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THE HAVOU WROUGHT IN
RHEIMS.
IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE CATHEDRAL Describing the torrible havoc wrought at Rheims by Frince August Wilhelm and his soldiery, Mr. Edwin Cleary, the special representative of the Daily prer, who has recently visited the battle ground of the Govern Allies by courtesy of the tent, says
Some u120,000 people, roduced to under 10,000 souls, all too helpless and to ove
poor way all tee-gaunt-ored and listless to shudder when the shells, burst daily, all prisoners of destiny and devoid of hope, all living in the atmosphere of concussion and canDon Bounds, all dry-brained without a tear to soothe eyes filed with feverish paint It is pitiful, but it is more terrible still to realise that it cannot be helped
The French Government does all that is possible to comfort and feed them, but there there is nowhere for them to go, nowhere but
MEANING OF TRENCH WARFARE.
AN EVER-IMPROVING ARMY.
The following is from a British Observer with the French Forces in the Field, who has the permission of General Joffre to send communications home from time to time, giving descriptions of the work, ofc. of the French Army which will be of interest to the British reader
The Allied Armies have been stationary on the Western front for so long that their line, as given in the mape issued by the newspapers, is drawn with considerable accuracy. We know that it is something over 500 miles in longth; and that from La Bassee, the remaining 450 miles are the right of the British line, not far from held by the French troops alone
Let us first look at that part which externs, Roms, Verdon, and St Miniel, extends from La Bassee, past Noyon, There are some few hundreds of well-to-do to the Moselle at Pont a Mousson. people still remaining, who are guardians of Throughout this extent of 270 miles the property still standing wine caves and a trenches are, practically speaking, con- fow dozen small shops and stores still open, tinnous. At very few points are the lines but in the badly bombarded portions of the more than 300 yards from each other; the city unharmed houses are boarded up, and
closeness of the combatants in most of the the spaces in between are filled with rains.
From one of these I saw a remnant of a trenches is shown by the large uso of hand- piano protrading, and on it sat the family grenades, which cannot be thrown more cat, as if either waiting for the pianist to than 40 or 50 yards. One is apt to think ro-turn, or gearing where she sleeps.that these trenches are really a line which Occasionally the whirr song of a shell is broken once the trench is captured. In shrieka above. It comes from the reality the trench which one sees is only German battery on the wooded heights of the front face of a work resembling a small Witry, about four miles north across the fort, a regular nest of bomb-proof shelters, valley and it was sighted for the French machine-gun emplacements, and deep com guns
in the region we had just passed municating trenches; it is this system of through
forts, with the trenches connecting them, which is known as the enemy's front line of defence. This line is succeeded by others of similar construction, although possibly less highly developed.
The once famous market is a pitiful sight. It runs along & short lialt square, and exposes oddments beyond the use of poverty One large table stall contained six small lonesome freckled apples, shrivelled to half their original size by the shame, it seemel, of being looked at so long,
How small these apples looked compared to the demand Prince August Wilhohn made on heims on September 41
110,000lbs. of mest. 236,000lbs. of brend. And at noon on the same lay, in order to linsten delivery, he sent three big howitzer shells into the museum, one of which de stroyed the gallery of modern painters
THE FRENCH GAINS
A question which is in the minds of moet people, whether they put it into words or not, is: What advantages has the French Army gained during the last few months?" Since the repulse of the Ger maus by the Allied Forces in Flanders, no battle of great importance has been fought. If the gain in the mallar engage ments that have taken place is only to bo measured by the amount of ground won, hundred yards north of Arras, a village the results are indeed sala or two between Arras, naid the corner of the fine nearest to Paris, a belt varying from a mile and a half and 200 yards in breadth, to the cast to Reims, and a fow miles of what was German territory in Alsace. These acres are all that have been Belgium and the north-eastern corner of Franco remains as strong as ever. regained, and the enemy's hold
Yot the auccess of the French Army, its work deserves the gratitude and though not apparent, is very real, and admiration of the Allied Powers in the highest degree. To appreciate this, one must take a broad view of the situation. One must remember that the battle now being fought in Europe is one only; that the lighting in Poland, in Galicia, in Serbia, in France is all part of the same battle; that to beat the German powers we shall need more reserves than we have available at present; and that, until thes reserves can make their weight felt, the duty of the Allied Armies is to prevent the enemy from bringing about a decision favourable to himself. It is in her full conception of this duty and in the vigour which she has put into its execution that France and her Army have decorved our admiration. By her operations during the last two months she has kept the enemy fully occupied in holding his ground, pre- vented him from weakening his Army on this side in order to deal a decisive blow elsewhere, and maintained his ribe of casualties by forcing him to fight, some times for days together, under circum. stances which were not to his advantage. That is her first achievement.
