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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19
POISONED WELLS
IN GERMAN WAKE
British Cavalry Used for the First Time
in Pursuit of the Retreating
Teuton Forces.

LONDON March -, from staff cor
respondent Of The Associated Press
So rapid became the pursuit of the Ger
mans rc'reatinr in the Ancre and
Somme sectors today that the British
cavalr,- came into rla5 after restless
months of waiting and LONGING. It has
been wonderful SIGHT to see the cay
airy squadrous moving toward the front
for several DAYS past. They have in
Guided some Of the crack ENGLISH re"f-
meuts. looking very grim aud business
like in steel shraunol helmets and
equipped with gas masks.
The fine dryiEg weather of the paSv
three davs has helped the pursuit which
in some places has reached solid @rouul
that has been little damaged by shan
fire.
1t was officially stated today tha.
poisoned wells We're found in the VII
LACE Of RarleauX, southwest Of P"r"nn"
which was occupied by the British ii
the wake Of the rctrcating German
garrisons. This serious accusation was
made in a report by the British doctors
on AN analysis of the water. The Brit
ish test all waters III occuuied terri
tories III order to safeguard the troop
from various diseases. They wer,
startled to find that the BarleuX well,
contained deadly poison.
Other wells in the line Of the Ger
/ man retreat have been filled up, la
this was the first indication Of poisol
i'm any Of the wells.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19
PERSON AL.

Mrs. I. ". Lord is seriously i'll in
her home on Chestnut street.
Editor Frank T.. Howe OF the Ben
nueton Raunee was I'M town Saturdav
and YESTERDAY.
Mrs. Harold e. Whitney returned
Saturday from Springfield, Mass where
She spent week.
Mrs. Alice Whjdden begun work this
morning for the spring season with
Donnell Davis,
Paul d. cobb was home from SPRING
field, Mass. to spend SUNDAY with Mrs
Cobb and son, Norman.
Mrs. r.. H. uiIdrrtb and dauobrers.
Miss ElfzaIe+b ANA Mis-. Charlotte.
spent SATURDAY IN Springfield, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Cn..,rea s : mire. and
Mis- patinaec Viii. at+andad ! danra
IN Grraaticld 7f..s sg,nr,,v avenina.
~. 81. l,.e.,r
to iowa todar and resumed work as
trimmer for Mrs. G. Il. Brooks, mil
liner.
r., pi.h.,l n tf.. o.4o, - IN.
&C, ,l,'',, N l,n
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19
Motion Picture offerings.

The yellow Pawn, with Cleo Ridge
Is aud Wallace Reid, is the feature at.
traction at the Princess theatre today.
4 Burton Holmes trayeloguc also is on
he bill Tomorrow. Marie presscr, in
TilHe Wakes Up. and The Great Sc
eIct Will bc shown.
The program AT the Empire today is
Where Love Leads. William Fox pro.
luctiou. fuafuriH. Ormi Ilawley. To-
morrow, King Lear, q drama featuring
thr Slakespearcau actor, Frederick
Wardc; and The Lootar~, 4 chapter Of
The Grip uf Evil series, viii be shown
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19
~. titla Saturday the Yale man led his

lis titls Saturday the Yale man led his
field from start to finish, winning by
20 yards from Joie Ray Of Chicago, who
finished n similar distance in front Of
the third man, Dave Caldwell of Bos-
ton.
Andrew r. Kelley Of Holy Cross col
iegc also established new world 5
mark IN winning the 30O-yard run in
81 2-5 seconds in his trial heat as well
rs in the final heat, which he won by
10 wards frcm sherman Landers Of the
Chicago athletic association. Two
heats in this event had been run, one
81 them going to Kelley in SO seconds,
but the track was rcmeasured and both
heats were run again. II was then
Kelley made his new record.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19
YOUNG THIEF HAS
CRIMINAL RECORD
Robert Brown, Who Robbed Store !:
Burlington, Also Stole Shoes at
Industrial School.

