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WM. ]. FLATHER,
]. ERIS POWELL.
T.A-

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL Es.
TATE, IMPROVED BY THE FOUR-STORY
BRICK ApARTMENT HOUSE: SITUATE
NO. 915 20TH STREET NORTHWEST
BY virtue of certain deed of trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. 32S3, folio 419 ct seu OF
the land records of the District of Columbia
and at the request Of of the parties secured
thereby. the undersigned surviving trustee will
sell at public auction. in front of the premises.
or TUESDAY. THE SEVENTH DAY OF
MARCH. A.D; 1916 AT FOUR O'CLOCK Pm.
uate in the city Of Washington. District Of Co.
lumbin and designated as and being north %
in square No. s6. together with the improve.
ments.
Terms of sale: one.third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash. balance in two equal
instaiIments. payable in one and two years. with
interest at per centum per annum, payable
semi annually, from day of sale. secured by deed
Of trust upon the property sold. or all cash, 1t
the option Of the purchaser. A deposit of $5OO
will be required at time of sale. Ali convey.
Terms of sale TO be complied with within fifteen
days from day of sale, otherwise the trustee
reserves the right to resell the property at the
risk and cost of defaultng purchaser, after 6ye
days advertisement of such resale in some news.
paper published in Washington, D. G.
JESSE W. RAWLINGS,
fe25- .exSu Surviving trustee.
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c. c. SLOAN X CO.. INC. AUcTs.. 1907 C ST.

TRUSTEES, SALE OF yALrAELE INN
PROVED REAL ESTATE. BEING THREE
LOTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE o. r
STREET NORTHWEST. BETWEEN SEW
ENrEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH STREETS.
BY virtue Of certain deed of trust recorded
in Liber No. 367s folio 14G. of the land records
Of The District of Columbia the undersigned
will offer for sale at public auction. in front Of
the premises. on TUESDAY: MARCH FOUR.
TENTH. 1916, AT FOUR-THIRTY O'CLOCK
Pm the following described real estate situate
in :he city Of Washington. in said District, viz:
Lots numbered one hundred seventy-two 172).
one hundred seventy three u73) and one hun
dred seventy eour 174} in Edna l.. Clapp's sub
division in square one hundred ifty.two n5:,
as per plat recorded in Liber A at folio "a OF
the records. of the Office Of the surveyor of
the District of Columbia.
Terms: One-third cash. balance in equal install
ments a one and two years. with interest at six
per centum per annum. payable semi annually.
from the day of sale. and secured by deed Of
trust the property sold. all cash, at the
purchasers option deposit of 5000 will be
required at the time Of sale. All conveyancing,
recording. revenue stamps and notaral fees at
the rcst of the purchaser. Terms of sale to be-
coupled with within ten days from day of sale,
othe rwise the trustees the right to resell
the property at the risk and cost Of the default
ing purchaser.
WM. ]. FLATHER,
J. ERIS POWELL.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. BEING PREMISES NUN
Hy virtue OF decree of the supreme Court
of the District of Columbia passed in equity
cause No. :;3+01. the undersigned trustees.
will sell public suction. IN front Of the premi
.es on FRIDAY. THE TENTH DAY OF
MARCH, AID. 1916. AT FOTR-THIRTY
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land and
premises, situate in the city Of Washington. Dis
trict OF Columbia, and designated and being
lot numbered IS in David L. Morrsons subdi-
vision in square numbered 1s3 as per plat re
corded in Liber No. TO- page 1856. in the Office
Of the surveyor Of the District Of Columbia.
Terms of sale: Property to he sold subject to
priOrdeed of trust for $500. and the ovsr
and abov, the said prior trust TO I've paid in cash.
deposit of 500 will be required Of the pur-
chaser at the time Of sale. All conveyancinc.
recording. etc. at the cost of the purchaser.
Terms of sal. to be complied with within fifteen
Gays from day of sale. otherwise the trustees
reserve the right to resell the property at the
tisk and cost Of the defaultng purchaser.
FRED s. SWINDELL,
L. HILTON JACKSON
fees- lot. .eXSu Trustees.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK RESI-
DENCE, NO. 1900 . STREET NORTH
WEST.
BY virtue of n ce.tan deed Of trust duly
recorded in Liber No. 3463 folio go ct rea Of
the land records of the District OF Columbia
and at the> request OF the party secured there
by the undersigned trustees will sell at public
alction. in front of the premises. on THURS
DAY. THE NINTH DAY OF MARCH, a D.
1916 AT FoUR-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM, the
following described land and premises situate
in the city of Washington. District of Columbia
and designated as and being lot No. .. in NJ
A. Cox's subdivision Of lots in ,auare No. 27e
as per plat recorded in Liber r. folio 49, of
the .ecords of the Office of the surveyor of the
District Of Columbia. together with the i'm
provererts.
Terms Of sale: One-third Of the purchase
money to be paid in cash. balance in two
equal installments payable in one and two
years. with interest ut per centum per an
mum. payable semi-annnally, from day Of sale
secured by deed of trust upon the property sold.
all cash. at the option Of the purchaser. A
deposit of $3.50 will be required at time of
sale. All conveyancing. recording. etc. at cost
of purchaser. Terms of sale TO lie complied
with within fifteen days from day of sale.
otherwise the trustees reserve the right to re-
sell the property at the risk and cost Of de-
faulting purchaser. after five days advertise
ment Of such resale in newspaper pub
lished in Washington, ID. &.
CHARLES d. LIERERMANN
DAVID A. OFFUTr.
1i"1 ST. NV.
Glc Su
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FRENCH OFFICER DESCRIBES
TERRIBLE STRAIN OF WAITING

