The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10

day bytDr. Herman Duesing OF 1853
East Main Street. from his brother
Prof. Carl Duesing of Magdeburs'
Germany
The letter was. mailed Feb II
contains interesting details of war
happenings from the German view
point. It follows:
when after a three days battle. the
Allied troops were driven away from
GalIipo1i, the victorious Turkish ar
my madeA an immense booty, which
consisted of 10 cannons, 1000 rifles,
$3.50 grenades, 4,5OO boxes Of ammu-
milton, 10, bomb throwers, $4,000
bombs 160 heavy teams, 81 light
teams, 67 lighters and pontoons, 2,850
tents, 1850 filters. $1,000 pieces of
canned. goods, 5000 sacks of -four
and 1880 shovels, besides this they
found a deserted hospital with 1900
beds, thousands of blankets, harness
es, 10 ambu1ances and war automo-
biles The groceries, which they
found would have been sufficient to
supply half dozen grocery stores
for one year
when the news reached CONSTANT
nopIe, that Ga1lipo1i was freed of the
enemy, there was great joy. The bells
of the Greek and Armenian churches
were ringing for one hour. Divine
services were held in every church,
mosaic temple and mosque. Schools
were closed for the rest OF the day
Bow Scouts and patriotic societies
marched through the streets. Every
mosque was illuminated in the even
ing The Sultan gave $4,000 for the
education of the children of war wild
ows The Turkish parliament voted
to declare the date of evacuation
national holiday and to build at the
entrance of the Dardanelles monu-
nent for the Turks killed in battle.
1t is estimated by neutral military
critics, that the Dardanelles'- cam
paign has cost 100000 lives to both,
and $3.50, 100000 expenses to the
Entente Allies, the losses of warships
and stemers excluded.
saThe Austrians had very small loss
es when they stormed the Lowcen
mountain. Only 153 Austrians were
killed in these two days. The bat
tie Of Tannenbe rg.. the winter battle
at the Masurian lakes and the cap
ture of the LoWcen mountain are the
three most important events OF the
war. Neutral military critics nave ex-
pressed their opinion, that in rela-
ton to- courage the storming of the
Lowcen, surpasses anything in the
worlds history Their admiration
of Austrian courage. This happened
lately in Lugano, Switzerland
italian officers have developed the
habit. to take the morning train to Lu-
papers and to return to Milan. When
the German news dea1ek told the Of
Ulcers, that according to the papers
the Austrians were going to storm the
Lowcen, the officers had only an i'm
possible as answer. But these Itai-
ian officers read the description in the
Berlin paper again and again, freely
expressing their admiration of the en-
enny's courage.
ssHow heavy the losses of the Ita1-
ian army are, is shown by the follow
ing In the five greatest Italian
newspapers deaths of nearly 5000 OF
fcers were announced between June
ana December 49, Further it was
known in Rome Nov. %, that General
Trombi was killed, but the Govern
ment would not admit it until Gays
later It is known all over Italy, that
at the murderous Isonzo front an at
tack can only be repeated with
refuse to storm a second time.
tAThe Italians wanted. to redeem
Southern Tyro1 from the Austrians,
but the opposite is going to happen
It will be redeemed from the Italians
and Gernaanized, as it was hundreds
of years ago After the, war the
Garde lake will resume it's old name,
'Gartensee' and the italian name, La
go di Garda' will disappear,
ssAII the cities and villages of South
ern Tyro1 will resume their almost
forgotten German names At the
time of the Trieste council German
was used in all these towns. = After
the war Lavarine will be changed in
to Lafraun, FoIgarie to Vielgereut,
Rovereto to Ruffereut, Roncegni to
sRundschein and Malvena to Malfein.
On request 500 teachers were sent to
Constantinople to teach German in the
high schools.
1.-THE Serbian prisoners transported
to Germany, very emaciated, like
skeletons, and were covered with rags.
Many Austrian prisoners were Iberat-
ed during the Serbian campaign.
Their number was about 10000. They
were returned to Austria. Starvation
had ruined their constitution, to such
a degree that many of them became
sick after the first meal and died. |
On their retreat the Serbian army
succeeded in transporting 10000 Aus
TRAN prisoners to Marseflles, France
tsYou have sent me a clipping ir>I
which an American correspondent de-
scribes his visit to prisoners camp
of German officers in France. I have
sent the clipping to friends in Ber-
lin and it has made a stir among
German military circles. The general
opinion about, it is that it is not true.
The article says that some German
officers were reunited with their fam
lilies in camp, had their own servants
and even war maps. The French
fooled this American correspondent
The women and children, which he
has seen, were civilian prisoners from
German colonies. Not one single
wife of German officers is in any
French prison. camp. No woman
would move Voluntarily into a pris-
toner's camp. That is nonsense. In
reality captured German officers have
"a very hard and miserable life. In
bany camps they are allowed for ex-
ercise to walk only in the courtyard
for two hours daily. They give each
other lectures to keep the mind busy
'tLast week French aeropIanes
threw bombs on the open city of Fret.
burg For that reason ZeppeIins
were sent to Paris twice. where the