VOL.. L.I"V. NO. 16,837.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BATTLE BECOMING
SIEGE OF TRENCHES
Only Night Attacks Pos
sible on Line.
ARMIES MAINTAIN POSITIONS
Rheims Continues to Suffer
v . From Bombardment.
AIR CHASES FREQUENT
Civilian Population Said to Have
Suffered Loss of 700 Old Forts
Around City Constantly
Subject to Fire.
' PARIS. Nov. 10. Contentment and
confidence prevail among the hundreds
of thousands or French, British and
Belgian troops engaged along the ex
tended battle line from xthe North Sea
to Switzerland, in an endeavor to dis
lodge the invading army from its
stronghold on French and Belgian ter
ritory, according to French officers ar
riving at the capital today from the
front.
Apart from the fierce and sanguinary
encounters from Lille and Arras to the
geacoast, both armies during the past
week have maintained their positions.
Only Msht Attacks Possible.
The combatants sit steadfastly in
their wet trenches, occasionally execut
ing the only possible maneuver, a night
attack.
At any other time the slightest sign
of life .brings a hail of rifle bullets,
for the infantry is always on the alert,
and a helmet showing above the earth
works is sure to be greeted with
salvo.
The two armies have been so long
dug in at the same spots that the up
turned earth of the trenches is nearly
everywhere covered with a short growth
of grass or weeds. The reliefs are made
. at night with as little noise as pos
sible.
"Wibwia" Is Dlsgnlsed Genua,
A supposedly unconcerned wash-
Woman was caught and was found to
- be a German officer. Me suffered the
usual fate of spies. The City of Rheims
Itself still suffers considerably from
bombardment by the Germans. Last
Friday 250 shells fell into the city,
though no French troops were sta
tioned there. The ancient and beautiful .
cathedral, into which entry is strictly
forbidden, seems, observers of the bom
bardment say, to be a point of the Ger
man gunners' aim.
All the buildings around the edifice
have suffered severely, while the cathe
dral itself presents a shocking spec
tacle. Use of Cathedral Forbidden.
No French military station is any
where near and there are no artillery
batteries within miles of the city. The
Military Governor has Informed the
cathedral authorities that any one as
cending to the towers for any purpose
whatever will be shot immediately, as
he does not desire to give the Germans
any excuse for training their guns on
the building.
On the old forts around Rheims, now
in French hands, nobody can show him
self without drawing an immediate gun
fire from the German position. German
aeroplanes fly about constantly, and an
exciting aerial chase is a daily oc
currence. Airmen Drop Bombs la City.
German airmen make frequent trips
over Rheims, where they drop bombs
In. the chief commercial section of the
city, thereby adding considerably to the
number of casualties among the civil
population, which Is understood to have
lost about 700 of its number in killed
alone from the effects of the German
bombardment. Some lives were lost by
persons being suffocated as the result
of the subsidence of houses when struck
by shells.
Every evening about. 6 o'clock the
shelling of the city begins, and .the
people of the poorer Quarters spend
that portion of the day in the open
fields on the side of the city away from
the German positions. At other times
of the day the people seem to go about
their business as though nothing extra
ordinary was occurring.
PIEUC1XO MOVE CONTINUES
Germans Strive to Create Flank 'by
Driving Through Allies' Lines
PARIS, Nov. 10. The fog had
abated somewhat today and the battle
was resumed wtih all its former vio
lence from the North Sea to Arras.
Undeterred by previous losses, the
Germans again return to the charge.
All along the line from the sea to
the Vosges Mountains there is no
flank on which to carry out their fa
vorite enveloping maneuver and the
Germans are trying to create one by
piercing the battle line in a frontal
attack. The effort Is being made to
the south of Dixmude and officials re
turning from the front say it is likely
to continue for some time,
The progress of the allies, according
to these officers, though not rapid, is
satisfactory. A celebrated French
General, who has been prevented by
age and ill-health from .taking an ac
tive part in the campaign and whose
name for obvious reasons mannot ge
given, said today:
It seems to me that the situation of
the allies Is excellent, quite apart from
the Russian victory The Germans
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15,000 VILLA MEN
MARCH ON CAPITAL
ARMY OP 40,000 PREPARED TO
RESIST ADVANCE.
