Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-10

shadows ahead.
evidently found a passage through
the shell-mangled ENHANCEMENT rise,
and lurch forward
ITEMS"
THEN COMES THE
WORDS. "kAMERAD! KAMERAD!"
The single word cuts crisply into the
uncanny silence which prevails. 1t is
the oficer's command to his men to
hold their fire. Almost instantly there
comes out of the gloom in front, III
husky. cultural tones:
"Kamerad. Kamersd!
The French officer had realized in
time that though the two Huns APP
proaehing, had doubtless sold .heir
souls to their kaiser theE o, si,.i hai
AS the two deserters were. hustled in
10 the trench he recognized with salts.
kidney who would betray their country
selves
The officer was right.
The darkness of a clouded night sky
is spread over the tract OF land con-
tanning the forces of the contending
armies. Behind the nifty mile f fno.,,,
movement of suddenly aroused troops
has taken place. These troops are
positions just in rear os the front line. /
They are not being placed there for
offensive purposes, but 70 Withstand
formation gained from enemy desert
ers, will DE delivered at dawn.
IT is almost dawn. The strange
silence which invariably precedes trc-
rnendous events on the front hangs
heavily over the multitude Of men held
IN readiness for the coming coming fray; Sud
position belches forth shower Of
shells, and at the Same time chal-
Isnse TO he thsrny arti, rHS; FTr
ragged bursts Of fire come from isola-
ted points OF the boche position. in;
sssasRiE in vSnmf eo &c shss e
welrdly into the stupendous boom OF
the guns.
GERMAN ATTACK Is
FORESTALLED DT BARRtGE.
The German attack has be>n fore
stalled by the barrase the French guns
have put down: but the offensive be-
u, gins as precisely AS though every
- hing was going according to schedule.
The gray masses Of Germans show UP
dimly as the Gay breaks, but from the
French trench. as they, push stolidly
forward, they receive = deadly fire from
the machine gunners, who are sacri-
licing themselves nobly TO take a toll
OF the oncoming hordes. The defend
Ing artillery siashes great wounds out
Though shocked time and again TO a
. ,standstill blythe oS't~- powering weight
of the she'll fire, gathers again i'm
peius once more and moves ponderous-
The day ligh,cns and reveals that
-on an enormous front the Eray-garbed
p HUNS are everywhere pressing for
ward. The French give before the
EXPERIMENTING hordes. but only so that
thaY may Stay more from the better
Positions 70 when they retire. But
though death tears great gaps in the
grooming masses they are as quickly
filled up; for from hidden ravines in
me rear re endorsements are !ncessant-
y moved forward.
Then through the morning mist and
the hanging smoke hawk-lilIe objects
are seen which glitter under the sun
rays from The blue sky They are al
i!ed plans moving TO the attack. nimbly
over Siding the pondorous offensive of
the slow moving multitude below.
Quickly they III; and dart behind the
original rear OF the German positions.
seeking out the hidden raVincs and
hiil slopes where. protected from the
allied guns, the reserve on which the
German command Depend for victory,
are huddied in supposed security
The heavy boynb-carrysIg planes
seek ont their prey. and with vuliure-
pnloose their deadly burdens with ef-
Feet. Other planes apply themselves
further in the rear, where the enemy
roads. The btmb- carrying planes do
not concentrate their efforts OF these
crawling. snakesiikc masses. but :urn
i ihe:s attention, Ter TO the bridges oyer
Tighter, scouting planes, aging low
., nver these easy targets, spray them
= 4ncesSant!H with bullets streams from
their machine guns
There Is bridge in the German rear
over. which the Hun troops have been
moving necessarily since early dawn
The bombing planes have made per-
sistsnt efforts TO destroy it: but ii is
we'll projected by antiaircraft guns.
Plane after plane flies over the spot,
unioos'ng It's cargo OF. bombs withou;
erect Very high in the sky a singh
plane is circiing round and round owe.
the coveted target as though its oc-
cupant was afraid 10 descend TO lower
level Around IL the smoke puts OF
(. the hostile shells denote that the enemy
3 snse, suddenly il darts OFF in the
i direction from which it originally
came. 1t has turned tail
59Ss But no! When almost speck in
sst the distance 20 the cunncrs below II
II Teers slowly around and ret.aces lis
last course: Suddenly the aviator
starts on his giide-his long. long
slo.y-glide 10 his objective
As the great plane slides down, every
" available hostile gun is concentrated
aE-bpon 1T. But down II comes, irrespec-
Il tiYtf OF the shrapnel which bursts
rs around Ia Lower and lower! The in.
y fantry now join in the firing. Tho
~ 81 rs only as many feet.
s-siFhefe " brilliant burst OF fame a.
s. tbs plane suddenly becomes envelopec
VITA fire. At the same infant there
e.. 1. 50 Also the crunching boom from tn.
4 exPioeion of an enormous bomb.
Ths plane fell with 3angle which
B could NOT be heard.-Copyrigh 1918.
a. si5stff \.
assSf Jsnre's Attack MID One.
lBy AsHsc3sted Press.I
~, EAEIA October 3.--Marshul JoffYe'