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THE LAKE PLACIJD NEWS, CLASHES MARK PROGRESS OF KAISER'S TROOPS AGAINST THE ALLIES AND RUSSIANS Co:;sacks and German Cavalry Meet Along East Prussian and Posen Frontiers, While Czar's Forces Continue to Harass Austrian Army in Galicia Theatre SERMAN SEA RAIDER IS RUN ASHORE, AFLAME, AFTER BRILLIANT STRUGGLE Game to the Last ADVANCE ON VERDUN BEGUN, Lody Siiot a$ SAYS GERMAN WAR EXPERT .* , \ £ — in London; Proves Berlin, (Yia The Hague and London). —The military critic of the "Ixjltai An- seiger" expresses the opinion that the capture of Vienn-e-le-ChateftM, in the Argonne, is an important factor in the German attempt to isolate Verdun from the w#st. If. lies eboiu twenty- two miles west of Verdun, on & pro- nounced rocky ridge connecting Ver- NEW KRUPP GUNS FOR KAISER'S FLEET : Young German Shields Superior • cer—First Tower Execution j Since 1747. London. — Saying only "Sentenr* was duly confirmed," official announce* The German Army Headquarters reports that the attack* near Ypres, where 50 French and British prison- ers were taken and several machine guna captured, is slowly progress- ing. Advances have also been made mouth of this region, it is stated, the strong counter attacks of the British forces being repulsed, The Germans rushing rein- reilef of the rry in the eastern theatre of war. icusar.ds of tramloads of troops e reported to have gone through ilgium. and others are being rush- ire nter or of Gerrra" through and joining the main army their only ?iternative will be a re- treat. Railway commuaication between Bruges and Aardenburg has heen sus- pended. Along the frostier from Sluis to West CappeHe the Germans are cutting down trees and barricading the roads. Nobody is allowed to enter or leave Bruges or Maldeglien. Sev- eral bridges have been destroyed. dun with the French forces on the j ment was made of the" "execution "oi , Aisne. ; Carl H&ng Lodv alias cnarles A | This critic, however, warns againstI ingiis, who was found guilty by a j considering the capture of Vienne-ie- ( court martial of a charge of espicnag* I Chateau as a breach through the j on Nov. 2. j French lines, for the reason that a j A firing squad of e-lght men "eon- number of other points on the same j firmed the sentence" just as dawn ridge also must toe taken in such aj was breaking. Seated in a chair against a wall of the asinature rifle range of London Tower, Lody folded his arms and crossed his legs, look- ing squarely at the sergeant in com- Thinks War's End ! Is Not in Sigh* ery foot of ground with their blood. • Germany Helping Starving Belgians d. i> a r t iiuf ! Sudden Cofiap6e of Germany 5s Not t t ii i i crn-iPi Filter Expected by Coi vr isr jrn anu ~>u n ed Verner -» j . , * ^crAid I PEL r ir ni < i n d a* l^ru n f o T \ lc igh^v \er-ti ^lpi r vi Wh •* a= torixif r h m 1 f ar> pr «^ > »• i i i a i ea <u d l ^an ih i n d *>~r ^ o J 7 * i i Hi } $ ) W )J a PT af j the < rid l reh i »-v ^ x r ca o **nd or t) e i id i a 1 "! 0 > i i ift di r f. e P f v. iv i TIK r 1 ne < i a 1 <_ tap ^ a 2 i j < trtu •\i n 1 u i<ti o I 3 ? ? u i «» f L i vi- movement. The steep western bank of the River Meuse, opposite St. Mi- hiel, also must be cleared of French troops, and German progress In this wooded and hiiiy country can be won j mand of the squad. He refused to >nly by troops willing to purchase ev- be blindfolded and to the last he preserved the imperturbable silence that marked his comportment through- out the three days of his trial. There had oeen no previous execu j tion at the Tower since 1747, when Lovat was beheaded for his part ie rebellion which was crushed ! the previous year at Culloden, Scot- Coal, Grain and Flour Supplied to j land. Lody died not far from the Stricken Cities, Berlin Reports. j spot where Anne Boleyn was oe- ! headed. His body subsequently was London.—The Marconi Company re-1 buried within the precincts of the eeived the following by wireless from | Tower. Berlin* l Lody was twenty-eight years old Germany has taken measures to as-! and a reserve of the Oerman navy. «. «t the Belgian civil population. Ac-1 Last ?