BURLINGTON, March 10. The
store of |. Adder was broken into Sat
urday night by Robert Brown, q young
man with 4 long criminal record.
Eighty-three dollars IN cash, 30 pack
ages OF cigarettes and a box of cigars
were stolen. 1t has also been learned
that young Brown, who is about 20
years old, recently stole about 40 pairs
Of shoes from the industrial school at
Nergennes, which he sold in this city
last week.
| Young Brown has served time at the
state prison at Windsor. being sen
fenced from Addison county for break
ing into q jewelrv store at Vergennes,
and later he was sentenced to serve Is
months at the industrial school at Yer
geancs for burglary at Burlington.
| After his release from the school he
worked for express companies at Mt.
Hermon and Greenfield, Mass. Some
time ago he went to the industrial
school at Nergennes and asked for per
mission to work for his keep until he
could get a job. He was put to work
in the shoe shop at the school ana
doout d "eeh ago ne leit Tor burning
ton.
Soon after his departure a large
number of pairs of shoes were missed
at the school and an official followed
the young man to this city 1t was
found that at one store on Battery
street he had sold 26 pairs Of shoes and
at another place he disposed of L.
pairs.
Brown registered at the Van Ness
house several times in the last wees
and suitcase which he loft at the no
tel was found to contain the ciea
rettes and cigar. stolen from the Addlel
store, but the stolen money was miss
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19
DEERFIELD RAN
AWAY WITH GAME
Academy Team Cut Circles Around
Brattloboro tfigh-classy Signal =.
Play ana Fast Passing.

~ 0AA a ttob stooAeAat
Dccfdcld academy of pcerfeld, Mass,
presented basketball team In the
Am0y saturday afternoon that PLAYED
circles around the BrattlChorO high
school tcam Two of the visitors were
classy enough 10 make any college
team and all ct them were larger and
heavier and had longer reaches than
had the local BOYS. They ran away
with thc game bv Il score uf - 10 -.
The visitors showed that they had
been we'll coached, and they had team
play. for q sehouhov team, down 20
fine point. In the FIRST period cspe-
Cial'v, wteu the regular tram played,
thCe completely lost The local players.
RraNlaHta wg. SD lyWiidnrod hy thr
siGunl r1g aud fast la siu- fbu Il
was Wl along towards tbe middle 81
The ba.l before bfgttlehofo player
la1 Shoe at bi- opponents. god.
Tha sd turs wore accurate iu taelt
goal shooting. helped ty tho tact tlat
fhair taam play so has.Idarcd The homo
U fHgt many af tba.r shots in tb"
Uf IsH vga uut handicapped b~
the HurF presence at gg nWw"' Iisr
plI team. tNlt "gf % Iyla tbgrc vrtn
s1W. shots madp th1' wore ser a.iauHl
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roirt.
fo tEa see.rd hafr both tfow. radr
Yomy changes. Plumb replaced EoW
ard, ag1 played Hrs best -amg ei tba
sraeou Ue Wgs tae oH'~ la.ul n0y vH1
hgl ru rtr Iut fEa EH.Nrt. NaIl. his
mates FIN srprir. plthoaeh hr rtavei
oul. Hatf of H.a aamr.
Twev mj Wm were tHe bright
particular ae ct tb. visitors, tho
former getting baskets From I'd.
iloer and CHG ia'tsr eight. Both eum
plrtnlr mtF.aFel their opponents aud
in rort tb.a was due % tha facet that
they have played m the tcHm -aycra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19
ovERToN MAKES RECORD.
Yalo Man Docs 1000 Yards in ola in
Defending Title

John vs.. Oytu1u If Yaic university,
holder Of the world, indoor record
81 1.lf ter 70 mile, furnished the fca.
tufo ef fhr national amateur athletic
union senior indoor chuuaiaaship meet
af tha d tmcut a1uorv ina New
l0E saturday bright grHcu he wup the
ofl time ot = H. uea,ol Ills event
last year, cWallua kVyat 5 world I,
record OF 2ll gj, and iu defending
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19
CHANDLER VERY Low.
Ex-senator from New Hampshire Suf
fering from Paralysis.

WASHINGTON, March 10. - The
condition of former Senator Chandler
Of New Hampshire, who is critically
i'll at his home here, was unchanged to
day, his physicians said. In addition
to the heavy cold, which, because OF
his advanced age, has much reduced
his vitality, he has suffered a stroke OF
paralysis. He was resting easily ant
his condition was said to be as geot
as could be expected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19
ZEPPELIN AIR RAIDS.
Germans Claim That Bombs Were
Dropped Successfully on London.

