, 1916-08-02

the German people To SiuhU urn ana uhWaV-
ering, no matter how the tide Of battle flows,
has been printed in all the German papers.
The letter was circulated by the semi official
Wolff News Agency dated from the front in
the western theatre. The letter says. ''The
battle is raging huge beyond all previous
imagination. Rejuverated, perfectly equipped
with Nil they want, Russia armies again have
broken against orr bulwarks in tie east. This
has eased the situation in IIaly. France has
experienced n regeneration in this war OF
which she hardly believed herself capable. She
has dragged dilatory English allies into Join
ing the offensive on the Somme, and whatever
inward worth the British army has, it has an
abundance of artillery. AT the Somme negroes
and white men come upon us in wave after
wave in ever fresh storms, wild and sullen.
Everything is at Stake. The ice-cOld haber-
dnshers on the Thames yearn for our hottest
things. The health and life of our women
and children are menaced. Even ~neutrals
must bear hunger. Only the depths of the
ocean are open to US. What German people
is your duty in this hour. The army wants
no exhortatione, ii has fought approximately.
1t will fight until final victory But the peo-
pile at home, this is their duty. To suffer
in silence, to bear their remuneration with
dignity. Those at home are not all doing
these things. Not all are alive to the tlemen-
dous seriousness of the times. Are our people
Mt home the same people as at the beginning
of the war ? The writer fears not. Let us
remember that this is no ordinary rnp-
tute of ordinary life. It is the hour
of destiny for our fatherland, an hour
will Influence us for centuries. We must
unite in opposition to the entire world. We
must cooperate in the struggle. Any man or
woman who hangs his or her head,
or suffers dependency to enter his soul
is guilty now of treason. Every word of
complaint or encouragement is a crime
against our fathers, our sons, ard our broth
ers. Let us show the greatness Of the Ger
man nation. Do not ieopardize everything
by squahbling. It is no time for iuternecine
strife, but it is time for holding together.
In this hour the best blood of the nation,
mature men and budding youths are present.
ing .eir breasts to the iron hail Of the Eng
fish, Russian 4u1 African hordes. Everything
IS ut sake" This is in strange contradiction
to repeated assertions from German sources
that tie British offensive has reached it's
mark. Ii is taken here to show conclusive
" that Germany is thoroughly alarmed.
London, July 28th.-The official statement
given out tonight by the War Office says
continuing their success of yesterday, our
troops have captured the last enemy strong
holds in Longueval together with a number
of prisoners. In the vicinity of Pozieres,
hand to hand fighting has continued through
out the day. Elsewhere on the battle front,
there was considerable artillery activity on
both sides. Two hostile aeroplanes were
destroyed 10y one OF our aerial patrols in the
nei2hborrhood of Bapaume yester day.
Paris, July 28th.-The official statement
given out tonight is as follows lin mine du-
els in The Argonne, we occupied the edges of
two craters after a gernade struggle at File
Morte. On The right bank of the Meuse we
made progress to the west Of the Thiaumont
work. in The Vosges after lively bombardment
the enemy twice attacked our positions south
of Sante Maria pass. The first attack, which
succeeded in their gaining Judgment in our
advanced trenches, was driven back with the
bayonet. The second was launched shortly
afterwards, but. was unable to approach our
lines, being broken under our barrage
fire. During these actions the enemy
suffered appreciate losses. There was the
usual cannonade on the rest of the front.
This morning cur aeroplanes pursued a Ger
man air squadron in the region of Verdun.
Several fights occurred, in the course of
which one enemy machine was fourced to
come down within our lines and the two
officers were made prisoners.
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