The Clinton News Record, 1916-11-09, Page 2G. D. McTAGGART
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ITALIAN GUNS WITHIN RANGE
OF AUSTRIAN CITY OF TRIESTE
Advance. Guard of Cadorna's Army only 12 Miles Distant -3,500
Additional Prisoners Taken. ,
A despatch from Rome says: Addi-
tional points of vantage were gained
by the Italian armies on the Carso
plateau, and on Friday night Gen.
Oedema's army is within 12 miles of
Trieste, the objective of the offensive.
The total number of prisoners has
been increased to over 8,500, 3,500
having been added to the 5,000 taken
Mr Thursday. More: guns and great
quantities of arms and ammunition
also fell into the hands of the Ital-
ians.
Thursday's operations alone, :ac
cording to Italian estimates, cost the
Austrians 15,000 in casualties and
captured.' The 21st Austrian Regi-
ment and several battalions are said
to have been wiped out.
Roumanian Successes Over Teu-
tons in Tansylvanian
Theatre Continue.
A despatch front London says:
—Violent fighting continues to mark
the Austro -German attempts to
penetrate the plain of Roumania south
of Icronstadt and Hermannstadt and
toward Bucharest. The stiff defence
of the Roumanians is withstanding the
blows of Austro -German artillery and
infantry about Predeal. East of Pre -
deal the Roumanians advancing in the
Buzea valley have driven the invaders.
back over the frontier in the region of
Table Butzi. They also have taken
Mount Sfrial and Taturmio along the
Transylvanian border south-east of
Kronstadt. South of Hermannstadt,
in the region of Rothenthurm pass, the
Austro -Germans have extended their
lines and captured an additional 350
prisoners. West of Rothenthurm and
in the Prahova valley the. Roumanians
are holding their ground.
Trapping a Slacker.
He had no stomach for the army,
but had presented himself for examin-
ation with a "sure trick" up his sleeve
to "work his ticket." He was physical-
ly perfect, but his eye -sight was shock-
ing—so bad, indeed, that she sergeant
thought the doctor should see him.
"First class physically," pronounced.
the doctor, but when the medical man
applied the eye tests time would-be re-
cruit's sight appeared much worse
than when the sergeant 'had him in
hand.
"No, no, my man; with sight like
that you're no use for the army," said
the medico. "But you ought to get
glasses. Stay, I've a pair like micro-
scopes and if you see with them yea
can have them."
The spectacles were produced and
fitted on, the recruit at once cried, "Oh,
I see splendidly!"
"Do you now?" said the doctor, with
sarcasm. "Take him along, sergeant,
and get him sworn in. There's no
glass in the spectacles."
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Hard fighting has taken place on
and near the Adriatic coast below
IVIonfalcone. Unofficial reports an-
nounce that Duino, on the Venice-
Trieste railroad line, has been occu-
pied. This seems probable, as to-
night's official statement ' announces
that the Agnavizza coast has been
invested. The statement says:
"Three thousand more prisoners,.
including one general, have been cap-
tured in the course of operationson
the Carso plateau. One regiment sur-
rendered. A large number of guns
have been taken, The coast of Ag-
navizza has been invested."
An Italian dirigible bombed forti-
fications and warships in Setenico
Bay; Island of Bazza, in the Adriatic.
RETURN OF THE
PRUSSIAN GUARD
DECIMATED AND HUMBLED BY
'PHE' BRITISH.
D. T. Curtin, of Boston, Writes of
Scelies at a German Railway
Station.
The London Daily Mail of a recent
date contains the complete article by
D. T. Curtin, of Boston, dealing with
the rout of the Prussian Guard -"the
proudest military force in the world"
—or the western front, extracts of
which were cabled and published. Mr.
Curtin was for ten months in Ger-
many, and was given unusual appal -
tunnies for observation. He tells of
the Guard, "came back to their home
town decimated and humbled, the
most amazing aggregation of broken
men I have ever encountered." He
watched them secretly as they were
unloaded from 'the train. Having been
informed that he could not see them
unless he had a special pass from Ber-
lin, he, by a ruse, obtained a vantage
point in the station restaurant, He
writes:
Dejected as Well as Hurt.
The Prussian Guard had come
home. The steel corps of the Army
of Germany had met at Contalmaison
the light-hearted boys I had seen
drilling in Hyde Park last year, and.
in a furious counter-attack, in which
they had attempted to regain the vil-
Ilage,had been wiped out. These were
not merely wounded, but dejected
wounded. The whole atmosphere of
the scene was that of intense surprise
and depression. Tradition going back
to Frederick the Great, nearly two
hundred years ago, had been smashed
—and by amateur soldiers. The cal-
low youth of sixteen who served my
lunch was muttering something to the
barmaid, who replied that he was
lucky to be in a class that; was not
likely to be called up yet.