BERLIN, March 10, via London.-An
attack on London lasting one and one
half hours has been made by Zeppelins,
the war office announced today. Bombs
were dropped successfully and the air
ships returned safely.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19

LONDON. March 49, - Dispatches
from southern towns indicates the Yep
pelins penetrated about % miles in
land, but reached no important points.
Several bombs were dropped in rural
districts. No accounts have reached
London of any casualties.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19

The more foolish the freak stunt the
more attention it attracts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19

The big man can stand a lot OF bumps
because he is big.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19

The man who dyes his whiskers and
the woman who bleaches her hair sell
dom fool anybody but themselves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-19

The enameled face indicates short
weight intellect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

lost to direct attack But it was an ex-
hausted and almost annihilated force which
now held the line.
On November | the Germans shifted
their attack to the Messines- Wytschaete
front and seized the southern end OF the
Messines- Wytschaete Ridge. This was
their greatest success in the whole battle,
and a French army corps which arrived
the next day and retook both Messines and
Wytschaete was unable to hold either.
The capture of Messines and Wytschaete
really created the Ypres salient. Hence
forth the Germans, from the highest
ground in the whole region, looked down
upon the rear and commanded the commu-
nications of the British in and east cf
Ypres. After November the Battle Of
Ypres continued with diminishing fury up
to November IL, when the Prussian Guard
made its celebrated attack, temporarily
pierced the British line between Gheuvelt
and Veldhoek, on the Menin Road, and
was thereafter annihiated
The eleven days between OCTOBER Il anu
November l are the days of the great
stress on the British front, and in this time
that portion Of the British Expeditionary
Array which fought about Ypres was prac-
tically exterminated. The Seventh Divi-
ION alone lost 1856 out of 400 officers, and
1864 out OF 1900 rank and file. At Ypres
alone the British losses were 10000. The
German loss has been placed as high as
25O,OO0 and probablysexceeded the loss at
the Marne. For three weeks the British
fought an enemy five times as numerous
and equipped with heavy artillery and ma
chine guns. both of which weapons were
lacking to the British in any useful num-
Der. Probably 90 per cent-perhaps more
of the British army were killed, wounded
or captured, but in the end they still held
Ypres and the lines before it. For such
an achievement all praise is inadequate.
And at Ypres Brtain's professional army
persisted but its tradition became hence
forth imperishabe Unlike the Spartans,
who died in defeat the British army had
held its gate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

whelmed, but if it were sent thither, then
a gap would open in the Allied line be-
tween Zonnebeke and the marshes, and
the Germans coming south through LANCE
narck would outfank both the British and
the Belgians, drive a wedge between them
and have an open road to Calais and Bou-
logne.
Sir John French chose to risk the for
mer peril Ind sent Haig north. When he
was in position the Allied line from Swift
zerland to the sea was complete. but from
the Lys to the User il was Incredibly thin,
and for some days no reinforcements were
available as the French troops Joffre was
sending up would not arrive before the
Esd and did not all come until the oath.
As the First Battle of Ypres began, then,
the British held the front from the in
undated district at Bixschoote along the
Pilkem and Gravenstafel ridges to the
Observation-Disclosures Ridge east Of this
town. and thence south along the ridge
through Becelaere and Zandvoorde to the
Confines Canal South of the canal AL
lemby's cavalry held the Messines-W yt-
schaete sector with ridiculously insignifi-
cant cavalry screens. October 20 the real
battle opens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Withdrawal Compelled

By the first of May, the day on which
the Germans were to win their great vic
tory of the Dunajec, it was plain that the
old Ypres salient could no longer be held.
Il had become rectangle three miles
vide by six long, thrust forth into the
German lines. From the Pilkem Ridge, as
well as the Messines- Wytschaete Ridge,
the Germans had now a sweep over Brit
ish Communications. Accordingly, in the
second week of May the British sullenly
drew back from the GravenStafe Ridge,
from Zonnebeke, from all the ridge be-
tween the Roulers railroad and the Menin
Road, and occupied new front in mar
row circle, rather more than mile east
of Ypres
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

