Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-14

mained in the aggressive for 95 days without rest. During that period they had but one trench--the front trench. They had no second line, no reserve. no rest camp.
 One regiment of the Choumadfa di- ision. lost 1000. out of 1,400 men in taking Vetternik Mountain, and then held that mountain under fire from the Rock of Blood. which dominated the summit, for 20 days until relief came. Even then the men of the reg iment which had been so nearly wiped out did not go to rest. They stayed Cn Netternik.
 Tn the taking of Kaymakchalan half of some of the organization were killed outright.
 +Phe Serbs were enabled to do these things party because of the exper- fence gained in five years of almost continuous fighting. Another factor was the spirit of the men. They no longer hoped for anything for them selves. They expected to die. Those who still remain expect to be. killed in action. But they intend that the bill of Serbia shall be paid
 TouIon, Aviation Training Camp
 Evidently the French war Ofice does rot believe that student aviators should be subjected to the danger of baptism of bombs whi:e they are learning the mastery of the air., says a war geography bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society. This fact is indicated by the choice Of Toulon as training camp for American flying men. An aviation school located in this city. one of the strongest fortresses in France and sharing with Brest the distinction of French Navy, is about as far removed from the danger zone of German air raiders as it Is possible to be and still remain on French soil.
 F(lff~f rryifI1 hnr DOT, comprising five splendid basins. is situated on the Mediterranean. 42 miles by rail southeast of Marseilles and 100 miles southwest of Nice. The by torpedoes and girdled by forts and batteries, is 1900 feet wide. Three of the five basins are reserved for the use of the war ships of the French Mediterranean fleet: which has It's senal, with it's workshops, it's stores of supplies, and it's splendid docks, is closed to foreigners even in times of peace.
 "Now boasting a popu- ation of more than 100000 and enjoying brisk com mercial life, fostered by such indus tries as shipbuflding. wine growing, fishing and labce-making. Toulon is enc of the most ancient cities of France. It is supposed to have been founded by those great merchants of the ancient world, the Phoenicians, and it was known to Greek travellers as Telonion. while the Romans knew IL as Telo Martins.
 "Goths. Franks Burgundians and Saracens sacked Toulon from time to time; it was twice captured during the 18th century by Charles V, and it was finally fortified during the reign of Henry ". The famous en- gineer vauban. under the direction of Louis XIV, greatly strengthened it's military works. and during the very year in which that military genius died broken hearted because many of the 160 Actresses which he had con- structed or rebuilt had been captured, Toulon, thanks to his labors was able to withstand an attack from the allied fleets of England and Holland
 "Neary a century later however d193) the French royalists threw open the city to an English. Nespoli- tan and Spanish fleet under Admiral Hood. The foreigners were not in possession long. for the revolutionary forces laid siege to the town and aft CT six weeks it fell. This military event is d great mile-sto in history for it was here that a young officer first distinguished himsclf-Na DO. con Bonaparte.
 This is not the Battle of Toulon' which finds such prominence in the naval history of Great Britain. That encounter with the French occurred nearly fifty years previously GT4D when a British fleet of 30 sails at tackled with unfortunate results a Franco-S Spanish fleet of 27 sails. The British officers. including the com n1ander in thief Thomas Matthews were court martiaied for this failure and Mathews and 2 number of his captains were dismissed from the service. The tria courts decision was such as to affect naval tactics of British officers for a number of vars for it prescribed certain methods of attack which greatly hampered the initiative of future commanders
 Napoleon embarked from Toulon on his Egyptian Campaign in 1T9s."