Exeter Times, 1916-6-1, Page 2PALM GROVES OF PALESTINE
SEARCHED BY SALVO OF SHELLS
Water `:yanks and Drilling Plant of the Germans in Egypt
Destroyed by British.
.A despatch from London says: A
British official communication issued.
Thursday, night concerning the oiler
ations in Egypt says:
"Since the enemy air attack on Port
Said, the . Royal Flying Corps in
Egypt has given the enemy little rest.
Four British machines have heavily
bombarded the enemy advance posts.
Forty bombs were dropped, resulting',
in buildings and a plant at El Ham -
ma being seriously damaged and the
water tanks at Rodhsalenl being
smashed, This will upset the whole
plan of the enemy, as, since the des-
tructioin of his drilling plant at Jif -
Jaffa by our patrols, he had set great '
store on bhe li ohdsalem water works. 1
"It has now been learned that the
calmer), of troops *Well suffered by
our bombing attack on El Arish on
the 18th were Germans, This prob-
ably explains their hasty retaliation
by dropping bombs on Port Said civil-
fans. Further details show that two
British monitors and a sloop- fired 34
heavy projectiles in the attack on El,
Arish, causing the enemy to scatter
in all directions among the paini.
groves near shore, which afterwards
were thoroughly searched by salvos of
medium shells. The bombardment
lasted two hours, and the strong fort
in the town was reduced to ruins. The
enemy, completely demoralized, made
no reply to our fire,"
FRENCH REPLY
SHOT FOR SHOT
WOUNDED BLOCK
ROADS TO FRONT'
Are Holding the Germans at Losses So Great That Com.:
Almost Every Point munication With Interior
Around Verdun. Delayed.
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A despatch from London says: The
Battle of Verdun continues unabated,
On both sides of the Meuse River,
north-east and north-west of the fort-
ress, the Germans are keeping up
their unprecedented bombardments
and vicious infantry attacks, while the
French
axe replying to the German
guns virtually shot for shob, arisl un-
der a withering fire holding the Ger-
mans at almost every point,
One more gain, however, has been
made by the Germans. After recap-
turing Fort Douaumont and taking
trenches south and south-west of bhe
fort, the Germans to the west have
occupied a section of French trenches
following a series of attacks, in all of
which they were repulsed with heavy
casualties except bhe one where they
penetrated the French lines.
Their hold on the Douaumont ridge
regained, the Germans have again
concentrated on the reduction of Le
More Homme and Hill 304, across the
river. The French made three at-
tempts on Thursday to recapture
Cumieres. Berlin says that all attacks
failed.
Cumireres is important because it
links the German lines east and west
of the Meuse. In German hands it
also helps to prevent the flanking fire
on troops operating on the east bank,
which is the larger objective :also, in
the capture of Le Mort Homme and
Hill 304. Once these are taken and
with a wedge already driven in at
Douaumont, the Germans can resume
their frontal assaults on the main line
of the fortress.
LABOR ASKS VOICE
IN WAR'S SETTLEMENT.
A despatch from London says: The
Dockers' Union has given its enthusi-
astia endorsement to the proposal of
the American Federation of Labor
that at the same time and place of the
negotiations for peace, there shall be
a worlds labor congress "so that labor
shall have a voice in the terms of
settlement, with the object of putting
forth efforts to make war impossible
in the future." The Dockers' Union
will urge the proposal on all other
British labor bodies.
FOUR LIVES LOST IN FIRE.
Indian's Wife, Two Children and
Adopted Child Burned.
A despatch from Fort William says:
Four lives were lost in a fire early
on Thursday morning which destroyed
the home of Joseph Charley, an In-
dian on the Mission Reserve, The
dead are: Mrs. Joseph Charley; An-
drew Charley, aged thirteen; Joseph,
aged six, and Agnes McCoy, an adopt-
ed daughter, aged thirteen. The
youngest child, a boy of three, was
badly burned. It is thought the fire
started from an overheated stove.
18.
