score az
vance under present condition.
One. therefore. Is inevitably
to ask the question:
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