Severe Fighting Continues In Sub
urbs of Mexico City Zapata Gen
erals Continue Attacks.
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 10. Generals
commanding 50,000 men in this vicinity
were relieved of their command today
by General Venustlano Carranza be
cause they refused, to nullify their ac
tion In signing an agreement to abide
by the decision of the Aguas Callentes
convention. Among these soldiers are
General Benavides, commanding 10,000
men; General Antonio Vlllareal, Gen
eral Javencl Robles and. many others.
It is reported here that General
Villa's advance guard, consisting or
15.000 men of all arms, is marching
south of Encarnaclon de Diaz on its
way to the capital, which it is said
to have been ordered, to take in the
name of Eulallo Gutierrez. Between
the troops and. their goal is General
Pablo Gonzales, who is loyal to Car
ranza, with 40,000 troops disposed
about Quaretaro City. It is expected a
clash of arms will occur there.
In the capital there are 27,000 men,
according - to official figures.
Severe fighting continues in the
suburbs of the capital. Persistent at
tacks aTe being made on Xochimllco
and San Angel by the .followers of
Emilloano Zapata. During the fighting
last Sunday it is reported there were
300 casualties.
NACO, Ariz., Nov. 10. Governor May
torena Villa troops opened the renewed
siege on the Carranza garrison in Naco,
Sonora, . early tonight with well-
directed artillery fire. For 30 minutes
the attackers' threw shells into the
town. The fact that the artillery
opened tonight apparently to get the
range is believed, by Hill to presage a
night attack.
BULLETINS
GENEVA, via Paris, Nov. 11. A
heavy uww has fallen la the Vossei
Mountains and the Black Forest. The
Germans are aald to have bad.Kreat
difficulty In removing their rtaei
Held artillery from defeaslve positions
on the heights lata tbe valleys. Their
removal la considered in aome quarters
here to indicate that the army la pre
paring for a retreat.
LO.XUON, Nov. 11. An Amsterdam
dispatch to the Heater Telegram Com
pany saya that the Dutch newspapers
confirm the statement that Germany Is
traaaferrlng cavalry and artillery from
the westera to the eastern frontier.
LONDON, Nov. 10.- A Central News
dispatch from Vienna says that prep
arations are being rushed for the nec-
nd siege of Prsemayl. It Is reported
that the Rnsslaaa are equipped with
new eight-Inch French guns.
MAASSLUIS, - Holland, via London,
Nov. 10. The Norwegian steamer
Plutoa, bound from London for Chris
tianla, was sunk by a mine Sunday oil
Yarmouth. Nineteen men of her crew
and three passengers were rescued by
a Dutch lugger.
BERLIN, Nov, ' 10. Reports received
here from Copenhagen act forth that
the Russlaa governmeat la protesting
to Pekla against the concentration of
troops on the Maachurlan frontier.
BERLIN, Nov. lO. The Sheih-ul-
Islam, head of the hierarchy In Turkey,
has prepared aa announcement to all
Mohammedans la which he declares
that every . Mohammedan .fighting oa
the aide of Great Britain, France aad
Russia Is not a warrior but a murderer.
and liable to religious punishment.
BERLIN, Nov. lO, via wireless. The
Novoe Vremya, a newspaper published
In Petrograd, reports that the Japa-
m government haa denuded from
China a .concession for the construc
tion of a railroad from Tsl-Naa, 1:
Shantung province, ta the Yangtse
River.
LONDON, Nov. 10. A dispatch to the
Renter Telegram Company from Pre
toria aaya It la officially announced
there that on November 8 Llentenaat
Vandeventer met the rebels at Sand-
f ontein, 64 miles north of Pretoria, bail
ing or wounding 130 and capturlag 25.
The Union losses were 12 men killed
aad 11 wounded. ' t
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 10. The Brit
lsh cruisers Carnarvon and Defense ar
rived here today, accompanied by the
transport Orama.
CARRANZA ACCEPTS TERMS
TJnited States Request Regarding
Vera Cruz Citizens Granted.