PARIS, March 9.-"You are not cool
enough TO feel fear during a battle,
said a captain of light infantry, who in
civil life is professor of philosophy,
and who fought in the battle of Ver-
dun. but when the uproar ceases. when
the cannon are silent. you have a SEN
sation that something is going to hap-
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BIG SALE
40 HORSES
IL MULES
At Our
Auction Stables,
1O5 lIth NV.
Sat, March IL.
1880 O'Clock AM.
SHIPPERS

w. O. Dosh. one carload OF excellent
horses; Charles Pagan. two carloads
of fine. serviceable horses: Gus Nor
gan. one carload OF No. horses and
mules: Gus Eichberg, one carload OF
exceptionally fine horses. suitable for
all purposes. We will also offer 81
head OF horses OF all kinds. received
from local parties. Every sale must
be as represented or your money
back
KENNELLY & DOUGHERTY.
m
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pen, but what you do not know. You
expect anything. Those are the horri-
BILE moments. and the following is an
instance:
1.-The German attack was beginning.
In a little wood near VauX we had
made ourselves a hiding place, taking
advantage Of a hollow in the ground
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER. AUCTIoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. BEING THE TWO-FAM-
lily APARTMENT BUILDING KNOWN AS
NOS. 1921 and 14211a STREET NORTH
EAST.
By virtue of a certain deed of trust duly re-
corded in Libcr No. 2791, folio Az ct seq. of
the land records Of the District of Columbia
and At the request of the party secured thereby.
the undersigned trustees will offer for sale by
public auction; in front Of the premises; on
AID. 1916. AT FIvE-FIFTEEN O'CLOCK PM.
Die following described land and premises. sit
nate in the city of Washington District of Co.
lumba. towit: Lot numbered sixty-eight 1857,
in square numbered ten hundred fifty three
lO53j. as per plat recorded IN the office Of the
surveyor of the District of Columbia, in Book
~. page 1856.
Terms of sale Cash. A deposit of 500. 90
required Of the purchaser at the time of sale.
All conveyancing, recording and notaral fees at
the cost of the purchaser. Terms OF sale to
be complied with within thirty days from day
of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve the right
% resell the property ut the risk and cost of
the dafaultng purchaser. after Eve days ad-
vcrtisement of such resale in newspaper
published in the city Of Washington. u. c.
EDWARD +. COLLADAY,
HORATI0 n. TAPLIN.
ISAAC G. PEETREY.
fe36-d&dS, ,nxSn Trustees.
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER. AUCTIoNEEK.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, BEING THE TWO-FAM-
lily APARTMENT BUILDING KNOWN
AS NOS. 29-4291a TENNESSEE AVENUE
NE.
By virtue Of certain deed Of trust duly re-
corded. in Liber No. oS1J. folio 5. ct seq Of
the land records of the District of Columbia,
and at the request Of the party secured there
by. the undersigned trustees will offer for sale
by public auction; in front of the premises. on
THURSDAY. THE NINTH DAY OF MARCH
