Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1915-08-05

enormous losses In attempts 10 break
| through the line In Flanders and reach
| Calais They succeeded Ia push ng
| back thn allies only little and the
tnvsgion ~ slcsia by the Cossacks
hually induced them to desist and
! sena re endorsements TO RusHia
The Germans Ia septcn Der bad per
fnfnei the feat ot pushing salient
toto tho Frcnch line south OF Vtrdun,
Which terminated or the ~cst baak q.
the MeGae river at ~, MiA.el. while
;he French had takcn the offensive
~ith some success ia Champagne at
sboat the same situe
For tho most part throughout The
winter the nsa,tnx consisted of r~Eu.
lar siege warfare. with heavy artillery
cor bats ard nlae and counter ntn@
The aootias O. thu River Atsns
ssem wln'er SHOWS gave the Germans
chance TO enlrsp the Frsaeh troops
on the noVth SIDE Of that river n tho
vicinity 81 Scissor. FOR considerable
distance and k!.l or capture most O.
thom tJangAry ~
rass Offensive In Spring
VITA the spr.nK the Preach ard
EaEliAh s,trzn sd to taks the o~eusiss
a. several points Assays preparing
the way with tens OF hundreds of thaa-
Stands o' shells. Trey tried inint after
tosat 81 she GegwAa aTnor
Ia tho NasRns tie dominating height
~ Hartmannsweilerkop was tAkea
aaa rwtasen several times Ia sanxuiH-
arr charge and nHally remained Ia The
hands Of tho FreEeh
The salient az st Nlhlel was also
subjected 10 tremendous French pres,
saFe 90 both legs III" frracA sue
eeeaet; tn gatnlag a Httie grcaud. hat
The Germans despite the apparent
weakness Of the sharp wedge they had
driven tn'o the French lire, could not
- dlslodked AHd later succeeded IN re-
saialng some Of the territory they had
lest
Tho British also reported victories"
a. >eGys Chapelle aai Hill No 90. -
Flanders Whether these should bs
accounted successes tor the allies is
doubtful The British suffered enor-
nous losses and az Neavc Chapclle
bankl.d Affairs 20 the extent Of she'll.
Ing their own nen who had taken Ter.
man trenches In other cases they
!ett gallant little parties lodged In
be annihilatcd
Tho neat Development was the IN
expected use OF poisonous gas fumes
by the Germans in attacks iust north
Of yprss With ;hls novel weapon
they succeeded 10 taking several small
villages and more than compromising
for the British gains south OF Ypres
The losses Of the Freach. Canadians
and British were severe. bat they sue
eeeded in stemmtng the German on.
slaught effectively a few miles back
from their former position
Begin Series Of Attacks
The German tine makes a salient at
scissors. though not such pro +
nounced one as at 81. Mihiel The
French now began q series OF al.
tacks on the upper side OF this salient, +
to the north OF Arrss Expanding hun.
dreds Of thousands OF shells, they time
and again blasted away the barhed
wire entAnglements and concrete
trenches. held By Crown Prince Rup-
precht Of Bavarias men, and then
charged across the desolate ground for
slight gains. t
The hshtlng conferred about the su.
gar refinery Of Soucher and the great /
German work called the Labyrinth
Fighting went on In cellars and tun.
neis below the earth and the casual. .
ties were heavy. The French bent the /
German line and captured the LADY.
rinth. but whether the gains justified
their sacrifice in human life IL ques-
In July. Crown Prince Frederick
Williams army. attacked in the Ar
sonne forest. west OF verdun, and
succeeded in gaining several hundred
Yards of shattered woodland and cap
turing several thousand Frenchmen.
There were rumors that tire Ger
mans we're reinforcing for another
great drive toward Calais or Paris.
but the Teutonic campaign In the
West continued to wait UPON the
OF the much vsaher enemy
n Poland