The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-05
|lST AWFUL CAMPAIGN
N WORLDS HISTORY
ee9ersnss of Men In reaches. De-
scrfbcc BY German writer Are
Almost Beyond Conception.
ACoNrEs ALMOST uNENouaABLE
s1rnrscn Austrian Alpine soldiers Meet
sa Death In A,alsnche--xic survive:
az Detachment Ercgeu sun before
s%s Rc~cacrs Reached Him.

Berlin, via Amsterdam, Jan. An
& Exceptionally frank admission OF the
serrific conditions faced by German
z froops going through the second vim
Ter campaign is contained In an arn-
Gle BY Major MoraAt military expert
Of the Beriiner Tagebisft and the
& hest known German military critic.
Fl He, describes unparalleled hardships
. and SufTerings endured by the kaisers
snen and calls the winter campaign the
i 2nost terrific in the worlds history.
MANY greetings" writes Major
4 Aforaht reached me during the holt
days from both the western and east
& nrn theaters, They are impressive and
ssaf modest simplicity. | read the solu-
siop between the lines.
&AliF can see is our brave men
frescnctled 20 the fate OF having to
Npend the second Christmas In the
ssg1en1ys country TIE all embracing.
Mtfsfy dignity which inspired them is
now here impaired Even the grief
ssvar the endless separation from wife
and child which is reflected in these
letters cannot undermine the dis
anime. bat there is one wish to which
expression is given over and over
again.
!" 'Our privations at the front should
not be underestiinated at home.
IN lseuuires Superhuman Effort.
tSuperhuman deeds still are being
accomplished In the struggles against
swrN5rd. weather and winter. Amid con-
aNfitions of the most extreme self-denial
rare laboring those hundreds of thou
sands of brain workers whom the
Herman people have been gradually
sending into the war.
B5sstI win not depict in detail the
aRonies which the flesh Is undergoing
u eut there while the spirit remains
Kfea dfast, but In order that we at home
aiay no; minimize the magnitude of
I 4fis patient suffering, ] can only de-
ascrshe as fully justified the wish which
as SO often expressed In my cor
gespcndence. namely
t:s Let no one be niisied by pretty
spictnfes which now and then reach
/ iie German pa ers from some alleged
point AZ the front
AFTER the terrible change In the
ssavsather conditions which December
sreaght trenches by no means re-
.sembie upholstered csverns. nor are
4 he dnrouts like comfortable Alpine
sss4aatx Tho battle against the elements
snnSt he tonight day and night. and it
1asereis allows the cave jewellers to eE-
ssi.
There are. Of course. isolated spots
aat the front where the soil and the
s.sginfstie conditions are more favora bic,
Lac they are few and far between. On
58ssfir western and eastern fronts, along
y he lines held by our Austro-Hun
/ 9arian allies the conditions under
j safsth we must stubbornly hold our
ssise such as never in the history OF
Z 90 world most terrible winter cam
] aiaps had ~ be endured before"
dispatch To the Iokai An
Il s8rrnr today confirms an. off1cial
i stsssefaeat issued yesterday by tho
q fan Mar office reporting that In the
q -an af r4agazuoi mining operations
sss* sl4e AoStTians caused the fall OF an
d 4sai, ancile. While the Italian state
Il ssSani. how ever. added that no damage
II sraS done, il develops from the Lokal
nziegeFs dispatch, that eleven
-aastrar Alpine soldiers were killed
10y The avalanche. only one of the de-
slthmcnt OF twelve being rescued
I'M.
q Teliins the story. the Lokal Anzieger
y fSss.
.Tha conditions faced by the
..,.A lasti5ans Is the Alps and on the
10 - spssgss a5s appalling. detachment
Ssf Austrst . Dnd Alpine troops met its
4 vtUTnf IL : avalanche In southern
\ sFesrpi. f'r.o troops were engaged ir
s ssatroi duty snG only one out of twelve
@,asere rescued alive. The sole survivor
q Jay buried under snow fourteen hours
B Tl9fnFe nc WAY rescued. fH WIRE urfn-
{ Jisi.ed.
'.rie had fallen under the avalap che
in such a manner that he was left In
Il Ii position where he could still
n breathe, When a rescue corps ex-
q ssarated him from. the sn@w at mid
O eight his body was frozen stiff. but he
4 sxas stsll alive anG he was promptly
Z sSssusciiated The soldiers killed by the
4 sevalanehe We're all experienced skiers
aud mGuntanecrs. Thc region In
(which thev met their fate is a popula =
& district for winter sports"