MEXICO CITT, Nov. 10. General
Venustlano Carranza has granted all
the requests of - the Washington Gov
ernment regarding the evacuation of
Vera Cruz by the American troops, ac
cording to a telegram received tonight
from Foreign Minister Fabela.
Every guarantee asked by. Washing
ton for the Mexicans now in Vera
Cruz will be given In a public decree
to be Issued shortly. . In return for
these concessions, the Carranza. gov
ernment has asked the TJnited States
to fix a definite date for the evacu
ation.
NOBLE HUNGARIANS SLAIN
Aristocracy Suffers Heavily
Battles In France.
In
. PARIS, isoc. 10. According to the
latest list of killed published In Vienna,
the Hungarian aristocracy had a con
siderable loss in the battles around
Lille, France, to which district they
had been sent to aid the Germans.
The lists show that 867 Hussars be
longing to noble families were killed.
GERMAN TERROR OF
SEAS IS DESTROYED
Australian Drives Em
den Ashore.
SPIRITED DEFENSE IS FUTILE
Koenigsberg, Also Menace to
Allies Ships, Bottled Up.
EMDEN'S LOSS IS HEAVY
'Briliant Entry of Australian Navy
Into War" Made Subject of Con
gratulatory Telegram - by
Lord of Admiralty.
LONDON, Nov. 10. Destruction of the
German cruiser Emden, which has long
preyed on the commerce of the allies
in Eastern waters, and the bottlingvup
on the coast of East Africa of the Ger
man cruiser Koenigsberg waa reported
officially today.
The Emden was run ashore after a
futile but spirited resistance, .on an
island 500 miles southwest of Java, in
tbe Indian Ocean. The Australian cruis
er Sydney won the battle.
KoKentsDerg Is Imprisoned.
The report of the Admiralty said:
' "The Koenigsberg is now imprisoned
and unable to do any further harm.
The fast vessels which have been
searching for her are thus released for
other service.
"Another large combined operation
by fast cruisers against - the German
cruiser Emden has been for some time
in progress. In the search, which has
covered an Immense area, the British
cruisers have been aided by French,
Russian and Japanese vessels, working
in harmony. The Australian warships
Melbourne and Sydney also were in
eluded in these movements.
Emden Forced to Fight.
yesterday morning news was re
oelved that the Emden, which had fceen
completely lost to sight after her ac
tion with" th" Russian cruiser Jemt
chug, had arrived at Keeling, or Cocos,
Island and landed an armed party to
estroy the wireless station. Here she
was caught and forced to fight by the
Australian - cruiser Sydney, Captain
John Glosson.
A sharp action took place, in which
the Sydney suffered the loss of three
men killed and 15 wounded. The Em
den was driven ashore and burned. Her
losses in personnel are reported as
very heavy. All possible assistance
ow is being given to the survivors by
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BATHER UNCERTAIN
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 49.8
degrees; minimum, 41 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
, 'War.
German spy shot in Tower of London.
Page 1.
German cruiser Emden driven ashore In
Indian Ocean, Koenigsberg bottled up oil
East Africa. . Page 1.
Final assault on Tslng-Tau marked by reck
less daring on part of Japanese, rage
Battle in France and Flanders becomes
siege of trenches. Pago 1.
Russians gain on left wing, but right i
forced back. Page 1.
Britain fully awakened to war. Page 2.
Britain to slese all doubtful copper cargoes.
raze a.
Havre, capital of Belgium, not gay. Page 3.
Russians report on sinking of transports in
.tsiac bea. ra:e .
Mexico.
Villa marching on capital with 13,000 men.
.rage i.
, National.
Cattle epidemic now affects . 14 states.
Page c
Domestic.
Quarry laborer shoots president of company
wnen told to wait until payaay xor nu
money.. Page 6.
Portland pastor's room cosy, explains wom
an In court. Page 6.
Pacific Northwest.
Robert G. Smith, of Crants Pass, is dis
barred by supreme court, irago ?
... b ports.
Minor leaguers ' pledge loyalty to organised
baseball. Page 12.
Idaho-Aggie game to -furnish prize package
ot inns, rage 12.
Constable stops bloody Langford-M,cMahon
Hunt in sixth round. . rage 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Portland wheat cargoes sell in London
further advance. Page 17.