AID. 1916. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM the fol-
lowing s-described land and premises. situate in
the city of Washington. District Of Columbia,
to wit: Lot numbered fifty five (,5l. in square
number ten hundred iiftythree tlO53), as per
plat recorded in the office of the surveyor of the
District of Columbia. in Book %. page 1896
Terms Of sale: Cash. a deposit of 500. 90
required of the purchaser at the time OF sale
All conveyancing, recording and notarial fees at
the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale to
be complied with within thirty days from day
of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve the right
to resell the property at the risk and cost of
the defaultng purchaser, after five days sd
vertisement of sucl resale in newspaper
published in the city of Washington. ID. c.
EDWARD +. COLLADAY,
H0RATIO y. TAPLIN,
ISAAC G. PEETREY,
eyS
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GERMAN DEAD F1EAPED BEFORE
Z THE FRENCH LINES AT VERDUN

s.r..pIS Mach q The s;,u..ion a.
-, =. ,,e o,,1 ,,h,.
,.o,, ,ceo,s;,. 10 .r.ra.d y.
..,,oa,ha- di,,,, ,ro,,, tha, q, tho
g., .,.,,.. -, ,ho 80 r,,a on,,, nro,
-, ID. -, .ho c.r ,s during
~ "
the first two days OF the second attach
The comparison also is in favor of
-, - -, xc. ,h.,
'He rieN" "f i9"' VI "
the Germans now have lost the adNah-
taye of sunrise and also because the
-, -, 49,, ,n n 20 s,cb an
sfounu mas oee" wi" Up ~
extent that II cannot De organized
properly.
,.i s,,, ..,,,i ,e;oi.r so,rcas
,,S.;,,,u 1.'', ~, !, n,,,s, he demor.lizinp
- -, -. " - .,,,,,. "a nno 10
% oia it nc ~ s,,r.I.. I,.;n,,
'v.vV' .. - ~
,i . t. . t,. ~ h .h.
, Neiuioi . 20 i -, tho
'ei S'h'e ,,ie nav q,
sScoiu PhaSe oi ti,e "ttttte a ia'' 20 o"o
ie-siaE aie a. ,t,;, ,oeS
men, raislnS e,'. 'o.ai Io,Se ,S 90 40
ny 'He aSsatia"'S ~ "io'e ''i'" ''''VV''
rs,;n,.,es of losses sbou wide vari-
.
size OF the reserve forces brought up
e""SS rie''" o"' E ~ ''
"e""''''" '''"' '"' "'a'' no. P"''
'"''' " eioN''
>" V"' " ''s
,.H|y ,ia,,', ,','.,iI'.ss,'I a,,,cts rhis
part OF The battle. though overshadcwed
Iy the night for Douaumont is regard
I'd in Paris as a serious check for the
attackers The Germans carried on the
assault with great courage until the
dead Law thick on the field. Then the
Z ,,f,icers il is said. were compelled to
I,rxe ON the troops as they clambered
...-r the corpses of their fallen com
yaGes for the last assaults
r T'h. ATTACK ON Naux began on the even
a.. az March > after a furious sheiiing,
- ,,n,irued unriI the following night
..,Jr,n,s ~ s;erTnans advancing slmul-
,snenusIy from the north and northwest
ed "a epyeIope th. village. French ar
,,iiIcry i,o,nedia,elv open.d a heavy fire
sh;,.b .enarated The first wave OF Ger
,,,,ns from their reinforcements Never
.t-aiass ~. f-esb ,roons came ON and
.i'.ar,.rs s,w ,,,a;nIy the ,r.yie s,,ec,a
- ., u,es Of nnen rIunpin, intn tb.t
- ~ s,ssI and omery,,g ,hinned 10
NO ,befr Strength some continUents
los. six ont OF everv ten men before even
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Men Well Avenged"

