The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-19
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gy,st4jess yog h2ys beard sosasfj'in1
kixgat tss fsm0ss hattie ~ naff'eS
shxt h4ys ieeD foaxbt sfsd sfe siii
be,gK csyrieq N igfeymiitenill foF
tlle D1ssessl0a n gm1gH, NJ Ereat
Freheb stronghold. Yog surely rea1
xlssa II IL tns gaDeFx efles ne cef.
3aans begsD mir tcighty smash MAJ
vss sgyDcssd. Il saeeeysigi, y esyy
mem ~ ~ fbeif nag " ~ Eaffss u
egay Psfeev 9op fea1 a'Nyt fofts
kelAg taken asa me french falling
saek ahd tis1 Il seenIec that there
Nas letUD ~ ne whose thing The
VIZ a1iioB was Oysf and ayymai REX
sleBs between ne riysi ireaehes we're
fee0Me1,
Isal egep II gog fea1 ~ fbsf the
newspapers printed aboit ne light.
liz afDsDd Yefasn, am fea1 ~ oose
fhan mar. yog can haye Niiie idea "
/ llle Significance ~ fise gigantic DD4,
bal The correspondents who espd
sally dispatches OYER he wirea esa
ieal only vim ths outward asDeets n
syents, giving Hs ne official reports
lud sgeh scraps ~ Information ~
hey can ret relative % the progress
~ operations Ths complete history
ihe wseks ~ fighting fog vefduu
would make several volumes fhst
History femalns n b. written bat sDe,
iai writer's @ho have been giving
heir attention " u hbye already
IIbed considerable llgit upon mis-
Y phase ~ the war. One ~ these writ
l8e ii frank n. islmonas, who visited
I, NJ battlefield III APRIL obtaining
llFstbaHa information from tlle bssi
u bmees. aud'16 aifa Heyisw ~ ~.
,Ilegs Tor May ~ describes efhe Bat
n IL fof vefdgn ae France Saw ~"
| MI gimopas tells ~ that the Der.
fIgans ID launching their vefdun often.
1IlFe had ~ mind sweeping success
4 bat would sheiter Tbs Franeh spirit.
aEgiioNing whiQb France would be viii
lea 70 aecept easy terms ~ peace A.
e be same time. such victory would
. saye tremendous effect upon Ger
|, 0an popular enoiion, afonsing the
e jglleef degree ~ enthusiasm IN the
4 hFstherlandD IN popular estimation
Il Germany, - among ue, verdrn wae
ecjsODsd hs The strongest fortified
"a lace 10 tufoDs hnd tbs effect Of its
spiHre W0nld be mOmsDi0us.
III Early ~ tda narrative. however,
\ A. HimoDde takes occasion 10 dis
=, buse our minds Of the importance
Ii, iSich ihs French attached % verdnn
AZ . fortified plaoe. Tho early days
sef Tho war when Antwerp, Maubaug0
end other places ~ tho kind success
L geig collapsed under the fire ~ Gar.
sssaB guns. demonstrated the fuliiiiy
III forts, Altar The battle ~ fha
"a lafne The French abandoned the forts
l8 Nsfdnb ~ defensive positions, re'
loyiug the guns from them 10 con.
sailed positions, aud hence verdun
,ssoams nothing but d point In Hyn
nm of trenches. defended by men
TIA guns, The capture of the town
vefdan could, therefore, mean
piling more than a slight change 10
Nc French lines This WIS the view
uhlat tbs French military Authori'.-a
a tok ~ u, Mr.. himondn says, and be
4 nfllef states that on, Joffre, when
n he German attack was fuliy develop
a / proposed abandonment of Verdun
b gteaune Il Was Of no military value
Il II ihe surrender OF II would give
b French llne which would be
h tore eHeiIy defended nut the French
b nleemen took different view OF Il,
b ,pfeauting the political Importance
b rlhruod 10 the point aud realizing the