Chicago wheat market lower because of
scarcity of export tonnage. Page IT.
Stocks and bonds In demand at New York
at- higher . prices -Page- 17.
Portland likely to ha9 record grain ship
ments for r 815-18 season. Page 18.
. -. Portland and Vicinity.
Numerous salaried positions are in gift of
newly-elected Governor. Page 1L
Police rules cause talk in clubrooms.
Page 17.
Phil Metschan. Sr.. left Germany for Amer
lea 60 years ago, November , 10. Page 7.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17
Hillsboro sets record for largest delegation
at Products Snow. Page 1.
Shattuck parents and teachers honor' Misses
Millard and White at reception. Page tt.
Big shakeup due in Water Bureau. Page 6.
A. I Mills predicts hotter times by Spring.
rage 4.
Trial of State Security Company, alleged
"loan shark" concern. Is begun. Page 4.
Assessors, in sessions, discuss their troubles.
Page 7.
Chfnese baby show to be held at Armory
triaay. rage .
W. Lair Thompson says Legislature bent on
economy, rage 13.
CANADA TO "WIN OR DIE"
Alberta Minister Says Dominion Will
Benefit by "War.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10. "There is no
doubt In the minds of Canadians of the
result of the war; but should the Brit
ish Empire fall It would not affect any
of us in Canada, for in that event we
should all be dead and should know
nothing about It." said Arthur I Sif
ton. Prime Minister of. Alberta, wh
was the guest of honor at a dinn,er of
the Canadian Club here tonight.
"There is no sentiment of doubt that
we must give every possible aid to
carry the war to a. successful conclu
sion," he continued. "It may be a
mattex. of months,, it may ,be a matter
of years: but when the war Is over
Canada will be the gainer." t
Increased . prosperity will come to
Canada, the . Minister predicted.
CONDITIONS STILL PREVAIL AROUND THE OBSERVATORY,
HAH SPY SHOT
IN . LONDON TIMER
Sentence of Courtmar-
tial Executed.
SECRET IS KEPT TO LAST
ClVllian POSe by NaVal LieUien-
ant Admitted.
DEATH IS MET BRAVELY
Execution, First on Historic Ground
Since 1700, Takes Place Near
"Where Anne Boleyn and
Others Ended Lives.
LONDON. Nov. 10. It is announced
officially that Charles Lody, alias
Charles Inglis. who va found guilty I
Dy a court-martial ot espionage no- i
vember 2, has been shot as a spy. I
When arrested Lody said he was an I
American but later confessed he was a I
German. He had lived in New York I
and Omaha. In Omaha he married the I
daughter of Gottlieb Storz, a brewer, I
who later divorced him. I
Lody met his deatn in the Tower of I
London after having been found guilty I
by a court-martial on charges of hav
ing communicated with the enemy. The
statement concerning the execution is
brief, merely saying:
"Sentence was duly confirmed.".
Superior Not Betrayed.
It is understood that Lody died
bravely, refusing to the last to reveal
the name of the superior officer .from
whom he received his Instructions to
spy on the British navy.
This was the first execution in the
Tower of London since 1700. The scene
of the execution was the tower bar
racks, not far from the spot where
Anne Boleyn and other persons famous
in English history were put to death
Lody was about 28 years old.
' Ledy Oace Employed la America.
Carl Hans Lody, the first man in
generations to be shot as a spy in
England, once was employed as a guide
by a tourist agency in New York, and
also worked for the Union Pacific Rail
way in Omaha.
He was arrested late
in September in London charged with
espionage, and at his trial testified that
he was a former Lieutenant in the
German navy, but that he had been
transferred to the reserves.
In his capacity as a reserve officer,
Lody said, he was ordered to go to
England and keep track of the move-
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EH
Tuesday's War Moves
CLAIMS of the contending armies on
the eastern and western battle
grounds, especially as concerns the
situation in West Flanders, dovetailed
in so few respects tonight as to leave
but one big faction land or sea undis
puted. That was the destruction of
the German raider Emden and the trap
ping of the German cruiser Koenigs
berg, the latter In a palm-lined East
African river under circumstances
which read as though they were taken
from Stevenson.
The British marine Insurance rate
was almost instantly cut one-half
for never since the days of the Alaba
ma has there been such a successful
commerce destroyer as the Emden.
