Evening journal., 1916-03-28
CALL OUT Police
As CROWD jams
TO See WAR Views
Continued from First Page.


denburg as il drove It's way to War
saw. Russia, rolling the Russian CO.
horts before it, And there was
touch of local pride because the pic
lures were taken on German battle
fields by a Delawarean, for Wilbur II.
Durborough is a former resident Of
Lebanon. near Dover. and his father
is an officer on one OF the Wilson Line
steamers.
Every time Durborough's picture
was flashed on the screen the spec
tators applauded They appreciated
the daring and the perils OF the pho
tographer who claims Delaware as
his home, and since he could not be
present because he is i'm Mexico TAX
ing photographs for THE EVENING
JOURNAL and other newspapers. the
spectators applauded his picture on
the screen.
As TO the war pictures themselves.
there can be no question after seeing
them that thy are genuine. They
thrOh with reality. While they are en-
tirely of the German side, they are
not controversial, but widely infor-
native and educational.
Lesson Of Preparedness.
The men and women present had
graphic illustration OF the efficiency
OF preparedness. Mr.. Durborough's
pictures prove clearly that the de-
feat Of the Russians was due to the
very thorough plans made by the
Germans. The campaign took place
a year after the war opened and
a natural thought would be that the
Won Hindenburg troops had lost much
in appearance and equipment The
film shows that the troops went into
battle as if on parade.
While the fighting was in progress
one day Durborough was forced to
go back to a little town where he
kept a supply OF film On the road he
passed soldier lying in a ditch He
was badly wounded by piece Of
shrapnel which had torn his leg and
gut an artery.
Durborough saw that the man was
bleeding to death. He bandaged the
leg as best he could TO stop the flow
of blood. put the wounded soldier in
his automobile and rushed him to
a field hospital. The mans life was
saved and his company commander
cross to the photographer.
OF course the high point of the Dur
borough German war pictures is reached
in the fierce fighting before the fortress
of Novo Georgicvsk. but there was one
trip taken by the photographer that
supplied large amount of unusual
pictures. This was in the East Puis-
sia district which had been invaded by
rsIa
rctaken by won flindcnbcrg.
Lake Was Mined.
The fighting in the Mazurian Lake
district ranks in the history of the war
as one of the major actions. The film
which has been gathered by Durbor-
ough gives an excellent impression of
this famous region. Instead Of hcinc a
wild and wooded swamp country H. is
a fairly we'll cultivated land with the
lakes living in innumerablo depressions.
There is one lake IN particular that
the films show. This is the lake that
the Germans mined. When the Russians
in their retreat tried 10 cross on the ice,
the mines were exploded. German mill
tarv men say that the boucs of 10000
Russians are resting on the bottom of
the lake.
Trench warfare and the complicated
wire cntanglcments are clearly present
cd i'm the film. There Is also an excel
lent impression to be had of the use of
machine guns. Mr.. Durborough was
under FIRE with a machine gun crew
which kept mp a continuous fusillado.
The battles which were brought
about in the attempt Of General Won
Beseler to take Novo Georgievsk fol-
lowed the isolation Of the fortress and
from the moment the first shell was
fired and the first volley flashed out
OF the German advance line, until the
final surrender. the American news
paper photographer was busy
His skill in assembling the pictures
90 as TO tell running story is ex-
ceeded only by tho quality of tho ma
terial he gathered under fire. II was
the newspaper training Of the man
that enabled him 10 do this work Of