It's a poor seed that isn't stronger
than the soil.
peownewromonn
A despatch from Rome says: Re-
ports from the Trentino front says
the Alpine troops and Bersaglieri are
decimating the Austrian infantry
whenever they try to attack outside
the range of their guns. The Aus-
trian losses are so numerous, it is de-
clared, that they are causing delay in
the Austrian action. Communication
with the interior of Austria is blocked
by the transport of wounded from the
front.
NOTED GENERAL'S SON
SENT TO PRISON.
Capt. James R. White Gets Three
Months' Imprisonment.
A despatch from London says: Capt.
James R. White, formerly of the First
Gordon Highlanders, and a son of the
late Field Marshal Sir George White,
the defender of Ladysmith, was sen-
tenced on Thursday to three months'
imprisonment at Aberdare, Wales.
He was convicted under the Defence
of the Realm Act of having attempt-
ed to induce coal miners to strike in
order to compel the Government to
show leniency toward the leaders of
the rebellion in Ireland. After leav-
ing the army, in which he won the
Distinguished Service Order for his
service during the Boer War, Capt.
!White became a Socialist. He went
to Ireland to live and took part in the
:riotous strike in Dublin in 1914. Later
he joined the Sinn Fein Society.
EMBARGO IS RAISED
ON CANNED IMPORTS.
Restrictions Imposed by Britain Not
to Affect Dominions.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Government has been informed that
the embargo placed by the Imperial
Government on imports of canned
fruits, vegetables, etc., has been
raised, in so far as it affects these
imports from British dominions. The
question is of considerabl importance
both to the producers and canners in
this country and has been the sub-
ject of numerous enquiries since the
original order was promulgated.
10,000 GALLONS OF OIL
EMPTIED INTO SEWERS.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Some joker or malicious person left
open taps of the Imperial 011 Com-
pany's tanks at. Point St. Charles on
Wednesday night. Before the leak-
age had been discovered ten thousand
gallons of coal oil had run into the
streets and down the sewers.
PRINCE OF WALES
ON WESTERN FRONT.
A despatch from London says: The
Prince of Wales has returned from
Egypt to the British fighting line in
the west. He recently visited the
Italian front.
AT EMP T TO REACH PETROGRAD
TO BE MADE BY THE GERMANS
Combined Land and Sea Attack From. the Gulf of Riga and
Across the Dvina.
A despatch from London says: Ac-
cording to advices reaching Basel, the
Germans are preparing for a strong
naval and military offensive in the
Riga region of Russia. The ports of
Danzig and Koenigsberg are said to
have been closed to commerce and
ships are being used solely for trans-
porting artillery and ammunition un-
der the protection of a large German
fleet oft' Mau,
The Be.rne l3un.dsays it learns that
the Germans have recently completed
a new railway grunnin from Libau
through Muravievo to Mitau and that
reinforcements are passitig over it,
The newspaper says it is thought the
German navy will attempt to ,force
the Gulf of Riga,
The naval correspondent of the
Times asserts that the next great
German offensive probably will be be-
gun in northern Russia, taking the
.form of a combined land and sea at-
tack from. the Gulf of Riga and
across the Dvina, heralded an en-
deavor to advance toward Petrograd.
In concert with this campaign some
observers anticipate a simultaneous
blow at the British front in France
and Flanders, and here also, it is be-
Belted,an effort may be made b. sea
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as well as by land,
BeHiiluourr Forges
DEVELOPi4'IENTS OF THE WEEK
IN THE WAR.
What may prove to be the critical
period of the whole war is the strug-
gle for Verdun which seems to have
reached its climax this week in a bat-
tle which, in poinb of sustained fero-
city and carnage, has not its equal in
the history of the world. After three
months of fruitless initiative, and
when it seemed that the attack must
die of sheer weariness, the Germans
began this week to press forward in a
series of assaults beside which those
of the early part of the struggle fade
into comparative insignificance.