Cheers broke forth at Lloyd's on the
struggles of the armies in France,
Belgium, Russia and. elsewhere were
forgotten.
Tet all these armies were at each
other's throats the Germans and Rus
sians clashing in cavalry engagements
along the German frontiers; the Rus
sians still harassing the Austriaus in
Galicla, and French,. British and
Belgians uniting to hold back what
still appears to be a tremendous Ger
man attempt to break through the
allied line in the vicinity of Ypres.
Many dispatches speak of the move
ment of German troops eastward from
Belgium as forecasting the necessity of
reinforcements along the eastern
frontier, but neither the French nor
German official Rtatfmnnta indicated
any slackening in the violence of the
German attacks In West Flanders. In
fact, the- French statement says that
ireiwwii uio sea. ana Armenuores me
opposing forces were both acting on
the offensive.
As to the outcome of . this double
offensive, the rival contentions are
absolutely contradictory, the Germans
asserting slow progress near Ypres and
the French asserting that the German
attack was beaten back. In view of
what seems to be a sustained and con-
certed German effort In this region, the
reports of the German retirement are
hardly borne out. although It Is said
they have moved their headquarters
still farther east, this time from Ghent
to Alost.
The' situation along the battle line in
France proper, from the standpoint of
the allies, was summed up in a dispatch
from an "observer with the Indian
corps." who says there has been no
marked change anywhere, though he
professes to see a gradual weakening
of the German attacks. .
Aside from the military aspects of
the war, what stood out boldest was
German's reported threat to cut off the
food supply which the United States
is sending to Belgium if the Belgians
did not return to their cities and make
an effort to resume their normal oc
cupations. The Belgian answer is that
It. has been impossible to resume
semblance of normal activity because
the German soldiery bad commandeered
all implements and materials necessary
to an industrial revival.
The British government issued last
night another so-called White Paper,
reviewing the incidents which pre
ceded the declaration of war against
Turkey. It deals in the main with
the Goeben and Breslau affair and
sets forth that the Grand Vizier all
along was at least ostensibly against
dragging Turkey into the conflict, but
either was powerless to resist Enver
Bey and his associates, or while out
wardly opposing them, was winking
at the fast approaching crisis, while
the Turkish and German preparations
went forward.
SERVIANS BEATEN AT-HOME
Austrlans Report Victory Over Army
of 120,000.
BERLIN. Nov. 10 (by wireless). Ac
cording to an Austrian official an
nouncement received in Berlin, the
Austrlans, in a battle in Western Servia
of three days' duration, defeated 120,
000 Servians, who have been forced to
retreat on Valjevo. The Austrlans
made many prisoners and captured
a large quantity of war material.
An Austrian aviator has thrown
bombs on Cettinje, Montenegro, dam
aging the station.
The reported victory of General
Poticrek, the Austrian commander, over
the Servians, proves, the Berliner Tage-
blatt military writer maintains, that
this general is fully capable of holding
the Servians in check. This success of
the AUBtrians, he concludes, may soon
show its influence in a political way.
"BLUE SKY LAW" PASSES
Apparent Defeat Turned Into Vic
tory in California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. An in
vestment company's act a so-called
'blue sky law" placing tbe Issuance
of all securities and the conduct of all
investment companies under an ap
polntlve official with bank examiner's
powers, was adopted in California at
Tuesday's election, according to returns
received tonight.
A majority of nearly 45,000 in Los
Angeles County alone turned apparent
defeat into victory for the measure.
FIRST CROSS IS AWARDED
Thrilling Rescue of Captain in Face
of Bullets Wins Honors.
LONDON, Nov. 10. Sergeant-Major
White, of the army service corps, is the
first man to get the coveted Victoria
Cross in the present war.
The gallant act for which this sol
dler was awarded the cross occurred
at Le Cateau, -where White, after his
corps had been driven back by German
cavalrymen, returned in the face of
hall of bullets searching for his wound
ed Captain. He was successful and car
ried the - wounded officer to' safety.
WhiU was utmat la both latva,
RUSSIAN LEFT GAINS;
RIGHT FORGED BACK
Railway Bridges Blown
Up in Germany.
