The Keota news., 1915-07-09

In use In the French tIeucoW.
frst sight / thought It was s'!ver
mounted f,ute, for 1t looks Ike mute
mora than anything else. Instead OF
lookins through the flute" lengthwiss
vou look though It "sidewise." and n
:, Won SEQ mirrored the rough line
which shows the outer edge OF the Ger
man intrenchmsnts. but you don't see
anv Germans unless you watch care
fully for . long time. Then you 80
. little movement perhaps and then
4 Yifie 1T your right or left speaks,
and then you know that possibly there
IA a dead or Q wounded man In the
trench you see to your front.
The next day from rock rising u
most sheer to Q height OF nearly seven
hundred feet I looked through the
clear air toward Nets. the capital OF
German Lorraine. which with IL cas.
cling fortresses 10 the prise most GOV.
eted by the French. The artillery OF
the republic emplacsd ON . ridge 70
the right and . little In advance OF
this position has succeeded In reach
Ing with it, shells one Of the most
formidable forts standing guard over
Nets. When the French break down.
II they can break down, the defsosss
Of Nets. an army will spring from the
ground and advance toward the Ger
man goal Of its ambition. Nets. how
ever. while really only . few miles
away. 10 . long ways Oh. because os-
tween the outermost F.anch hnes and
the city Of desire lies German army.
and right here on this line within
the next few days or weeks. or per
haps even months. there u sure to
come fighting Of . quality 20 hsscs -
to put all other fighting along this
5O0-mile line into the class with things
tame.
Views the eattieneid.
From where I stood there u q birds
eye view Of . great battlefield. We
made IN early start in order to b
able to climb this nesdls-liks rock b.
fore the sun was higt. This hil -
called Mousson. and On it, crown
there 10 . chapel built in the eleventh
century and which affords . faif and
commanding marx for tn, snsmy's a.
tillsry. The Germans for some rsa-
son or other have left his pinnacle
alone for the main -,art
In climbing the hill Of Nousson
there are many places where one 10
out from under cover. Walking mp the
hill was dimcult. but running was more
than dimcult. and yet had to run b.
tween the covered points. On this
hill We were within Iangs. not only Of
shell nrs but Of small ride nre. and
the Journey up and down had IT. un-
pleasant moments.
When halfway down this Rock pe
Mousson the cannonading grew louder.
The truth was that new battery had
opened, one much nearer to % than
the guns which had besn laundering
before. We looked down from the hill
side to the village Of Pont-A-Noussoa
which lay nesting at our feet Into
the village tho shells were pounding.
All that We could see WAS clouds Of
dust and smoke mingled ~ We knew
With mortar. stone fragments. and
the ground powder Of plaster.
Short Ersathlns Space.
We reached the foot Of the hill, q.
tered . military automobile, ana were
whiried into Pont.a-Mousson. The
cannonedtng had ceased and the VII.
lasers. men. women and children,
again going about the streets. No
one knew. however, when the fusillads
would begin again. It did BEGIN
again. not long after ws left the town.
and 20 people met their death inside