Dead Man's Hill has been the scene
of perhaps the greater part of the
slaughter. Brigade after brigade was
hurled at the French positions to east
and west, only to melt away before the
murderous machine gun, rifle, and
shell fire. At last the French, avoid-
ing needless slaughter of their own
troops, have abandoned the hill, which
has become a sortf No -Man's -Land,
o No an s Land,
with neither combatant anxious to ex-
pose troops to the whirlwind of death
which sweeps its summit.
Meanwhile the French, taking mat-
ters into their own hands, made an
unexpected advance against Fort
Douaumont, across the Meuse. They
succeeded in taking practically the
whole position, and permitted the Ger-
mans to retake it only at horrible cosh
of men and ammunition. Cumieres
also has fallen to the Germans, but
as the French have withdrawn from
the more dangerous positions at Dead
Man's Hill, it is doubtful if this com-
manding position is worth totheen-
emy what it cost them.
But while the slaughter has been
proceeding at Verdun, the ascendancy
of the heavy artillery of the Central
Powers has been Making itself known
on the Italian front.' Here a series
of advances which began last week
have now pressed the Italians back
until the enemy is eleven miles into
; Venetia. It is now reported that the
1Italians have stopped the Austrian
rush, and have retaken a few of the
lost positions. The battle is proceed-
ing with a fury second only to that
of Verdun.
Two other events of the week are of
outstanding importance.
Voluntary service in England is now
a thing of the past. From now until
the end of the war Great Britain will
call upon her citizens as they are
needed for service.
Sinister, indeed, for Turkey is the
junction which was reported this week
between a force of Russian cavalry
and the British troops on the Tigris.
Whence came the Russians, and by
what route, is not known, but they
are there, and without doubt more are
to come. Contemporaneously with-
this
iththis came bhe report that the Turks
had abandoned some of their advanced
positions, and had lost a portion of
one of the rear positions in a British
assault.
FAMINE IN LEBANON
80,000 ARE DEAD
This is the News Received
From Egypt by Syrian
Newspaper.
A despatch from New York says:
Eighty thousand persons have died of
starvation in Lebanon, according to a
cable received? on Wednesday by the
Daily Mirror. ' The message was sign-
ed by S. Sarkis, of Cairo, Egypt, a
magazine writer, whose reliability is
vouched for by the publishers of the
Daily Mirror, although they do not
profess to have any information as to
the accuracy of the facts contained in
the cablegram, which read:—
"Famine in Lebanon. Eighty thous-
and dead."
It was said in well informed Syrian
circles that private advices received
for a year past were such as to make
the message plausible. Food condi-'
tions in. Syria has been extremely seri-
ous, as the whole territory has been
cub off from communication from the
rest of the world either by land or by
sea.
LLOYD GEORGE
TO UNIFY IRISH
Task Committed to Minister of
Munitions by Unanimous
Cabinet.
A despatch from London says: One
of the most impressive scenes in the
House of Commons since the begin-
ning of the war took place on Thurs-
day afternoon, when Premier Asquith
made his eagerly -awaited statement
on Ireland. Many epeculations and
hopes were built on the words which
were expected from the Premier, but
those who believed that the situation
would be completely clarified were
doomed to disappointment. Never-
theless, the Premier's few words were
delivered amid the most profound
silence, the sole interruption coming
when the sensational announcement
was made that Mr. Lloyd George
would negotiate ` the settlement. This
announcement was greeted with warm
approval from all sides.
"They tell me you have had some
money left you," said Brown. "Yes,"
replied Smith, "it left me long ago."
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GERMAN CASUALTIES
NOT UP TO DATE.
A despatch from British headquar-
ters in France says: Confirmation of
reports that the German casualty lists
are so far in arrears that their total
as issued from time to time is in no
way representative, is declared now
to have been supplied. It is now
known that the names of Germans
taken prisoner and left dead in the
trenches at the battles of Loes in
September last have only just been
published as among the German miss-
ing.
PLAN REBUILDING
OF RUINED DISTRICT.
