The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-02-05
YDELIGHTS
ON THE WAR
Ssery Of Famous Seige at
Paris.
Besidepis Of Beleaguered City
Rej6 Out Until Starvation
Was imminent.


vrs. endured by great capital came
10 a9 .gaa with the capitulation of
Fazin For l32 days the German army
NSs surrounded the city cutting the
~Be~Ji= of from all communication
VIA ihe outside world, except by bal
ices end p!dSeon post. The great
Euuz IF The Prussians Numbered in
sa.S Within the city the people
.suEEpsedly gay, frivolous and eX-
cssas3e, comported themselves like he
-rues. Calmly, sternly. with bull dog
aes acity. reduced to rations of sick
saaiDE character and quality barely
.sDyTSCjenI 10 keep body and soul to-
cekAsS they held out until at last
ts@7 we're too weak to fight any
-BanEsT-
3'ha saIge of Paris began on Sep
1iEscbfJ ~, 1870, when the city was
cgcmn,s1ely invested by German troops
CGss That day the boulevards were as
g.F as ever, and Paris was apparent
fly snmoved by the fate which hung
'I7ysx her. Within a few days, how
ss1ssr. Fsstisians began to feel the pinch
III poverty and the cold touch of
NJ Ga.nine All food supplies were
tlasco over by the military authori-
tories, and soon Paris was reduced
10 q horseflesh diet Such food was
iisls,. iSsun pleasant to palates accus-
q frss, x..f+ no NfJ nI; ut h,,t
.Sxnstseq1was TO come. When all OF the
lsSsbsss. had been killed and consumed,
7Gss'qteyus Paris slaughtered its dogs
sKyG eats. Household pets were ruth
-1.ElstJ gathered in and killed in or
olsrs k5ar Paris might little longer !
'ffzsaIss the ignOminy of surrender !
13fs tn the Germans. AT the last dogs |
ant Gats became rare delicacies, and |
ii :iEly.sD Paris took to the trade of /
g:ss IL os ing and the rodents became
sh~ siaple of diet.
Ss,tb the coming New Years day,
Easl, Paris was practically bare of
fEsd. Still the unkempt, unshaven,
hhassJy soldiers contested every inch |
Rst desperate >valor. Still the iron
Ens of the Germans grew tighter
and tlOser. In Paris human beings
$3.50 Ike flies, the victims of starva-
Sira and the ills that follow in its
sabD
On the cath of January Farve
DGGasd negotiations with Bismarck,
1lS.S Tour days later the Prussians
sAss French statesmen signed an
ayisi1s1jce involving the capitulation
81 Fbe city. On the following day
IA. forts around Paris were occupied
~ an Germans, but it was not an
tE iae firft of March ;hat the con-
isaSssanc army made its entrance into
Pa,., 40 remain forty-eight hours.
Fiaid marsha Won Moltke who com
Sar slc1 the German forces in the
!s1'zssi Prussian war, IA his report on
fcB Beige, declared that the defenders
4rs Paths had an artillery armament OF
= I-25 pieces, of which 200 were of
Ei4s largest caiiber of naval ordinance
'-ins S'rench had 500 rounds for each
rSn. and a considerable reserve of
t-cxdIE. The Germans did not have
Ems necessary guns and ammunition to
begin Jhe bOmbardment of Paris at
lhs beginning of the seige, but later
Shs ssrusians brought up their seige
g9~ETs attacking not only the forts
l-aE dropping two fifteen-centimeter /
ssseIIss into the heart of Paris. These
shs4,s worked terrible havoc, and
F'.asn sill bears the scar of that bonn
Within q few days after
Inc bDmbardment began, however.
sh2-ts apparently lost all fears of
sksiil.s. and the people went about
ssssy duties in apparent unconcern.
HE ;all of Paris practically marked
re end Of the war although even
ssEo 1lambetta was unwilling to give
'ls, and sought to prolong the re.
slsfS4nee of the unframed volunteers
a ssIsos1 the masses of Germans who
had poured into the south and west :
~ F,ance. ,
sssc'1ch Combine Piquet With Grim
Game of Death.
ftquet is the favorite diversion of 7
The French troops in the trenches
along she battle line. Z
E0IDe remarkable games are played |
ussy OF the contests are broken off
by the bursting of a schrap- 7
osi ia or near the trenches. :
1lcI isfrequently game ends in
'sSsAd hand" when some unfortunate 9
oLsysr passes out" forever while s
rulJing the winning hand. '
ssrmany Fits Manned for Jobs When 7
Well.
THAT Germany. with it's character
sia tho-oughness and efficienct or
.saLlzaz5na in every detail of life. 7
soss moi intend to lose any. time in \