*&* he served aboard the Kais- cording to the Lokal-Anzeiger 10,000 ! er's racing yacht Meteor, and the es- ons of coal have been supplied to! Peonage of which he was convicted h gasworks at Brussels, and 10,000: embraced the keeping track of the jags of grain and' 20,000 bags of flour '. movements of the British fleet in the - j the inhabitants of that city. An-1 North Sea. He testified that while ha t er 10,000 bags of grain havf> bemi : w as to do this he had been warned •?eni from Antwerp for di^trib it:on 8everaI of which - U l s said - bave been mounted SINKING OF FOUR GERMAN DESTROYERS } n imong the people oi Charlerc Mon- ai d Liege. It is officially reported from \ jf WIA at Archduke Francis Sahator ft cted the hospital providei f> i- r erican Red Cross Society and P \ ssed the satisfaction of hinx^ 'i \\d of the Austrian Red CTJ^ ^. c civ for its generous gift," "to fi v»vei as I'd in 'oi'i 1 - -'1 n KriLtLi Io< i< mo WARS UTF PHASES EPITOME OF WAR NEWS r e German cruiser Emd«'\ wricf as preyed on British eorri<.>e re <r ne Indian Ocean since - ^ ojt creak of the war, has beer SI^K \V ne Australian cruiser Sydney nez' Cocos island. The Britis r & r<Tiir •slty reports that the Joss * -'f. Russians and Turks in Fierce Struggle ES * ._ F •"" German cruiser Koen OSCL> g, /'hich disabled the Britisn c"j'*e* Pegasus in Zanzibar Harbc several weeks ago, is bottled up at Mafia stand, on the coast of German East Africa, according to an announce- ment from the British Admiralty. Ka-I Hans Lody, alias Charles A, ngSis, who once lived in this coun-• •'•y. has been executed in the Tower : of London as a spy. This was the i * rst execution in the Tower of Lon- don since 1700. \ T e German Governor of Brussels ' " ntrogt d,d Reports All diplomatic intercourse is j. ended. A battle is raging bet the Russians and The Turks o*: frontier oC Transcaucasia, each <s c claiming the advantage. The Angi~ French fleet is shelling the forts uf the Dardanelles and lias damagt i o* destroyed the Helles fort, one o* t^e principal defences. een ; trc '' able n i ( " e i < PI* t 11 ^ 1 " ? V I i c r I L w lT)f F \ ^) m c^ 6 i } ^ f I 7 a K <=! ul ii, r a n a VP -IO )^ n nee u ^ l v uair ipe P i n \ u ^ ^o T i nrt 1 i i "\ M n a e a I T p c f 1 " O r r l.ili (I « an rganizations that are feeding the stHcken Belgians unless the people eturn immediately and resume ->eir former activities. Co , Verner, a British military expert, said the sudden collapse of Germany n the near future was unlikely. He looks for the end of the war when + ne Kaiser can no ionger stand the economic strain. T e progress made by the Germans in their attacks on Ypres continues, n spite of obstinate resistance. Tne German report states that a strong coiumn of Russians has been oefeated near the Wyschyniz Lake, n East Prussia, and 4,000 prisoners and many machine guns have been captured. Lord Kitchener, speaking at the Guiid- hail banquet, declared his belief in the ultimate success of the Allies, and announced that 1,250,000 men were now training in England to join the forces In the field. Germans Say Nieuport Sortie Was Repulsed Berlin.—A report issued by General Headquarters says: "During the afternoon a sortie of the enemy from Nieuport, which was repeated during the night, completely failed. "In spite of the obstinate resistance our attacks on Ypres are progressing slowly but steadily. "The hostile counter-attacks south west of Ypres have been repulsed and several hundred men taken prisoners "Main headquarters reports that se\ eral of the enemy's ships again at tacked our right wing, but were rapid iy driven off by our artillery." it in e te o he r> ^ r Tr ^ i o i it T" c *\ tnre e t= t i p firn r p ! ? Hf ^n plov^p, rf u K i \e nmf r* 11 r rp c i ala r ir f o P \ a] n n *. 4"J h f ntr > c r rg thf vt na\c > f»er ^p< n *<k.V\\ \ Ipsuetr-h fron Bcr in nc cc r-t i «* rons: R iss i i T-r <"» { i anp V\rsz>ten ^ JS tpuisn w Th hea%\ sse t IP er ^^a. * < <? \g m^ c ^ in ^0 pr <? or^r and r>n *iarbir e gur \ A patt fro i 4m«sterdaT» HITS v at the trir'-por atior uf l e mar roop«t from thf w«»<: err v " 1 tie l ne tossarl Ye eas « procepding n i arge °cale Mi ttr iaf f l ] of men *i 6 rrui ton •>* T\ ir are go'rg tj * r niitu da H fr m Belp I TU h v,&y of Hvxi p l n d I o an a try and occupied a strong position twen- ty-five miies east of Erzerum, Petro- grad reported. Russian cruiser* bombarded the forts of the Bosporus. Be iin reports the captured of an im- portant height on the west of the Argonne, which has been the object of fighting for several weeks. The Russian General Staff reports that cavalry have crossed into German territory, r«ear Posen, snd destroyed a railroad station. The Russian of- fensive in Galicia has been taken up with increased vigor. The Germans report that three Rus- sian divisions which crossed the River Warthe hav« been defeated and pushed back across the stream. A correspondent cabled from Tokio tnat Japan's celebration over the capture of Tsing-Tau was greater tian that following the fail of Port Arthur in the war with Russi*, Dardanelles Forts Are Blown up by Fleets of Allies War Ships Bambard and Destroy For- tifications of Sedie Bahr and Kum Kale. London.