A despatch from Paris says: Presi-
dent Poincare on Thursday inaugu-
rated an exposition in the Tuileries
Gardens at which methods of recon-
structing the devastated villages of
France are being demonstrated. Types
of reconstructed houses, with modern
sanitary equipment, and plans for
laying out cities and towns gre on ex-
hibition.
LIEUT.-GEN. BYNG TAKES
COMMAND OF CANADIANS.
A despatch from Lohdon says: The
Daily Express announces that Lieut. -
Gen. Hon. Sir Julian Byng has taken
command of the Canadian army in
France. -
800,000 TONS OF SHIPPING
BUILDING FOR GERMANY.
A despatch from London says: Ger-
many is building merchant vessels
with a total tonnage of 800,000 tons
for use after peace has been declared,
according bo information received
BRITAIN RAISES
5,04 1,000 MEN
Not One of Those Fighting for
Empire a Conscript.
A despatch from London says: The
signature of King George was on
Thursday affixed to the military ser-
vice bill recently passed by Parlia-
ment. In giving the Royal sanction to
the bill, King George issued the fol-
lowing message to the nation:
"To enable our country to organize
more effectively its military resources
in the present great struggle for the
cause of civilization I have, acting on
the advice of my Ministers, deemed it
necessary to enroll every able-bodied
man between the ages of eighteen and
forty-one.
"I desire to take this opportunity
of expressing to my people my recog-
nition and appreciation of the splen-
did patriotism and self-sacrifice they
displayed in raising by voluntary en-
listment since the commencement of
the war war no less than 5,041,000
men—an effect far surpassing that of
any other nation in similar circum-
stances recorded in history, and one
which will be a lasting source of pride
to future generations.
"I am confident the magnificent
spirit which has hitherto sustained
my people through the trials of this
terrible war will inspire them to en-
dure the additional sacrifice now im-
posed upon them, and that it will,
with God's help, lead us and our allies
to a victory which shall achieve the
liberation of Europe."
Bad Habit.
Buzz—How old is that lamp?
Fuzz—Three years.
Buzz—Well, turn it out; it's too
here. young to smoke.
BRITAIN'S GUNS AND MUNITIONS
EQUALN
TO ANY EMERGENCY
Turnout at Present Such as to Equip Every Branch of All
the Allied Armies.
A despatch from London says:
Whatever may have been Britain's de-
ficiencies with regard to the supply of
munitions in the earlier stages of the
war there is every reason for assur-
ance that at present the turnout is
such as to equip the nation and its
allies against all emergencies. A news-
paper correspondent learns from an
authoritative source that immense
progress has been made as regards
the manufacture of powerful guns and
high explosives. .Figures as to this
progress in the equipment of the
British and allied armies, given ..to
the correspondent in an authoritative
quarter: are such as to dispel the pes-
simistic statements which have been
made recently in some circles.
EN 'S 1,
IN A BATTLE IN THE SUD N
Even With World Conflict Raging, Britain Can Attend to
Her Little Wars.
A despatch from London says: The
War Office on Friday night issued a
report concerning fighting on May
23 in the Sudan, which resulted in the
defeat of some 3,000 troops of Ali
Dinar, Sultan of Darfur, by Col.
'' lace
Kelley's force, The fight took plaee
ll Fisher, The British losses are
given as five men killed and 28 woand-
ed, while the losses to the Sultan's
force are estimated at 1,000.
The Sultan, whose ,attitude toward
the Sudanese Government for a long
time has been truculent, is reported
to have fled .with - a small number of
his followers.
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1 World
Breadstuirs.
Toronto, May 30.—Manitoba wheat --
No. 1, Northern, $1.21; No 2, 31.19°1;
No, 3, $1,164, on track, llay pots.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 O.W., 518a; No.
3 do., 501c; extra No, 1 feed, 504e; No.
1 feel, 498c., an trrl.ok. Bay ports.
.kinerlcan corn—No, 2 yellow, Sic, en
track, Toronto.'