The extreme cases were carried at
a snail's pace by bearers, who put
their feet down as carefully as if they
were,testing very thin ice, and who
placed the comfortable spring stretch-
ers in the very few vehicles which
had rubber or imitation rubber tires.
The work was done with military pre-
cision and great celerity, The evacu-
ation of this train was no sooner fin-
ished than another took its place, and
the same scone was repeated.
Van Load of Dead.
Presently the great furniture vans
returned from having deposited their
terrible loads, and were again filled.
One van was reserved for those who
had expired on the journey, and it was
full.
This, then, was the battered rein -
pant of .time five reserve regiments
of the Prussian Guard which had
charged the British lines at Contel-
maison three weeks before in a des-
perate German counter-attack to
wrest the village from the enemy who
had just occupied it. • Each train die -
charged between six and seven hun-
dred maimed passengers. Nor Wes
this the first day of the influx.
Flower of German Manhood.
The Guard had its garrisons chiefly
in Potsdam, but also partly in Ber-
lin, and represents the physical
flower of German manhood. On par-
ade it was inspiring to look at,ind
no military officer in the world ever
doubted its prowess. Nor has it
failed in the war to show splendid
courage and fighting qualities. Eng-
lish people simply do slot understand
its prestige at home and among
neutrals.
The Guard is sent only where
there is supreme work to be dope.
If you hear that it has been hurled
into a charge you may rest assured
that it is striving to gain something
on which Germany sets the highest
price for the life -blood of the Guard
is time dearest that she can pay.
Kaiser Sacrificed'Phemn.
In the battle ei the Mayne the
active regiments of the Guard form-
ing a link between the armies of
Billow and Hensen were dashed like
spray on ;legged cliff's when they
surged in wave after wave against
the army of Feel) at Snaring and
Fere Chamnpenoise. Germany was
willing to sacrifice those superb
troops during the early part of the
battle because she knew that Von
Muck had only to bold his army to-
gether, even though die .did not ad-
vance, and theoverthrow of poen
would mean a Teuton wedge striven
between Verdun and Parris.
One year and ten months later she
hurled the Guard Reserve at Con-
talmaison becaut3o she was determiei-
ed-that this important link in the
chain of concrete and steel that celled
back and forth before Bepaume-Pe-
ronne must remain snbroken. The
newly formed lime of Britain's lone
bent, but did not break under the
shock. They were .out -numbered but,
like all the rest of the British that
the back -from -the -front German sol-
dier has told me about, these fought
on and on, never thinking of surren-r.
de
Couldn't Beat Tommy Atkins.
I know from one of them that in
a first onslaught the Guard lost
heavily, but was reinforced and again
advanced. Another desperate en-
counter and the men from Potsdam
withered in the hand-to-hand carnage.
The Germans could not hold what
they had won bank, and the khaki suc-
ceeded'the field -grey at Contalmaison.
The evacuation of the wounded
occupied hours. I purposely missed
my train, for I knew that I was prob-
ably the only foreign civilian to
see the historic picture of the
proudest soldiery of Prussia return
to its garrison town from the great-
est battle in history. Empty trains
were pulled out of the way, to be
succeeded by more trains full of
wounded, and again more. Doctors
and nurses were attentive and al-
ways busy, and the stretcher-bearers
moved back and forth until their
faces grew red with exertion.
All In.
But it was the visages of the men
on the stretchers that riveted my
attention. I never saw so many
men so completely exhausted. Not
one pair of lips relaxed into a smile
and not an eye lit up with the glad
recognition of familiar surroundings.
It was not, however, the lines of suf-
fering in those faces that impressed
me so much as that uncanny sameness
of expression, an expression of hope-
less gloom so deep that it made me
forget that the sun was shining from
an unclouded sky. The dejection of
the police, of the soldier onlookers, of
the walking wounded, and those up-
turned faces on the white pillows told
as plainly as words could ever tell
I that time Guard had at last met a force
superior to themselves and their war
machine. They knew well that they
were the idol of their Fatherland and
that they had fought with every ounce
of their great physical strength, back-
ed by their long traditions. Thcyhad
been vanquished by an army of mere
sportsmen.
Grim Tribute to Britain.
