Evening star., 1918-08-08
Artillery Duels Frequent.
Big Booty Taken From Huns.

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The booty taken from the Teutons
includes an uncounted number of IT.
milimeter shells. more than a million
found in the woods at Fere. Arcy.
Tournelle and other places. The line
defending Amiens has been steadily
improved. The French have pushed
their zone outposts forward and now
occupy the woods dominating the
tablished along the Montdidier-
Amines railroad line. The situation
everywhere is excellent. Hindenburg
seems to be examining all dangerous
power by shortening his line wher-
ever possible.
German military experts claim that
twenty-five allied divisions have been
identified participating in the Marine
pocket battle. including thirty-eight
French cavalry divisions. six Ameri-
can divisions, four British and two
Italian. The allies have identified
seventy German divisions fighting
on the same front. The enemy divi-
sions are composed of more men than
the French: British and Italian and
less than the American. Therefore
Gen. Foch has defeated forces almost
double his own.
German prisoners state that the en-
tire German armies are greatly de-
pressed over the failure of their
offensive. Since the latest operations
executed by the French the Germans
are nervous and disturbed.
Nightly our sentinels fear each in
stant they see the French surge forth
upon them" states a captured Prus-
sian underofficer. They always
launched in their region. It is de-
plorable for US that our famous
offensive spirit was completely dis
appointed"
The prisoner had been told by Off
GERS that the French were weakened
by the use of black food for rations.
The ration of the German soldiers,
according to prisoners. now is the
following: Seven hundred grams of
bread (about one and a half pounds).
fifty grams of butter (about one and
a half ounces). cheese or jam daily.
Meat is served daily. but in very
small quantities. Dry vegetables. or
sugar beets and potatoes occasionally
in tiny quantities are served For a
drink they have to put up with imi-
tation coffee. Beer and wine may be
bought at the canteens when the
troops are in the cantonments or on
repose. The men are also entitled to
an ounce) of sugar daily, but this is
distributed only during periods of
repose.
Every man is given daily four
cigarettes or one cigar or a pipe of
tobacco. or he may buy at canteens
a supplementary supply at half the
prices charged in the interior of Ger
many. Eggs are sold at the canteen
at 60 to 20 pfennigs GA to IS cents)
apiece. New clothing is distributed
only when absolutely necessary. For
this purpose every company possesses
a small stock of clothing. The uni
forms are made of poor material and
soon become threadbare and ragged.
The average German prisoners are
dressed like beggars.
The war of movement has done
away with the divisional cinema per-
formances. the soldiers clubs, writ
ing rooms, regimental libraries and
the like.
One prisoner confesses that in his
regiment the last patriotic conference
on the wars origin was given by the
officer charged with questions of
discipline in December. 1917. Former
ly these regimental conferences were
held monthly. but the allied punches
have robbed the enemy officers of the
time to attempt to raise the morale
of their men or to divert them