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a little of this over-scrupulous attention to more worthy persons there might be Bess causa fer this sudden mania

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a few minutes later the bombardment was seemed. It seemed as though all the thera-batterice were togel barring

Their 10

approach to be board in the

air with an acuta bazing, they burst with thunderous roar, raising clouds of issiles, stones and da

"After some experiance of these horrors Ideared to wand my way to the post of command, but while traversing gallery was thrown viclenty to earth by pressure of air.

-CHOKING_LASPS......

I mention this by way of apology for quoting from the letter of French cficer who describes certain operation Dallye the eighbourhood of Arras. One ofalutes Nobody will ever be able to form

auy adequate ides of what the-wality wa his stories might have originated in the Talisordered brain of Edgar Allen Poe, or of have only learned since that when Ix Francz, Uet. 98.

Thara come from that chamber of horrors, the 16 inch ans entered fate clion The mad to the const is barred; the the Wiert Museum. Here is the story, they hurled against us grenades weighing

furce of nach on Calais has failed, as the machSome Germinas occupied the village (1,000 kilos (cently a ton), the explosive which surpassen anything known en Pailand Wanaw failed. There is a hi-r-s, and, finding themselves threat- aitherto hale in the fighting on the north. Does aned, prepared to defend the place. The tean that the enemy is exhausted, or cametery conmanded the rond on which is set to change his plans? He has they expected the attack, and here they paid beary tell on the Yer, yet he gives de trenches. They dug up the graves no sign of retiring. On the contrary, he and put the coffins in front of the tren Lelings grily to the one footing be won ches. I have seen so many horrors in a week ago south of the gaual--the loop this war that even this seems to me inuma Keranata, miktar between Dismusa pot incredible;

and Nieuport, Many efforts have been

I managed to riso, but was almost made to drive him to the oppositu bank. the operations, while the aorthern line choked by deleterious gases. Looking ut The position Eas been swept again and between Nieuport, and Dixmade is stof peep-hole I saw to my horror that 'n with artillery end tide fire. The tonery and paralysed, the western line the fort had fallen, slopes and counters chaos of rabbish, while enemy's losses luvs been great, get he has advanced at several points. Public slopes being 816 in in that little head of the Yaeristeriet has naturally been centred on huge tongues of flame were shooting forth

It is untest that the Germans have what the Germans call" der Kampf um from the throat of the fortress.

ave the rampent of the garrison. 1 as given up all hope of furcing this dio. Strasse nach Calais. Fee nearly fat and last thought was to try page to the so. Tervacte-if it two weeks this has been the livo uerve, rushed out to give orders, and, as mins in their possession-is to be the fof the wor; yet there are other nerve soldiers, whom I mistook for Belgan HUNG FOOK, Contractor and Care-env ring-point for another nesault. eatres in a battle-line stretching from endarmes.

I called them, then fell threat ker for TAIKOO CLUS, savers his

From Dismude the canal rugs south the sea to Switzerland. The enemy has Pois nous gases seemed to grip my connection. with this CLUE on Sist

to Ypres. Along this line there has been minded us that he is still on the Aisne. December, 1914.

†scue progres, "After nearly a week of For some days the opposing fores have haud fighting the enemy has been drives been putent with what is technically 1281 back to a point five or six miles beyond known as "containing one another.

Ypres, in the direction of Boulem.with exercising & neutralising inactivity. Though vastly outnumbered, the BritishBut the paralysis near the coast has not merely withstood attacks by night apparently produced convulsions on the and day, but even dislodged the Germans disne, for the Germans have made a

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I found my aide-de-camp, Captain Colland, standing over me, also German officer,— who offered me a glass of water."-

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the soldiers I had taken for Belgian FRENCH LESSONS

They told me I had swooned, and that gendarmes were in fact the first hand of German troops who had set foot inside the In recognition of; our courage the

serious attack in the neighbourhood and German-allowed me to retala my sword." Cracazes. was defeated by the French; who have since advanced in this area.

ALCOHOL IN THE GERMAN ARMY

Crown Prince" Rebuked by Temperance Advocate.

from their tres hos It was the hot test work since Mous," says one of our efice, a renceless and relentless fight. The enemy has apparently lost nong his daring, More than once in Those who take a geographical view of the night he came "nimest uear enough the operations may see little cause dor 1231 to shake hands with our sion in the rejoicing over the work of the last month.

tranches."