SOME IMPROVEMENT,
During the last two months our Allies have made a number of attacks at different points in this first line of defence. But these attacks have not been of the same nature as those that the Germans made in November in their endeavour to capture Ypres. In that case it was the concentra- tion of a large number of Army Corps
Her second is that during these months whose force was hurled against the Allied forces, with the intention of pushing her Army has steadily improved, both in through by sheer weight of numbers personnel and material. It is generally These are small local attacks, launched hold that long periods of tranch-work have with a view to seizing some particulara deleterious effect on infantry; that they piece of front trench and of holding it | loss their activity, their clan, and require and fortifying it against the enemy's a little time for getting this back if they counter-attacks. The piece of trench are to be used for offensive operations. attacked may be chosen because the fire from it is particularly annoying to our own line, because its capture will make it difficult for the enemy hold on to some other bit, or merely because it is the easiest to assault.
OCCUPYING THE ENEMY,
As there was no sign of the provender being forthcoming at 2 pm, five other shells fell as a warning near the cathedral square, and the quantity of meat delivered at 4 pm. not sufficing, fully 100 shells visited the edges of the city, killing fifty-five wounding several hundreds,
It was then that the council raised the white flag on the Hôtel de Ville,
On the next day August Wilholm at the head of his troops entered the city and demanded fifty million francs at once and 100 million francs in forty-eight hours. The council explained that it could not be done
But the advantage gained by taking a without an order from Paris, and one of their number was despatched with an escort trench is that you make the enemy come through the German lines of the Marue to out of their trenches and fight to get it fetch the sanction back back. Nothing would suit them better During the four days Prince August than to be able to sit quiet in their Wilhem was waiting for the order the can trenches, while they collect all the reserves nons trained on Rheims wero silent, and the they can for use in some other part of Crown Prince was hastening through the the line; and this is just what they must Marne to keep an engagement in Paris, only be prevented from doing. And to their stopping to debauch, batter, and burn every credit, be it said they have never failed town between Epernay and Mondemond.
to put in counter-attacks, sometimes for On September 13 there came a change several days in succession, to regain lost Prince August Wilhelm, hearing of the treaches. Sometimes our Allies have in defeat and flight of his brother's army. the end been forced back to their original speedily evacuated Rheims and hurriedly marelied to the fortified hills, where he is line, occasionally even behind it; but this to-day.
TRAVEL BARRENA does not lesson the satisfaction of having When he reached thera shells began to fall givan the enemy a good shaking up, with such increasing frequency that the brought them out into the open, and hearts of the people sank, for they knew inflicted heavy losses. that Rheims was doomed. Suffice it to say that the shells rained on Rheims incessantly during four days. There were hundreds wounded, dying and dead in the streets, and most of
were in ruins or flames, the great buildings were in ruin Baw on Thursday 17th, the Crown Prince after his headlong flight, must have joined his brother August Wilhelm somewhere about Witry and they must have put their heads together and arranged what they could do after the Marne defeat to please father." On Friday, the 18th, not withstand the fact that the Red Cross ing Ronted over the cathedral which sheltered more than 200 Gorman wounded, whom August Wilhelm did not wish to bo bothered with, many shells struck Notre Dame, but on Saturtis and Sunday, the 19th and 20th, an incesant has owing to the fact that in this broken bombardment completed the most inexcusand heavily-wooded district they are less able, unwarranted, malicious, and
outrage in this war of outrages ME ON
The districts where these small attacks have been most frequent are those north of Arras, between the Somme and the Oise, along the Aisne and between Reims and Verdun, In the course of three weeks between 20th December and 10th January
This is not the ease in the French Army. Attacks are executed with great vigour; reserve divisions have nearly, if not quite, the same value as active divisions, which was not the case earlier in the war, and territorial troops, composed of men between 35 and 40 years of age, are taking a far more considerable share in the active work than they have done hitherto. This siege warfare was at first new to every one; and the success of the mony small attacks rently made has been largely due to the care with which each effort has been studied and its lessons com- municated to all, so that the whole Army might benefit by the experience of one commander and his men.