"A German regiment coming out of
the Haumont wood and another coming
from SamogneuX toward the little hills
We're caught under our fire and literal
ly chopped up. | assure you that our
men whom we left behind on the field
of battle have been we'll avenged. There
is only one thing that we desire and
that is to see similar occasions present
themselves.
.'Our field artillery in the course of
the fighting at Nerdun has shown that
it maintained admirably its reputation.
When the war of big movements comes
and the French advance has once more
begun it will give a good account of
itself in the hour of great decisions"
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Millions of Shells Fired.

An artillery officer in the party, in
describing the bombardment on the
first day of the action said:
Eighty thousand shells fell in one
sector only a thousand yards long and
five or six hundred yards deep. These
$4,000 shells fell in seven hours and
were so disposed that the crater of one
cut into the craters of others, pulveriz-
ing any resisting substance
As matter Of fact many shells did
not explode, because they struck the
soft earth. which is saturated by the
spring rain and
There was a ripping sound in the air
at this moment. like the tearing of
parchment. and something fell about
200 yards away.
There, continued the officer, "is an
example. The shell did not burst"
There was talk among the officers
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What a Massacre of Boches."

February 23 our men We'd with each
other courage and devotedness. In
the evening, after bombardments from
both sides of extraordinary violence,
our batteries received the order to
move to the cote du Poivre. where
they arrived almost miraculously with
out losses. February "a was a great
day. What a massacre of Boches. 1t
was then that the French and German
troops disputed possession of hill 344
We pounded into the German masses.
each gun trying to outdo the other.
The enemy infantry advanced and re-
treated by turns, and we followed it
perfectly, lengthening and shortening
our range according to it's movement.
How many victims We have made il
would be impossible precisely to say
heaps and heaps of them. that | can
affirm
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AUCTION SALES.
THOs. ]. OWEN 4 son, AUCTTONEERs.


TRUSTEES SALE OF SALOON. RESTAURANT
AND POOLROOM. BUSINESS LOCATED
AT 1916 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
NORTHWEST.
By virtue Of a chattel deed Of trust duly re-
corded in Iiber $500, at folio .,6S. of the land
records OF the District OF Columbia and at the
request of the party secured the undersigned
will sell at public auction within the above
promises on FRIDAY. MARCH TENTH. 1915.
AT TWO O'CLOCK PM. all barroom furniture
and fixtures. poolrcom furniture and fixtures.
dining room and kitchen furniture. fixtures and
utensils all glassware. chnaware. silverware.
tinware and other furnishings used in and about
the business now located and run upon premises
No 1915 Pennsylvania avenue northwest and
1917 street northwest. together with a stock
Of wines liquors. cigars. cigarettes and tobacco;
also the barroom saloon license. poolroom
license and restaurant license issued for the
conduct Of said business, well the good
will thereof.
Terms: Sold subject to two prior deeds of
trust the terms OF which will be made known
at time of sale. All over and above said trustt
TO be paid in cash.
GEORGE F. COLLINS. Trustee.
n,h1-S 4o0 9Th street northwest.
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Cathedral Slightly Damaged.