Canadian corn—Peed, 73 to 74e, nomi-
nal, on track, Toronto,
Ontario oats ---No, 3 white, 48 to 49e,
I outside.
Ontario wheat—No, '1 commercial,
I. 31.02 to 31.03; No, 2 do„ 31.00 to $101;
{No. 3 do., 97 to 9Se; feed wheat, 62 .to
1 930, nominaly, according to freights
outside.
Peas—No. 2, 31,70; according to sam-
ple, $1.26 to 31.50, according to freights
outside,
13nr1ey-Malting, (36 to 67c; feed, 63
to 640 according to .freights outside.
Buckwheat --70 to 71c, according to
freights outside, -
Rye—No. 1 commercial nominally 92
to 93c, er.cording to freights outside.
Manitoba flout• --First patents, in jute
bags, 36.70; second patents, in jute bags,
$6.20; strong bakers', in jute bags, 30,
Toronto.
Ontario flour—Winter, according to
sample, $4.30 to 34.40, in bags, on track,
Toronto; $4.85 to $4,45, in bulk, sea-
board, prompt shipment.
Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights—Bran, per tong 3231 shorts,
er ton, $25; middlings, per ton, 325 to
26; good feed flour, per bag, $1.70 to
31.75.
Country Produce.
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 26 to 270;
inferior, 23 to 24a; creamery prints, 29
to 31c, inferior, 28 to 29c.
Eggs—New-laid, 24 to 26c; do., in
cartons, 26 to 27c.
Beans—$4 to $4.60, the latter for
handpicked
Cheese—Large, 20c; twins, 203c.
Maple syrup—$1,40 to 31.60 per Im-
perial gallon. •
Roney—Prices in 10 to 60-1b tins, 133
to 14c. Combs—No. 1, $2.76 to $3; No.
2, 32,85 to 32.40.
Dressed poultry—Chickens, 25 to 27c;
fowls, 20 to 22c.
Potatoes—Ontarios 31.75 to 31.60, and
New Brunswicks at 31.90 to $1.95 per
bag, in car lots.
Provisions.
Bacon, long clear, 153c. per lb. Hams
—Medium, 238 to 2440; do.. heavy, 208
to 211c• rolls, 19 to 193c; breakfast
bacon, 1248 to 2610; backs, plain, 268
to 271c; bonless backs, 298 to 30.1c.
Lard—Pure lard tierces, 173c. and
Pails, 171e; compound, 131 to 141c.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, May 30.—Corn—American
No, 2 yellow, 83 to 340, Oats—Canadian
'western, No, 2,5411e; No. 3, 533c; extra
No. 1 feed, 533; No. 2 local white,523e:
No. 3 local white, 513c; No. local
white. 601c.. Barley—Manitoba feed,
68 'to 72e; malting, 74 to 750. Flour—
Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts,
$$6.80 seconds, 36.30; strong bakers',
$3.10 Winter patents, choice, 36.00 to
$6.25 straight rollers, $5.10 to 36,60;
do bags, 32.40 to $2.66. Rolled oats—
f Bbis, $4,75 to 36,45; do., bags, 90 lbs,
$2.26 to $2.60. Bran, $24. Shorts, 526.
D4iddlinggs, 328 to $30.. Mouiliie, 330 to
334. Iiay—No. 2, per ton, car lots,
$20.50 to $21.50. Cheese—Finest west-
erns, 191 to 1910; finest easterns, 181 to
1890. Butter—Choicest creamery, 30
to 301; seconds, 29 to 29,/c, Eggs—
Fresh, 25e; selected 27c; No, 1 stork,
24o; No. 2 stock. 23o, Potatoes—Per
bag, car lots, 31.70 to $1.76.