TRAIN IS REPORTED CAPTURED
Reports on Austrian Battle
Line Are Conflicting.
EACH SAYS FOE RETREATS
Vour Thousand of Czar's Troops in
Kast Prussia Captured, Says Ber
lin and Military Expert Pre
dicts Retirement Soon.
LONDON, Nov. 10. Russian troops
have made notable advances against
the German right wing, while the
Kaiser's army In Northeastern Prussia
has forced at least a part of the enemy '
back across the frontier, although the
Czar's forces defeated the guard of a
railroad and destroyed bridges and cap
tured a train In that district, according
to reports from Petrograd and Berlin.
Along the Austrian battle line there
is a wide dlscrepency in the reports
from Petrograd and Vienna, respect
ively. Line Abandonment Indicated.
A Petrograd dispatch says: "The
Austrian evacuation ot the position to '
the southeast of Lemberg. In South
Galicla, and in Bukowina, is reported
In Petrograd today to be continuing.
There also are indications here that the
entire Austrian line from Stry to ,
Czernowltz Is gradually being aban
doned.
Dispatches received here from Czer
nowltz, capital of the crown land of
Bukowina, declare that with the excep
tion of a garrison of reservists of the
oldest levy, no Austrian troops are left
there.
"The engagements recently have, for
the most .part, been . trivial encounters
between individual columns. Only at
Kolomea are the Austrlans seriously
disputing the Russian advance."
Rnsslaaa Go Back, Saya Vienna.
The official version Issued at Vienna
says: Tne Jttusstans nave evacuates
the greater portion of Bukowina and
retired In the. direction of the Dniester
River, where they have beep pursued
by the Austrian troops, who have taken
many prisoners.
The Russians were repulsed near
Gumblnnen, according to a Berlin dis
patch, which adds:
Simultaneously with their operations
against the main German army under
General von Hlndenburg on the Una
of the River Warthe, the Russians at
tempted to break into East Prussia by
the old route south of Wlrballen, but
they were met at the frontier by Gen-.
eral:von Morgen's army, and after very .
heavy fighting were driven back across
the frontier.
4000 Raaaiaas Reported Taken.
The Russians are reported as hav-
ing left 4000 prisoners in German,
hands."
A Petrograd dispatch says the fol
lowing Russian statement we.s issued
today:
In Eastern Prussia the right wing
of the enemy, which has been stubbron
ly resisting in the region of Lick, has
been driven back toward Mazourlek
Lake.
East of Neideburg, 24 miles south of
Koenigsberg, near the Muschaken
Railroad, station, a Russian cavalry .
force defeated a German detachment
which was protecting the railroad. The
Russians captured a train and blew up
the railroad, bridges.
On November 8 Russian cavalry.
meeting a cavalry division of the
enemy, forced, it to retire towards
Kallsz.
On the route leading to Cracow we
have attained Mieschow, a town 44
miles southwest of Kielce.
Three New Towns Claimed.
'In Galicla our troops have trav
ersed, the River Wislokaa. They now
occupy Rzesow, Dynow and Lisko."
Major Moraht, writing in the Berl-.
liner Tageblatt. according to a. Berlin
dispatch, says:
'Our northeastern army has gained
great results, beating a superior Rus
sian force and. capturing 4000 men and
large quantities of war material.
"The losses of the Russians will
necessitate their retreat and the dan
ger of the Russian armies coining
back into East Prussia Is greatly dl- -.
mini shed.
"The result undoubtedly will influ
ence the Russian offensive in Poland.
Our eastern army, has become stronger
rather than weaker and will stop Rus
sian aggression.
"Since the fighting line is being in
creased in length the possibility of
strong hostile patrols marching around
our wings to cross the frontier no
longer exists,"
RUSSIA'S TASK TRElEXDOCS
Germans on Own Territory Have
Perfect Communication.
LONDON; Nov. 1L A Petrograd dis
patch to the Daily Telegraph says that
at every point the Russians' lack of
artillery is compensated by the num
bers of infantry. All along the Rus
sian front bayonet tactics have been
as common as artillery duels on the
German-French battle line.
"Having reached the German fron-
Oiennhiiisd. 5.)