Numerous other shells had fallen on
the eminence where the cathedral of
Notre Dame and the church buildings
stand. One gable Of the cathedral had
been knocked off. and the handsome
stained glass windows shattered by
conclusions. Otherwise, the cathedral
had not been injured. A girls semi
nary adjoining it, however, was mass
of ruins.
In one large house lfe-size statue
of Joan of Arc holding the flag of
France stood upright among wilder
ness of stone and wood work. A child S
doll, beheaded, lay nearby
The Associated Press correspondent,
with the officers of the general staff,
went to one of the forts defending Yer
dun 1t was on the heights of the Meuse,
On clear day the whole field of the
fighting which began thirteen days ago
would have been easily visible but IN
the somber weather with occasional
hurries of snow Douaumont. which has
been taken and retaken several times
was barely discernible. A tremendous
cannonade was going Oh. Many hun
dreds of guns on both sides were in
action, mostly of the heavier calibers
The detonations were not counted
They were great and small and near
and remote. Two or three houses were
burning in the valley. Occasionally
fash of fire was perceived on the edge
OF the horizon,
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present as to the number of shells
which had been used. The civilian re-
marked that he had heard that the
Germans had thrown 100000. but this
was regarded by the technical observ-
ers in the party as q low estimate me
number was thought to be somewhere
between four and six million.
The difference between the French
at the Champagne last September and
~as German attack here explained
staff officer. lis that our adversafles
made no reply virtually to our three
day preparatory bombardment, while
I'VE have replied continuously with
ever-increasing power. so that now our
artillery dominates.
Plans of Attack Alike.
The Germans appear to have planned
their attack on the same general lines
as that of the French in Champagne.
except that within an hour after the
bombardment opened. at ! am. Febru-
airy Il. an infantry attack in force
was made on Haumont. which was
taken on the 22d. The next day the
French retired from Brabant.
They recaptured it the same evening.
but gave up SamogneuN. Beaumont ana
Ornes and evacuated the marsh OF
Poivre.
Since then there has been little
change in the situation. Bits of the line.
like the village of Douaumont. a mere
group of cottages. have been taken
and retaken, the French artillery in
the mea ntime having come up in great
force. The ground taken by the Ger
mans is almost the same as that won
by the French between January and
April of last year The commander at
Nerdun thought as he put it, that the
that it was difficult to breathe and de-
cided that he would enlarge the line,
and did in a series of local actions
lasting three months. taking piece
here and Il piece there.
The Germans have now won back this
terrain and the lines Oh both sides rest
where they did at the end of 1914.
Those in the group went over the re-
gional maps with markings of the posi-
tions then and those of this morning.
They are almost identical
Went Thirsty for Guns.
Some mention was made of the
Caures wood and the artillery officer
told of how battery was in contin-
uous action there for forty eight hours
and how the men cooled the guns by
slowly dropping their drinking water
on them. enduring intense thirst rather
than drink the water. They retired
slowly. saving their pieces.
Confidence at headquarters is abso-
lutte. The small progress made during
the first days attack enabled every
disposition to be made to meet it and,
If occasion arises. to counter attack.
Nothing. of course. may be said con-
corning what these preparations and
dispositions are, except that they are
on an enormous scale and, as the COM
manders seem certain, more than ade-
Quate.
The Associated Press correspondent
prisoners D.
peared to be in good physical condi-
ton and occasionally We're talkative.
They told of an order or proclamation
by the crown prince issued to the
troops and read to them by their Off
GERS just before the attack began. say
ing in substance:
I'VE are about to pulverize the enc
mys trenches with our artillery. They
will be SO torn up and disorganiZed
that when you rush forward to occupy
them you will find that YOU can do so
at the parade march. You will find
little or no resistance.
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ARRAY OF CANNON AT VERDUN.
GREATEST IN HISTORY OF WAR