—After a terrific bombard- ment by the Allied British and French fleets, the Turkish forts Sedie Bahr and Kum Kale, strong posts in the Dardanelles, have been destroyed, ac- cording to despatches received here from Athens. So severe was the firing of the war vessels that the forts are ruined beyond repair and in such a state of demolition that guns cannot Tse remounted. The shell fire caused terrific explosions inside the forts. ; With the reduction of Forts Sedie • and Kum Kale, much danger to the fleet has been eliminated, but the > allied fleet continues its bombardment of the other strongholds. F i s f-L I R FOR LIEbE Loaded Motor Trucks Flying Ameri- can Flags Leave Rotterdam. i.ou.n, -A difapau-n lo the Exchange 1>;..\u:i\i!! <V from Rotterdam says: "The UvAi cousignnient of flour sent by rh« American Belgian Relief Com- rai*iior, left Rotterdam for Liege, wliery t here has been no bread for a. fovhnsh!. The flour will be trana- portfrf by motor vans flying the Ameri- «*an flag, and will be accompanied by Tapt, Sunderland of th* American Re- }iet: Committee. TALE OF MOTORBOAT That Attacked a British Gunboat and Set It Exploding. Constantinople, (via London).—The Turkish General Staff reports the fol- lowing: "A Turkish motorboat cruising- in Shat-el-Arab encountered a British gunboat, with which it exchanged shots, causing an explosion on the gunboat. The Turkish, shells set fire to a petroleum task at Abo-than. The Turkish ocat returned to Basn damaged," FLOODS AID GERMANS. Line Near Nieuport is Shortened After inundation. London.—A despatch from Amster- dam to a locai news agency says the Germans have takea advantage of the heavy floods in the district near Nieu- port to shorten their line of defense. The number of soldiers in that region [ has been greatly reduced. Many train- | loads of German cavalry and gun* are being sent back to Germany, evidently on their way to re-enforce the armies ouQosinz the Russians. KITCHENER SEES VICTORY, With Sir John French He Congratu- lates Grand Duke Nicholas. Fetrograd.—Grand Duke Nicholas, commander in chief of the Russian for- ces in the field, has received congratu- lations from Lord Kitchener and Field Marshal Sir John French for the ter- mination of the second stage of the Russian operations. Lord Kitchener's message concludes: "We are convinced that the joint ef- forts of the Allies will result in a ! crushing defeat for the enemy." { Romai'sable pantograph <jf t U tmjiii-e of lour German defttro) era in the North sea, taken bv a British officer on a boat that went to the rescue of the floating survivors. GERMAN TOWN DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS ! ~FIRING7T7TAUBT™ This photograph of Neidenburg, East Prussia, was made just after the Russians had left the city. Though unfortified and undefended, it was shelled for two hours and the hospital, the church and many other buildings were destroyed. MADAME PATTI VISITS THE WOUNDED Madame Patti, the famous singer, visiting the wounded Belgians in the Pattl ward of the Swansea hospital. She sang at a concert la London in aid of l^e Belgian relief road. British aircraft gun firing at a Gep man Tauhe aeroplane from an ar- mored train in Belgium. The first pio ture to be shown of this gun. Officer Makes Coward Brave. Paris.—Nothing better illustrates the relations between French officers and privates than the following inci dent related by a wounded soldier: "One day under the peppering o! mitrailleuse fire," he aaid, "a soldier fighting In the first rank was over come by panic and turned to the rear. The captain seized him by the arm, led him back to his post and remained beside him until he quieted' Shortly after we charged bayonet, and do you know who led? It was the very man ^ao wanted to fly. The captain had inoculated Mia wltk his own cour
Transcript of CLASHES MARK PROGRESS OF KAISER'S TROOPS AGAINST … · cording to the Lokal-Anzeiger 10,000 ! er's...