My thoughts went back to Berlin
and the uniformed scoffings at the.
, British army and its futile efforts to
push back the troops of Rupprecht on
. the Somme. Yet here on the actual
outskirts of the German capital was
a grim tribute to the machine, that
Great Britain had built up under the
protection of her navy.
In Berlin at that moment the after-
noon editions were fluttering their
daily headings of victory to the
crowds on the Linden and the Fried-
richstrasse, but here the mammoth
vans were moving slowly through the
streets of Potsdam.
To the women who stood in the
• long lines waiting with the potato
and butter tickets for food on the
Iother side of the old stone bridge
that spans the Havel they were mere-
ly ordinary cumbersome furniture
'waggons.
How were they to know that these
tumbrils contained the bloody story
of Contalmaison?
CONSCRIPTION IN ENGLAND.
Government Strict With Men ':Frying
to Evade Service.
The Daily Mail of London conducts
a eolu'num under the title "Far and
Near," devoted to minor happenings
and to news briefly told. The follow-
ing extracts frvni this column in re-
cent issues will show how strictly
the English Government is looking
1 after. the "conscientious objectors"
and other men who are trying to
evade service in the field:
Two London objectors who: had
gone north to evade service were at
Glasgow fined £2 each and handed
over to the military authorities.
"I have no patriotism. I would
rather be a slave than fight for free-
dom," said Robert Taylor, aged 23,
who at Nottinghem was fined a2
and handed over to the military
authorities.
Jelin Donaldson, the professional
• hntt.distance running chaneplon, was
handed over to the military authori-
ties at Manchester, the magistrates
deciding that though an Australian
he bad become an ordinary resident
in England.
For attempting to evade militery
service by altering his birth certi-
ficate se as to make his age appear to
he forty-one instead of forty, George
Kirby, horseman, was at Epping,
Essex, fined 40 shillings.
For refusing to join top when call-
ed, Rees Jones, of Llansaint, was at
Carmarthen fined 'f10 and handed
over to the military authorities. His
father and a neighbor named Powell'
were each sent to prison for three.
months for assaulting the police who
went to arrest him,
Dr. Amaro Sato
recently appointed Japanese Ambas-
sador to the United States. The
newly appointed Ambassador, who is
a baseball fan, brought from Japan
to the United. States a message • of
peace, good -will, and desire for con-
tinued friendliness through the ages.
GUNS SHORT-LIVED.
Progress.of Erosion Impairs Accuracy
of Fire.
The life of a gun depends upon
the progress of erosion, which sooner
or later is certain to impair the ac-,'
curacy of fire. Erosion is caused by
the action of the explosive gases at
high temperature and pressure. As -
cording to the Iron Age, the hot
gases cause a thin film of steel to
absorb heat. Tile film expands and
becomes set. Upon the release of
the pressure it contracts, which
causes minute cracks that grow
larger with every discharge. As they
increase in size they form passage-
ways for more hot gas, and that
tends to enlarge them still further.
The inner surface thus becomes
roughened and the bands begin to
corrode. Finally, the bore becomes
so enlarged that it allows the gases
to escape. The shell does not 'then
acquire its, proper rotation and its
flight becomes erratic. All guns ex-
cept small ones are now constructed
with linings in the tube, which, when
the bore is worn out, are removed
and replaced, by new ones. The cost
of relining a gun is approximately 30
per cent. of the cost of the gun.
There appears to be no limit to the
number of times that a gun can be
relined. The small arms used in the
United States are considered to be
worn out after 5,000 to '7,500 rounds
have been fired. Small naval guns
can be fired about 1,000 times before
they are regarded as worn out. Large
12 -inch and 14 -inch naval guns are
considered to have a life, on one lin-
ing, of from 150 to 200 rounds. Low-
velocity guns, such as howitzers and
mortars, have correspondingly'•longer
lives than high velocity guns of the
same calibre, because the pressures
they develop, and hence the tempera-
tures,
empera-twes, are lower.
WILL WIPE OUT FOES.
But French General Says Much Fight-
ing Lies Ahead.
Vire are only at the beginning of the
end of the war. Theantagonism
' dis-
played
played by the rival forces is such that
only the destruction of one by the oth-
er can be conceived, writes General
Gabriel Malletini, a French military
critic of highest repute.
France must be prepared for a third
year, which will be more terrible than
.the first two. But it will be the last,
we hope. If the allies' effort is guid-
ed by one hand throughout; and if they
throw all their forces into the prepara-
tion for it, they will be able to deliver
the supreme blow.