•
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, May 30.—Cash:—Wheat—
No. 1 Northern, 31.133; No. 2, do.,
31.123; No. 3, do., 31.080; No. 4, 31.033;
No. 5, 971c; No. 6, 911c; feed, 851c. Oats
—No. 2 C.W., 4680; No. 8, do., 4580• ex-
tra No. 1 feed, 451c; No. 1 feed, 4410;
No. 2, do., " 439c. Barley—No. 3, 673c;
No, 4, 62c; rejected, 55c; No. 1 feed, 55a.
Flax—No. 1 N.-W,C„ 31,601; No, 2 C.
W., 31.57.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis. Ma' 30.Wheat—May,
31.153; July, 31.143 to $1,148; No. 1
hard, 31.203; No. 1 Northern, 31.143 to
31.171; No. 2 Northern, 31.113 to $1.1511.
Corn—No. 8 yellow, 74 to 751c. Oats—
I No. 3 white, 39 to 391o. Flour unchang-
ed. Bran, $19,00 to 319.50,
I 'Duluth, May 30.—Wheat—No, 1 hard,
$1.161; No. 1 Northern, 31.151 to 31,161;
No. 2 Northern, $1.093 to $L123. Lin
seed, .cash, $1.87; May, 31.88; July, 31.88.
Live Stook Markets.
Toronto, May 30.—Choice heavy
steers, $9.50 to 39.85; butchers' cattle,
choice, 39.10 to 39.40; do., good, 38.80
to $9.00; do., medium, $8.40 to $8.50;
do„ common, $7.60 to 37.86; butchers'
bulls, ch.oioe,, $8.00 to $8.50; do,. rough
bulls, $4.76 to $5.25; butchers' cows,
choice, $3.00 to 38,40; do„ good 37,50 to
$7.76;,do„ common, 35.25 to $6.75; stock
Ors, 700 to 860 lbs, $6.75 to 37.76; choice
eeders, dehorned, 950 to 1,000 lbs, $8.26
to 8,85; canners and cutters, 34.00 to
$0.00' milkers, choice, each 376,00 to
100,00; do., tom. and med., each $40.00
to $60,00; springers, 360,00 to 3100.00;
light ewes, 38.60 to 311.50; sheep, heavy,
$6.00 to $7,50 yearlings, 311.00 to 318.60
lanj.hs, choice, $11.03 to $13.50; spring
lambs, '$9.00 to 312.00; calves, good to
choice $9.50 to 312.00; do., medium $7.26
to 8.60; hogs, fed and watered, $10,90;
do., weighed off cars 311.15 to 311.25;
do., f.o.b, 310.40.
HINDENBURG'S ORDER
TO HEARTEN TROOPS.
Tells His Soldiers to Seek Peace on
"Other Side of the Dvina,"
A despatch from London. says: An
order of the day said to have been is-
sued recently by Field Marshal von
Hindenburg to his men on the Russian
front is quoted as follows in a Cen-
tral News despatch from Basel, Swit-
zerland:
"For some time a rumor has been
spreading among the troops that peace
negotiations are about to begin, and
this fact, coupled with the instinct of
self-preservation which is constantly
growing is having a bad efi*eet on the
morale of the men. In the name of
the Emperor, I declare that there can-
not be any question of peace until we
have crossed bhe Dvina. Soldiers, if
you wish peace, go and seek it on the
other side of the Dvina,"
Needn't Worry.
Suitor ---"But you: haven't asked me
yet whether or not I can make a living
fort u:'.',
I' atyo:nerr Ndaughterevrr mind, Henry; if your
merry her she'll see to that."
KIVIR THROWING
.,./..T.TOE FR.O
DESCRIBING ONE. OF WAIL'S
MOST DANGEROUS JOBS.
An Attack on a Trench by Bombers
le a Common Occtirrence
Nowadays,
Quite one of the present war's most
important developments in the recru-'
descence of bomb or grenade throw-
ing.
Next` to the artillery, there n
weapon capable of inflicting greater 1
damage than a well -directed bomb. It,;
is nothing uncommon for 'onesmall
bomb to kill half a dozen men and in- '
jure a dozen more.
Of what, it might be asked, •does
this deadly missile, which can cause
such havoc, consist?