THE LAKE PLACIJD NEWS,
CLASHES MARK PROGRESSOF KAISER'S TROOPS AGAINST
THE ALLIES AND RUSSIANSCo:;sacks and German Cavalry Meet Along East Prussian
and Posen Frontiers, While Czar's ForcesContinue to Harass Austrian Army
in Galicia Theatre
SERMAN SEA RAIDER IS RUN ASHORE,AFLAME, AFTER BRILLIANT STRUGGLE
Game to the Last
ADVANCE ON VERDUN BEGUN, L o d y S i io t a $SAYS GERMAN WAR EXPERT .* , \ £
— in London; ProvesBerlin, (Yia The Hague and London).
—The military critic of the "Ixjltai An-seiger" expresses the opinion that thecapture of Vienn-e-le-ChateftM, in theArgonne, is an important factor in theGerman attempt to isolate Verdunfrom the w#st. If. lies eboiu twenty-two miles west of Verdun, on & pro-nounced rocky ridge connecting Ver-
NEW KRUPP GUNS FOR KAISER'S FLEET
: Young German Shields Superior• cer—First Tower Executionj Since 1747.
London. — Saying only "Sentenr*was duly confirmed," official announce*
The German Army Headquartersreports that the attack* near Ypres,where 50 French and British prison-ers were taken and several machineguna captured, is slowly progress-ing. Advances have also been mademouth of this region, it is stated,the strong counter attacks of theBritish forces being repulsed,
The Germans rushing rein-reilef of the
rry in the eastern theatre of war.icusar.ds of tramloads of troopse reported to have gone throughilgium. and others are being rush-
ire nter or of Gerrra"
through and joining the main armytheir only ?iternative will be a re-treat.
Railway commuaication betweenBruges and Aardenburg has heen sus-pended. Along the frostier from Sluisto West CappeHe the Germans arecutting down trees and barricadingthe roads. Nobody is allowed to enteror leave Bruges or Maldeglien. Sev-eral bridges have been destroyed.
dun with the French forces on the j m e n t w a s m a d e o f the" "execution "oi, Aisne. ; C a r l H & n g L o d v a l i a s cnarles A| This critic, however, warns againstI ingiis, who was found guilty by aj considering the capture of Vienne-ie- ( court martial of a charge of espicnag*I Chateau as a breach through the j on Nov. 2.j French lines, for the reason that a j A firing squad of e-lght men "eon-number of other points on the same j firmed the sentence" just as dawnridge also must toe taken in such aj was breaking. Seated in a chair
against a wall of the asinature riflerange of London Tower, Lody foldedhis arms and crossed his legs, look-ing squarely at the sergeant in com-
Thinks War's End! Is Not in Sigh*
ery foot of ground with their blood. •
Germany HelpingStarving Belgians
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movement. The steep western bankof the River Meuse, opposite St. Mi-hiel, also must be cleared of Frenchtroops, and German progress In thiswooded and hiiiy country can be won j mand of the squad. He refused to>nly by troops willing to purchase ev- be blindfolded and to the last he
preserved the imperturbable silencethat marked his comportment through-out the three days of his trial.