Their little Angs have been almost sta llut the Germans are not elever at tionary. on the war maps. Yet there is prince they still move in marez, every reason to be satisfied. We have! with loud shouts to encourage one ammore than beld our own against what

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ish himself on the coast below Osten, commonly consumed in Germany, were but the exhaustion and paralysis that sent to the troops huvo supervened on his first attempt ought to leave the people of England ly not for medicinal purposes, were going THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE

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to the front in the name of the Crown Prince that Von Straus und Teray, Pre- sident of the German Aseintion: Against the Misuse of Alcoholic Drinke, wrote to the Crown Prince calling attention to this traffic, reminding him that the Commander of the German Army had taken the view that alcohol for this purpose was ano-TIGTAL FUN 315 DECOR, 193,

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have the bancur on behalf of his Imperial and Royal Highness the Crows to reply to your letter of the 7th Milan, Oct. General Leman, the berole de 20 of this month concerning the announce- ment that Fais Imperial and Royal High- Lifgs, whiled away the dreary days of benees had sent a telegram appealing for imprisonment at Magdeba by writing barum, ste, for the troops. I declare Among these wounded war a Germ memore of the historie biere, A N in the name of his Imperial and Royal Excerpta from these tools are being Bighorns that the appeal did not meas officer who travelled with me from Ostend transmitted here by Italian correspondents that these drinks were wanted for tha on the eve of the war. I shall always in Berlin, where his story is appearing refreshment and stimulation of the troops, remember our talk in the train. He in the Press. Amongst other thugs, he but were needed as medicine against coll, was leaving his wife-an Fnglishwomen writes

dysentery, and so forth, which has been -used two children in London, and going The Germans were already in posses recommended from a mistical point of view,

of the city on the 7th (September) to see his mother and sisters, who lived because of the absence of a covered position that he is in full agreement with you la His Imperical and Royal Highness states in Trust, before joining his battery beyond the girdle of forta on the right back your work of the German Association at Mulhausen War, had not then beez of the Mouse. This enabled the Germans Against the Misuse of Alcoholic Drinks.

• Culased, but he had received his murch-

to bombard the forts on the inner side. The Crown Prince ought to feel proud of ing orders, and there were tears in his Once mastery of the city the Germans were his Lord Chamberlaitta voice when he spoke of the prospect be the left bank

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such circumstances, was one of those Loncin (west of Liege). On the 11th the strange coincidences that make us be 10 centimetre (3.inch and inch) cannons, Germsus started bombarding it with 7 and. lieve In late. Hir wounds were too and on the 19th and 13th they brought the serious to permit any conversation. He 21-centimetre (8-inch) guns-into action. was just abfe to give me a message for But it was not until the 14th that they his wile and to say one sentence: Your opened fire and began their destruction infantry and the French guna will flash that day, at 4 o'clock in the

of the outer works.

afternoon, German clear approached to On ülber pürte of this weitern front, within 200 yards of the fort with i'agaall- from the south of Arrue to Armentieres, the siege gunners having adjusted their ing flag in h's hand, and shortly afterwards we have made progres, and seen a sodrange began a fearful firing, that lasted a den decline in the activity and outer couple of hours,

prise of the enemy. I um sorry if I The hattary on the left slope was

• Espimor to scholga in über people's ru. destroyed, the enemy keeping on pounding

miusuences instead of recording chorraway exclusively with there 21

tele 21 centimetro tions of my own. Dait the truth is thus The

of the bombardment

for several days the Liberties of the in: began 45 5 o'clock in the morning of the gividual in this region of the war have 15th, Bring being kept up without a break been suppressed. It has become imati two in the afternoon. A grenade perdible to circulate the French recked the arende hereunder the general THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be and most dangerous lor a corren All light was extinguated by the force

staff were sheltering. Both PROGRA Besten, Equalled, For Broad forment to appear in the street. To is of the explosing, and the officers ran the Tocas, Confectionary, Moal with Wines &jysked on by the authorities stink of asphyxiation by the horrible gases Liggenre.

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