Duration of War.
A proper man is young always,
Herr Fosehwitz, aged 50 years, and
captain in the Landwher, married
about the time the war began a wife
not yet 20. Since the war has been
dragging on and he has continued at
the front, he has spoken often to his
comrades about a matter very near
his heart.
"If 'this fighting business keeps up
much longer,"says he, "when it's over.
I'll find myself tied to an old woman."
They say money talks. Perhaps
that is why a doctor examine a pa-
tient's tongue the first thing.'
RHEUMATISM GOES
IF HOOD'S IS USED
The genuine old reliable Hood''s
Sarsaparilla corrects the acid condi-
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whole system. It drives out rheuma-
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It has been successfully used for
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eases the world over.
There is no better remedy for skin
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ills arising from impure, impover-
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It is unnecessary to suffer. Start
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ALLIES EXTEND
SOMME LINES
French Troops Advancing at
Verdun Now Dominate
Vaux Vit@ode.'
A despatch front London says: The
British and French have extended
their lines in the sector south and
southrwest of Transloy. In a surprise
attack Haig's troops advanced from
their trenches east of Gueudecourt on
Thursday night and seized a German
trench. The enemy's counter -assaults
failed to dislodge the British from the
position. They were' completely re-
pulsed, says the official reports.
At the same time the French
clashed with the enemy in hand -to-
hand fighting for the possession of
houses on the outskirts of Sailly-
Saillisel taken by the Germans earlier.
Poch's troops completely cleared these
positions and strengthened their grip
on the lines outside the town. This
move, coupled with that of the British
to the west, marks another step in the
allied encirclement of the important
position of Transloy and the Bethune
road south of that point. With clearer
weather the combined forces are ex-
pected to deliver their final blow
against Transloy and prepare for an
advance on an extensive scale against
Bapaume from the south-east.
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1,820 VESSELS SUNK
SINCE WAR BEGAN.
Losses of Entente Allies About 75 Per
Cent, and Neutrals 18 Per T+.
Cent.
A despatch from New York says:
One thousand eight hundred and
twenty ships, with an aggregate gross
tonnage of approximately 3,328,584,
have been sunk by belligerent nations
during the 27 months of war, ending
November 1, according to figures com-
piled from cable despatches and mail
advices, and published here on Fri-
day by the Journal of Commerce.
The losses during October were
larger than for any one of the precede
ing five months, according to the sta-
tistics, amounting to 127 vessels of a
total of 227,118 tons gross. The Octo-
ber rate of destruction was consider-
ably in excess of the monthly average
throughout the war' period. Norway
lost the largest number of ships, 56,
according to the statistics, but their
gross tonnage was only 57,333 as
compared with Great Britain's total
loss of 115,546 gross tons, of 38 ves-
sels destroyed.
A table showing the total shipping
losses since the war began, estlmates
those of the Entente allies at about 7o
per cent., and those of ' neutrals at
nearly 18 per cent., with Teutonic
losses less than 7 per cent.
HERO OF DOUAUMONT
SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS
A despatch from Paris says:—Gen.
Ancelin, Commander of the belgaf
which led in the assault on Fort Deus
aliment, in the Verdun region, on Oct-
ober 24, has died of wounds. Gen.
Nivelle, the Commander at Verdun, in
announcing the death to Mine. Ancelin,
mentioned the fact that her husband
had prepared for the victory and cap-
ture of Douauniont. Gen. Ancelin
was a Breton officer, and had served ad
first assistant to three Ministers of
War, Berteanx,Etienne and Willerand,
in the direction of the army adminis-
tration. He was in charge of the re-
organization of the French cavalry be-
fore the war.
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BULGARIAN TROOPS AMBUSHED
AND CAPTURE:) BY BRITISH
.Another Village on the Left Bank of the Struma River Also
Occupied.
A despatch from London says tees
Although lighting continues at various
points along the Macedonian front
from Lake Presba to Lake Tabinos,'
there has bean little change in the gen-
eral situation. British troops have
buken Alitsa, on the left 'bank of the
Struma, from the Bulgarians. The
British official communication says:
'On the Doiran front there has been
only artillery activity, On the
Struma our 'troops ambushed soineena•
enemy patrols near Salmah, and took
prisoners. Bursuk has been success
fully bombed by our aviators."
British troops, following up their
successes against the Bulgarians on
the left batik of the River Struma, in
Greek Macedonia, have taken by as-
sault the village of Alitsa; says the
official statement issued on Friday by
the French War Department.
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