Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-03
TWELVE FIGHTS
IN ONE NIGHT
FOR TREE STUMP
HartmannsWeiIer-Kopf in the
vosges Is Scene Of Constant
Fighting.
TRENCHES FIVE YARDS APART
Character Of Warfare That Has En-
aaaed Armies In Alsace for Seven
teen Months-Captue Of Gene
terry Costs More Dead Than
Were Ever Buried In II.

London.-The following is published
In the London Daily Express from Its
correspondent In Paris:
when the snow-laden wind comes
roaring over the Alsatian hills. Its icy
blast chilling the body to the bone,
the 'poilus,' huddled together. many
feet below the ground. draw their
blankets closer around them, for the
blizzard creeps down every nook and
Granny, and the men, now experience
ing their second winter campaign In
the Vosges, mumur: How cold the
Boches must feel!'
This note of cheerfulness prevails
throughout the French lines. and no
where more than in this sector OF the
front. have chatted with Turcos.
who now see snow for the first time.
and with men whose extremities were
frost bitten last winter, but everyone
is happy with the idea that. no matter
how much he feels the cold. the plight
of the Germans must be much worse.
Here we are in German territory;
there is no gainsaying that aid to
cheerfulness. How far we have pro-
crossed l am forbidden to state. but
can affirm that no fewer than twenty
Alsatian towns are now within the
penny postal rate OF France. Every
yard gained Is a step nearer the Rhine,
but for every foot of ground conceded
by the enemy there is bloody fighting.
Hartmannsweiler-Kop has become a
symbol of the conflict in Alsace; in no
other sector of the front, so the French
general staff say, has the fighting been
so severe, but the importance of its
loss or gain must not be exaggerated
The summit. 1t is true, commands
q great portion of the plains of AL
SAGE, but ever since the French frs,
reached the foot of the hill the whole
of Hartmannsweiler-Kop has never
been wholly in the possession of either
French or German.
Warfare In Black and White.
Here is warfare In black and white
The black uniforms of the Chasseurs
Alpins are silhouetted against back
ground of snow. From an observation
post one sees columns Of sure-footet
mules carrying parts of guns, and com
panies of men. like myriads Of ants
crawling through the mountain passes
or again. patches of black, vague
,,,,,,doas xrb;rliuu oyar tho cpow More
Chasseurs Alpins rushing on ski
over hill and dale, stopping, twisting
firing and rushing on again; agile lit
tie men who are the terror Of the Ger
mans lives in this sector.
Tales of their daring are legion. /
IL not SO long ago that a handful o
them crawled through the German
lines and brought back q munitiol
train! 1t was in the early hours Of ,
winters morning. They found tn,
train with steam up; the engine wa
started, the enemy was taken com
pletely by surprise. and the train wa
brought to q spot near enough to tn
French lines for the men to remov
the munitions and destroy the train.
The Chasseurs, or blue devils q
they are called. were concerned in tn
taking OF Sudel farm, which opened u
the road to the Reinbach valley. Afte
some skirmishing between outpost
the French established themselves Of
the River Sutz. The snow was fall
ing thickly when the French begal
their advance In the teeth Of q hurr
cane of shells that came from tn
German batteries on the hills benin
Cernay. but nothing daunted tn
devils" although they were two day
on the way. sleeping in the snow.
AT dawn on the third day the Frenc
outposts heard the sound of firing.
was caused by the skiers, who ha
been out all night looking for tn
enemy. They returned. bringing bac
with them two wounded German of
GERS and six men.
The ruins of the Chateau Freud
stein concealed the guns, and masse
in neighboring valleys were the Gel
mans. Enemy airmen had been hover
ing over the column since it set ou
and undoubtedly the enemy was tryin
to draw the French into a trap, bu
Teuton slyness went astray. 500
the enemy found he had no chance G
ap,bushing the French, and he change
his tactics and sent out one compan
from q Bavarian regiment to wipe on
the blue devils The speed of tn
men on skis was too great, howeve
for the heavy-footed Boches and the
were soon outdistanced. A Frenc
battery of heavy artillery received
telephone message giving them the al
proximate range. and after a period {
bombardment the guns In the ruins {
the chateau were silenced.
Stormino sudel Farm.
Then came the opportunity sougl
by the Devils they began their attac
against the center Of the German pos
ton, which was Sudel farm. They a,
vanced under cover to within abo,
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