As regards material, perhaps the greatest stride that has been made is in the provision of heavy artillery. The superiority of the French field gun has long been admitted. But against an enemy strongly entrenched, supported by long-ranging heavy batteries, the field gun is not sufficier and the want of heavier metal has been deeply felt. This has now een provided, and each week the co- operation Letween artillery and infantry becomes mores perfect. It may be con- fidently asserted that without this pro gress the operations, even if successful, could only have been carried out at the
east of losses entirely out of proportion 15 separate attacks were inede against different portions of trenchs in the last to the results obtained. This is only one of the improvements that have been made; named areas of these 10 were successor there are many others. And the result is in that the attacking troops managed not only to take the trenches, but also to hold that the moral of the Army has never stood higher than it now does; the truth of this them against counter attacks and turn them into a part of their own first line, being plain to the eyes of anyone who sees In the Argonne Forest, north-west of the French soldier, whether in the trenches Verdun, the fighting has also been very or tramping along the roads in the rain severe, here it has been the Germans who have generally taken the offensive, per-
liable to suffer from the French artillery
Contrary to many opinions, and my pen uses a tear to write it, the cathedral can The remainder of the no from the nover be repaired. If repaiting means prac Mostile at Pont-à-Mousson to the Franco- tically to reproduce, yes otherwise, no Swiss frontier may be conveniently divid
It is built of limestone rock, and limestone. under extreme heat becomes lime Whened into three parts. These are the incendiary bombs exploded among the German wounded on the Saturday night the cathedral was filled with dry straw, which in
In this the French hold a series of works a second was aflame. The fire started near the only entrance door unlocked, and he known as the "Courcane de Nants with and sinoke ent of all egress, and but few of advanced posts roughly along what are the wounded August Wilhelm had abenilreally the outer deforces of Metz. Beyond oned were saved.
All the pews and chairs and wooden things
and the mud.-Times
SHIPBUILDING IN 1014.
A considerable decrease in the output
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(1)-From the Moselle at Pont-à-Mouslished by Lloyd's Register of Shipping, son to the Marne-line Canal, north of but the total was still impressive," Alto Luneville, D, KARN
gether 650 merchant russels of 1,683,553 as gross measurement, of which 621 were steamers of 1,674,369 tons gross and the balance ceiling vessels, were launched in the United Kingdom in 1914. This output
artillery duels and small infantry recon-
soon became an oven of live embers, Daissances, not much takes place owed a decrease of 248,000 tons on 1913,
(2)--From the Morne-Thine Cenal to a point cast of St. Dhe, where the French which gave the highest total on record. frontier reaches the crest of the Vorges. The number of steamers launched of 6,000 It was inme 10 miles west of this line tons rosa and upwards was 71, 13 of that the battle of La Mortagne took place which were over 10,000 tons in capacity, in October. The Germans were beaten the largest oing the White Star liner across the frontier, breaking the bridges, ment. As is customary, the Clyde district and were driven over the Meurthe and Britannic of 47,600 tons gross measure- and also treating the inhabitants of the gave the highest output, its contribution frontier district vry tindly in their retire being 444,521 to123, the Tyne following ment. The line now held by the French is with 315,555 tons the Wear witli 227,520 some 10 miles this zide of the frontier. tens, Belfast with 239,819 tons, Middles the inhabitants in the intervening space brough with 137,166 tons, and Hartlepool have been evacuated, and all supplies with 121,419 tons. Outsile the United taken. The district is therefore practi-Kingdom 003 vessels of 1,109,200 tons cally deserted, and except for reconnais register were put in the water. Germany leading with 387,192 tons, the United States contributing 200,762 tons, mostly for inlaud navigation, Holland: 118,155 tons, and Franco 114,052 tons, Twenty eigas steamers hotween 5,000 and 10,000 In this last section the contact with the tons were launched in Germany, and six enemy once more becomes close. The line of upwards of 10,000 tons, the largest of held is beyond the frontier. The French which was the Hamburg-Amerika's liner. troops hold the heads of the valleys run- Bismarck, whose gross capacity is put at ning down between the wooded spurs of 50,000 tons. The German total includes the Vosges Mountains, the Germans hay three vossale of an aggregate expacity of ing been gradually pushed back fill, they 60,500 fitted with a combination of now hold the lower spars only; as some reciprocating engines and steam turbines, points, such as round about Cernay and In Japan the tonnage launched during the to the south of it, the French hold the year was 65,861, or nearly 33 per cenf lower spurs, the enemy occupying villages more than in 1913, and the highest figurs and other tactical points in the plain. ever attained,
forced their intense heat into many section of the walls and columns. But it is not there the danger lies so much as in the heavy cloistered ront, where all the giant columns meet in Gothic arches supported by this structure, and above is another large protect ing roof built of Ewat wooden raftersened
When the fire shells fell there they all the okl wood age had dried until the Falling onbers, like a cupat from the door of hell, glowed above the ceiling of the sacred space below. The vast area of limestone floor and ceiling one, and must be cooked through and through, and therein lies the danger
Theso great blacks of stone have lived long together that their cemented strength his become a habit not easily broken anlegance and other cavalry work the lines the trespass of repairing begins. Then they of the opposing troops are not in close ft. iv. ADL
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destruction the noble children of the Kaiser (3.)--From the frontier on the crest of 4 521 6 2 nor low-water begon in so dastardly a fashion.
the Vosges to the Swiss frontier, 50 4 201 2 184
All the shell-torn statues railiating catward 5 576 53m 11: £0 38
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