There had oeen no previous execuj tion at the Tower since 1747, when
Lovat was beheaded for his partie rebellion which was crushed
! the previous year at Culloden, Scot-Coal, Grain and Flour Supplied to j land. Lody died not far from the
Stricken Cities, Berlin Reports. j spot where Anne Boleyn was oe-! headed. His body subsequently was
London.—The Marconi Company re-1 buried within the precincts of theeeived the following by wireless from | Tower.Berlin* l Lody was twenty-eight years old
Germany has taken measures to a s - ! a n d a reserve of the Oerman navy.«. «t the Belgian civil population. Ac-1 L a s t ?*&* h e served aboard the Kais-cording to the Lokal-Anzeiger 10,000 ! er's racing yacht Meteor, and the es-ons of coal have been supplied to! Peonage of which he was convictedh gasworks at Brussels, and 10,000: embraced the keeping track of thejags of grain and' 20,000 bags of flour '. movements of the British fleet in the -j the inhabitants of that city. An-1 North Sea. He testified that while hat er 10,000 bags of grain havf> bemi : w a s to do this he had been warned
•?eni from Antwerp for di^trib it:on
8 e v e r a I o f w h i c h - U l s s a i d - b a v e b e e n mounted
SINKING OF FOUR GERMAN DESTROYERS
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imong the people oi Charlerc Mon-ai d Liege.
It is officially reported from \ jf WIAat Archduke Francis Sahator ft
cted the hospital providei f> i-r erican Red Cross Society and P \
ssed the satisfaction of hinx^ 'i\\d of the Austrian Red CTJ^ ^ .c civ for its generous gift,"
"to fiv»vei asI'd in 'oi'i1--'1 n KriLtLi
Io<i< mo
WARS UTF PHASES
EPITOME OFWAR NEWS
r e German cruiser Emd«'\ wricfas preyed on British eorri<.>e re <rne Indian Ocean since - ̂ ojt
creak of the war, has beer SI^K \Vne Australian cruiser Sydney nez'
Cocos island. The Britisr &r<Tiir•slty reports that the Joss * -'f.
Russians and Turksin Fierce Struggle
ES * ._ F
•"" German cruiser Koen OSCL> g,/'hich disabled the Britisn c"j'*e*Pegasus in Zanzibar Harbc severalweeks ago, is bottled up at Mafiastand, on the coast of German East
Africa, according to an announce-ment from the British Admiralty.
Ka-I Hans Lody, alias Charles A,ngSis, who once lived in this coun-•
•'•y. has been executed in the Tower :of London as a spy. This was the i* rst execution in the Tower of Lon-don since 1700. \
T e German Governor of Brussels '
" ntrogt d,d Reports
All diplomatic intercourse isj. ended. A battle is raging betthe Russians and The Turks o*:frontier oC Transcaucasia, each <s cclaiming the advantage. The Angi~French fleet is shelling the forts ufthe Dardanelles and lias damagt i o*destroyed the Helles fort, one o* t^eprincipal defences.
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rganizations that are feeding thestHcken Belgians unless the peopleeturn immediately and resume->eir former activities.
Co , Verner, a British military expert,said the sudden collapse of Germanyn the near future was unlikely. He
looks for the end of the war when+ ne Kaiser can no ionger stand theeconomic strain.
T e progress made by the Germansin their attacks on Ypres continues,n spite of obstinate resistance.
Tne German report states that astrong coiumn of Russians has beenoefeated near the Wyschyniz Lake,n East Prussia, and 4,000 prisoners
and many machine guns have beencaptured.
Lord Kitchener, speaking at the Guiid-hail banquet, declared his belief inthe ultimate success of the Allies,and announced that 1,250,000 menwere now training in England tojoin the forces In the field.
Germans Say NieuportSortie Was Repulsed
Berlin.—A report issued by GeneralHeadquarters says:
"During the afternoon a sortie ofthe enemy from Nieuport, which wasrepeated during the night, completelyfailed.
"In spite of the obstinate resistanceour attacks on Ypres are progressingslowly but steadily.
"The hostile counter-attacks southwest of Ypres have been repulsed andseveral hundred men taken prisoners
"Main headquarters reports that se\eral of the enemy's ships again attacked our right wing, but were rapidiy driven off by our artillery."
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a tryand occupied a strong position twen-ty-five miies east of Erzerum, Petro-grad reported. Russian cruiser*bombarded the forts of the Bosporus.
Be iin reports the captured of an im-portant height on the west of theArgonne, which has been the objectof fighting for several weeks.
