Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-18
SHRAPNEL.
Sidelights on the War
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OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

British women will go down in history
for their fortitude and Willingness to
assume the burdens; of war They never
have Stunned the most arduous man.
ual labor. This is Illustrated by the
young women now engaged in the coal
mines of the British Isles. Pit props
are among the supplies made by them.
American soldiers at the front in
France have displayed a degree Of grit
that has been Il marvel to our allies. \
certain general came ac~oss a pale
American d"uG'Ihoy. who was stumbling
lack from the fighting lines toward q
dressing station.
Just little. both arms broke, but I
Cta hoof it, came the reply.
This soldier refused to be carried on
litter, leaving il to It more seriously
wounded compaalon.
Do tanks strike terror in the hearts OF
the German soldiers? They do. There
Is no mistake about the way they run
when opportunity offers after these big
iron engines Of death loom up before
them. Describing the work of the tank,
one writer SAYS:
SLOWLY and clumsily the tank kept
dcEgedly OF toward the obirctiv i've.
which was behind the Hill. Anti-rank
guns were busy. angry machine gun bull
lets spat about her: hut the nerve of
the German Gurners WAS SHAKEN and
their s,ir:t - not true.
"Everythirg was noise for the big
attack had begun. and both sides We're
using every piece Of artillery they pos
Sessed. Now and then YOU would see
little crowds of men Swarming out of Il
hidden strong point and scurrying to
the rear, or. sometimes, holding their
hands high above their heads and fall
tSrinS forward TO meet the oncoming
enemy.
The bomhardment had been terrific.
The morale Of the hoche had vanished
completely. AS soon as a tank seemed
to be making for any particular de-
tense work the garrison chose discre-
ton as the better part Of valor and in
rontinently surrendered or ran. The
tank went on serenely, it We're I'M
consciously. a solemn ErotesGue. terri
iXlng Juggernaut, taking trenches in it.
stride. and crumblinS walls and trees
before il. Sometimes a dead man lay
III its path. The tank went on"
.irplanes eventually will be so heav-
lily armored that the term Air Tanks
viii not be out of the way in describing
them.
The submarine crash dive in ordi-
nary" is frequently performed by all
classes of submarines. IL simply means
that the boat gets under fast as she
can 'Super-Crash dives" are a shade
faster than this. and are usually ac-
companied by the order Flood every
thing This has sometimes been
oheyed too literally and the boat has
submerged with the coming tower
hatch open. with the inevitable result
that the submarine has been flooded
permanently in a manner detrimental to
the lives of the personnel
on other occasions the lid has
been shut as the boat began to sink
before every one could get down. Those
remaining then have no option but to
float gracefully as circumstances per-
init on the surface of the sea. There
is not even time to take ones coat off
About three-quarters of the world
population is engaged in the present
struggle. All beiligerent peoples ag-
gregate about Zoo. 900 600.
Discussing Gen. Foch. commander-in-
chief of allied armies, one Of his friends
said:
IF any one in this world knows his
own mind it is Foch, and he doesn't
care twopence what you think when
once he has made il UP. And he makes
IT up with lightning rapidity in a crisis.
simply because he is familiar with
every twist and turn Of war and has
spent 40 years quietly thinking out mil
itary problems. He did most Of his
thinking before August. 1914. Since then
he has been applying the fruits Of his
thoughts"