Ib must first be explained that at
the present time there are two special
kinds of bombs supplied to our boys
at the fr ont, T t m lie fits , t alxd os
dangerous, is known as the "lemon"
bomb, so, called from its resemblance
to that fruit. It is made of cash met -
1 al, flattened at each end, and divided
by grooves into squares to permit of
I the pieces bursting easily, the same
as a shrapnel shell. Inside is packed
f a powerful explosive. /
In Four Seconds.
At the bottom end is the detonatt
I which is exploded by pressing a;
i spring. A safety -pin runs through
i the bomb between the spring and the
detonator, and woe betide the unfor-
tunate bomb -thrower who removes the
pin and presses the spring before he
is ready to throw.
Four short seconds after, the bomb
I explodes with a terrific concussion;
the shock alone is enough to kill
Ia man. This "lemon" bomb is princip-
all�* for clearing the enemy's trenches.
It is handy to throw, and its weight
less than two pounds—makes it pos-
tBible for a goodly number to be car -
The
in a stout canvas bag, slung at
•
the side. -
When a big attack is projected, the
crack bomb-throwers—always picked
men in a battalion—have what are
known as "loaders" and "carriers."
, These men carry and hand bombs to
1the crack shot as he goes along de-
molishing his opponents.
The Way to the Y.C. ,
The other type of bomb in use is'3.
known as -the "long hail" grenad'...,.e
principle is, much the same as . •, e
"lemon" bomb, except it has a stick 7.
about fifteen inches long fastened to -""t'
it, and a piece of stout tape ab the
end to act as a rudder. There are
practically only two ways of throwing
bombs safely. One is the ordinary
throw, straight from the shoulder,
and the other a round -arm throw. The
latter, of course, cannot be done in a
tree& with safety; the bomb is too
liable to hit the back of the trench
and explode. In the open round -arm
throwing is much preferable; it saves
the terrific�ench of the arm which
cricketers know only boo well.
Bomb -throwing at the front is—as
may be imagined pretty dangerous,
but it is the way to get a Victoria
Cross. -
Sergeant Oliver Brooks, of the
Coldstream Guards, is one of the
heroes who won this world -coveted
distinction. His cross, like that of
many another V.C. revipient, was
gained by holding an important part
of a trench, armed simply with scY>ryil
bombs•
How It Is Done.
An attack on a trench by bombers
is a pretty common occurrence nowa-
days. Few people have any idea of
how it is done. The bomb -throwers
lead the way, followed by a' party of
men with fixed bayonets. Into the
enemy trench is thrown a shower of
bombs, and all the attacking party
drop flat on the ground, waiting for
them to'explode. They go off' together
with a nerve -shattering, deafening
crash, emitting smoke which hangs in
`dense grey -black pall in the
tarenches.
Now come the fixed bayonets. Over
the top of the parapet go the infantry-
men, ready to bayonet and shoot at
the same time any of the hated enemy
still alive. Then come the bombers
again. With a fresh supply they
jump into the trench, and, gccompaui
ed by two men with bayonets, start
clearing its numerous ramifications. A
bomb is dropped over a traverse; it
explodes, and around rush the in-
fantrymen to clear out any occtip
Very humorous is it to hear the
enemy scuttling out farther aloig the
trenches. The bombs he doesn't mind
so much; the subsequent cold steel
is what fails to -appeal to his imagin-
ation.—London Answers. . , :.,.,et
Austrian Airmen Kill Children.
A despatch from London says -t
Eighteen persons were killed and a
score of 'others injured in an aril' raid
on Bari, on the Italian Adriatic coast,
according to a Reuter despatch from
Rome on Friday. The - victims were
largely women and children, bhe de-
spatch states.
Italian Shell Fires Rovereto.
A despatch from Ronne says: An
Italian shell has blown up the largest
munitions depot at Rovereto, and the
town is now in flames, according to a
news despatch from home. Several
heavy guns were destroyed by the
explosion, -
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