there was wide gap, squarely IN front
of Ypres and extending from Menin to
Roulers. Field Marshal Sir John French
had sent Sir Douglas Haig north with the
First Army Corps; Allemby's cavalry, al
ready about Armentieres, was to cooper
ate with it, and this force, together with
the Seventh Division, Selling the crossings
Of the Lys from Menin to Courtrai, was
designed to turn the extreme flank OF all
the German armies, aim at their communl-
cations and compel retirement from the
coast toward Brussels, which was not felt
to be beyond the reach of the Allies. Such
& success would isolate Besseler, on the
User. and probably lead TO the capture
Of his army. In any event, 1t would re-
lease Lille and the industrial regions OF
Northern France, now firmly held by the
German armies which had been brought
north and west from the Aisne and Lor-
raine fronts. And in conformity with
this strategy French ordered Rawlinson
to move out of Ypres on October II and
seize the crossings of the Lys at Menin.
Once more, as at Mons, British infor-
nation was wholly out of accord with the
fact. Actually the Allies had in or ap-
preaching the region between the Lys and
the User less than 100000 men, of whom
only some French cavalry and Rawlnson's
Seventh Division had actually arrived,
while the Germans we're moving four
corps and some other formations, upward
of half a million men, into this Ipres
sector. Already aware of an impending
change, but still unable to measure the
extent of the threat, Rawlinson conformed
to the imperious order of French and the
next day moved the Seventh Division out
II Zonnebekc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

autumn, and with their Amaze brethren,
who were soon to win equal glory at Gal
llpoli.
The next morning, Friday, April %, the
situation was critical in the extreme. The
Germans had forced the crossing OF the
User Canal, between Boesinghe and Steen-
straete, and taken Lizerne, while they were
in possession of Langemarck and Pllkem
and crowding down the roads from these
towns toward Ypres itself. Could they
push on for but three miles more Ipres
would he in their hands and all the troops
in the salient east of Ypres would be
caught like rats in trap. That they did
not do this can only be charged in part to
the bravery of the Canadians and their
British supports. In point of fact, the
true explanation appears to be that the
Germans had not expected so tremendous
4 success and lacked reserves at the de-
clsive point of the favorable moment. A
better chance than the British mad had at
Neuve Chapelle therefore slipped through
tnelr fingers.
In the next few days the situation slow
ly improved, although it remained critical
during the first days Of May. First the
French threw the Germans back to the
east bank of the canal. At the same time
the British brought up troops from all
points of their line and closed the gap be-
tween the canal and the flank Of the Cana
dians.' Even the Belgians from their
side of the User River sent over reinforce
ments. Meantime, German heavy artil-
lery destroyed the beautiful buildings Of
lpres, so far little injured and the British
army suffered from shellfre as it had
not suffered even in the first days of the
battle about Ypres in the preceding year.
To this heavy eunfire it had neither the
artillery nor the ammunition to make an
swer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Sir John French, Plan

On October 10 the Seventh Division
sent out a brigade from Zonnebeke, which
actually reached the Roulers-Menin high
road. but there it encountered the advance
Guards of two German corps and was
compelled to fall back rapidly to Zon-
rebeke October 10 thus marks the end
of the advance toward Menin and the
crossings of the Lys. That night Sir
Douglas Haig reached Ypres, and the next
dsv his First Army Corps came up. At
orce there was posed the question as 70
,,.botber it should be put in to the east. 10
support the Seventh Division on the Mes
e,nos. Zonnebeke Ridge north of the Menin
road or sent north to cover the flank from
zonnebeke through Langemarck to Blk
rcboote Unless it was sent to the sup
nort Of the Seventh Division there was
row danger that Rawlinson would be over:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
A Lost Battle Saved

From October 20 to October 81 the fight
ing about Ypres was intense. On October
% and "A the arrival of the French Ninth
Corps permitted Sir Douglas Haig TO
bring his First Corps from the Pilkem-
Gravenstafel to the -Zonnebeke
Ridge and thus reinforce the Seventh Di-
vision. which was rapidly approaching the
point of humiliation. But, despite all ef-
fort. the British were slowly but surely
driven from the crest Of the Messlnes-
Zonnebeke Ridge, and on October 81 their
line was actually broken on the Menin
Road. near Gheluvelt. This was the crisis
q the whole battle, the moment when Sir
John French himself sent the cooks, the
hostlers and every available man to The
front line.
A lost battle was saved by the sudden
appearance of the Second Worcesters on
the flank of the Germans advancing on the
Menin Road west of Gheluyet. The line
was restored, but Gheluvelt was lost. as
Zandvoorde had been, and the front now
ran from Zonnebeke south through the
Polygon Wood TO point on the Menin
Road lust west of Gheluvelt Like Meade
after the first day of Gettysburg, French
had been battered into new but strongly
defensible position: from Zonnebeke to the
Menin Road the new front was now TO
endure for many months and never to be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
The Ypres Sausage