balloons, from which the work of the
artillery is partly observed and direct
ed. since the balloons usually are only
intermittently aloft. But the corre
spondent at times counted as many as
fourteen visible at once from single
viewpoint. A long row Of gas bags
hoating like giant sausages outlined
roughly the German tentacle around
the fortress. German aeroplanes were
also seen In large numbers. Only once
did the French anti-airship guns seem
to pay any attention to the German
aerial scouts.
The French, too. had number of
captive balloons aloft above. the fort
ress. protected from attack within the
charmed circle Of girdle forts.
The fortress town of Metz is a good
headquarters from which to view the
battle of Verdun, the ground between the
TWO fortresses being so narrow that
two hours by automobile would bring
one TO almost any part of the battle
field. For a considera BILE distance he
vond the frontiers. toward Verdun the
countryside shows no sign of war. The
road runs through untouched villages
and towns, the fields showing evidences
OF high cultivation. Then come miles
with Intricate trenches Every village
has been reduced to Il stone pile of
ruins by the long range guns of one
side or another.
Villages Lie in Ruins.
The places mentioned in the recent
omciai reports, Douaumont, Beaumont
Fromezey and Etain, for example. are
notably In ruins-looking as if thew
had been visited by an earthuuake of
great magnitude. Douaumont. the viii
lase from which the last of the French
men were elected barely twenty-four
hours earlier. seemed particularIv
peaceful heap of stone
Ihe French apparently were making
no attempt to regain it. Not a shot
was observed to fall In the town while
the correspondent was in the vicinity
and almost as little attention was
being devoted by the French to Fort
Douaumont. only pillar of black
smoke now and then marking The
bursting of occasional shells dropned
by the French on the summit OF the
Bald hill.
Judging again from smoke clouds
from bursting shells the German atten
tion was being largely devoted to
another fort of the outlying circle of
forts in the neighborhood of Dauau-
mont. Now and then explosions from
French and German shells in the region
south of Douaumont hil1-forming the
glacis of the inner fortress girdle-
swel1ed into a continuous clamor as one
side or another attempted to gain some
advantage.
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METZ, March 6. via Berlin to London,
March "a ring of artillery such as
was never before assembled in warfare
is gripping Nerdun from the north and
the east. Every hollow. wood and
thicket within range of the fortress
and modern artillery is effective at un-
precedented ranges-conceals it's quota
of guns of all sizes. from the three
inch field piece UP to the biggest Of
Germany's giant siege howitzers
The correspondent of the Associated
Press, who. thanks to the courtesy of
the general in command, was permit
ted to inspect the German positions
around Verdun. has never during the
present war seen so great d collection
of artillery. 1t far exceeds that with
which Il breach was hammered in the
Russian lines at Gorlice and the Duna-
jcc river in Galicia last May. and the
siege gun parks concentrated at Ant
werp and Novogeorgievisk were petty
in comparison. The long rows of guns
firing one behind another offer ade-
which the strong French lines were
bombarded
Guns in Continuous Line.
in one position given over to artil
lery of middle caliber hidden in an un-
dulatjon paralleling one front of the
forces the correspondent found bat
teries arranged in a continuous line,
with scarcely more than a hundred
yards between the guns. Behind these
again, in suitable places of shelter,
were the big guns, up to the very big
gest, and from the crest of hill could
be seen far to the front the feld bat
teries, whose guns had been pushed
forward almost into the infantry line.
"Tte day was counted a quiet one and
the attendant officers explained that no
particular offensive was contemplated
Yet from the batteries near which the
correspondent was standing he counted
watch in hand, two shots per gun per
minute for a considerable period.
How many hundred guns the Germans
have assembled around Verdun cannot
be told, but IL is certain that the drum
fire with which the earlier attacks were
accompanied and which will precede
the next series of assaults can be ljken-
ed as the work of man with Niagara
and other stupendous phenomena of
nature.
Array of Captive. Balloons.
A picturesque. and at the same time
.symptomatic, feature of the offensive
against Verdun is the array Of captive