The Russian General Staff reports thatcavalry have crossed into Germanterritory, r«ear Posen, snd destroyeda railroad station. The Russian of-fensive in Galicia has been taken upwith increased vigor.
The Germans report that three Rus-sian divisions which crossed theRiver Warthe hav« been defeatedand pushed back across the stream.
A correspondent cabled from Tokiotnat Japan's celebration over thecapture of Tsing-Tau was greatertian that following the fail of PortArthur in the war with Russi*,
Dardanelles FortsAre Blown up by
Fleets of AlliesWar Ships Bambard and Destroy For-
tifications of Sedie Bahrand Kum Kale.
London.—After a terrific bombard-ment by the Allied British and Frenchfleets, the Turkish forts Sedie Bahrand Kum Kale, strong posts in theDardanelles, have been destroyed, ac-cording to despatches received herefrom Athens. So severe was the firingof the war vessels that the forts areruined beyond repair and in such astate of demolition that guns cannotTse remounted. The shell fire causedterrific explosions inside the forts. ;
With the reduction of Forts Sedie •and Kum Kale, much danger to thefleet has been eliminated, but the
> allied fleet continues its bombardmentof the other strongholds.
F i s f-L I R FOR LIEbE
Loaded Motor Trucks Flying Ameri-can Flags Leave Rotterdam.
i.ou.n, -A difapau-n lo the Exchange1>;..\u:i\i!! <V from Rotterdam says:
"The UvAi cousignnient of flour sentby rh« American Belgian Relief Com-rai*iior, left Rotterdam for Liege,wliery t here has been no bread fora. fovhnsh!. The flour will be trana-portfrf by motor vans flying the Ameri-«*an flag, and will be accompanied byTapt, Sunderland of th* American Re-}iet: Committee.
TALE OF MOTORBOAT
That Attacked a British Gunboat andSet It Exploding.
Constantinople, (via London).—TheTurkish General Staff reports the fol-lowing:
"A Turkish motorboat cruising- inShat-el-Arab encountered a Britishgunboat, with which it exchangedshots, causing an explosion on thegunboat. The Turkish, shells set fireto a petroleum task at Abo-than. TheTurkish ocat returned to Basndamaged,"
FLOODS AID GERMANS.
Line Near Nieuport is ShortenedAfter inundation.
London.—A despatch from Amster-dam to a locai news agency says theGermans have takea advantage of theheavy floods in the district near Nieu-port to shorten their line of defense.The number of soldiers in that region
[ has been greatly reduced. Many train-| loads of German cavalry and gun* arebeing sent back to Germany, evidentlyon their way to re-enforce the armiesouQosinz the Russians.
KITCHENER SEES VICTORY,
With Sir John French He Congratu-lates Grand Duke Nicholas.
Fetrograd.—Grand Duke Nicholas,commander in chief of the Russian for-ces in the field, has received congratu-lations from Lord Kitchener and FieldMarshal Sir John French for the ter-mination of the second stage of theRussian operations. Lord Kitchener'smessage concludes:
"We are convinced that the joint ef-forts of the Allies will result in a !crushing defeat for the enemy." {
Romai'sable pantograph <jf tU tmjiii-e of lour German defttro) era in the North sea, taken bv a British officeron a boat that went to the rescue of the floating survivors.
GERMAN TOWN DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS ! ~ F I R I N G 7 T 7 T A U B T ™
This photograph of Neidenburg, East Prussia, was made just after theRussians had left the city. Though unfortified and undefended, it was shelledfor two hours and the hospital, the church and many other buildings weredestroyed.
MADAME PATTI VISITS THE WOUNDED
Madame Patti, the famous singer, visiting the wounded Belgians in thePattl ward of the Swansea hospital. She sang at a concert la London in aidof l^e Belgian relief road.
British aircraft gun firing at a Gepman Tauhe aeroplane from an ar-mored train in Belgium. The first pioture to be shown of this gun.
Officer Makes Coward Brave.Paris.—Nothing better illustrates
the relations between French officersand privates than the following incident related by a wounded soldier:"One day under the peppering o!mitrailleuse fire," he aaid, "a soldierfighting In the first rank was overcome by panic and turned to the rear.The captain seized him by the arm,led him back to his post and remainedbeside him until he quieted' Shortlyafter we charged bayonet, and do youknow who led? It was the very man^ao wanted to fly. The captain hadinoculated Mia wltk his own cour