The close of the First Battle of Ypres
saw the Allies holding one of the most re-
markable positions in all the front from
Befort to Newport. Pushed eastward
from Ypres was sausage-shaped salient
or bulge, extending north-northeast to its
q eatest depth at Grayenstafel, six miles
from Ypres. The base Of this salient was
the Ypres- Comines-Yser Canal, and be
tween the two points where the German
line touched the canal, north and south of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
The First Attack by Gas

In April. 1915, the British were prepar-
ing for their subsequent offensive south
ward near La Bassee. The French had
recalled their best troops from this front
to participate in Fochs great Artois oper-
alton. and most OF the few heavy British
guns had likewise gone south. There was
no expectation of any considerable German
operation in the Ypres sector, and Allied
journals were heraldng the coming of the
spring offensive, which was TO throw the
Germans out of France and Belgium. Tow
ard the last of the third week in April an
attack, preceded by the explosion of
mine, had given the British brief hold on
Hill No. so, mound near the point where
the Ypres Confines Canal crossed the
attlefront. Heavy attack and counter
attack on this point occupied the attention
of the world in the next few days.
But on April % came one of the most
dramatic and terrible episodes of the war.
Toward evening the Germans suddenly
loosed vast quantities of chlorine gas
against the French colonial division stand
ing between Langemarck and the fpres-
\ ser Canal at Steenstraete. The result was
a natural and inevitable panic. The black
troops fed south and west toward Ypres
and across the canal. Within brief period
the Allied trent was broken and for four
miles between Langemarck and the canal
mere was a gap. The German road to
Ypres was at last open.
East of the Colonials were the Cana
dans. When the French troops fled the
Canadian flank was left in the air, while
the troops were themselves exposed TO gas
fumes, and suffered severe losses from this
cause. Yet, despite all the circumstances,
the Canadians hung on. They drew back
their left flank, forming in half circle,
and fought on, holding up for many hours
the onrush of the Germans. Here, on this
front, the Canadian contingent won their
title to rank with the old British army
which had held the Ypres position in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

Ypres, was barely seven miles. South Of
this canal possession of the Messines and
Wytschaete hills gave the Germans direct
observation and splendid artillery sweep
Of the whole rear of the salient. But north
Of the canal the British still chung to the
western slope of the ridge, from the vicin-
ity of Gheluvelt to a point east of Zonne-
hcke, and from Zonnebeke westward they
held both the Gravenstafel and Pilkem
ridges as far as the western limits of
Langomarck Between Langemarck and
the canal at Steenstraete division of
French Colonials was in line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Britons' Greatest Battle

lpres was not evacuated, mainly be-
cause of the moral value that attached TO
1t as result of the two great battles.
Only Nerdun could rival the old Flemish
citadel, now gone to dust and ashes. in
sentimental value in the first three years
OF the war, and the return of tie British
to the offensive in this region in the fourth
year OF the struggle makes il probable
that Ypres will remain for the British and
the Canadian public the greatest incident
IN the war Even the Australians, who
came to Flanders ultimately. and rewon
Zonnebeke and its surrounding woods in
the last days of September, 1917. will
probably rank it with Gallipoli, and thus
lpre5 will retain place in British i'm
perial history above all other battlefelds.
for here the solidarity of that empire Ger.
many sought to destroy was proven by its
sons from all the lands about tie Seven
Seas.
Next week | hope to discuss in detail
British progress in recent days in the
Ypres salient-the most brilliant achieve
ment of British arms in the war. A these
lines are written the British now hold all
CT the ground on which they stood in De
tober, 1914, save a salient between the
Confines Canal and Becelaere. Zand-
voorde, Gheluvelt and Becelaere are all that
remain to be takcn-then the road TO
Menin and to Rouiers will be open, and
the advance begun and ended on October
II. 1914. can be resumed. Then the third
anniversary of First "Wipers" should he
a cause for pride and rejoicing every
where in the British Empire