6 THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1915.

INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS ON WAR SEEN BY "SUN" CORRESPONDENTSVIVID DESCRIPTION OF Scenes on Italian Front, Where a New Offensive Has Been Begun WHAT'LL YOU HAVE?

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Li'Mi(. Tyler Mopsp, Traveller, Tales Told by Wounded Soldiers, Pieced Together in(rippled In Biff Battle London, Make Thrilling Story, of the Fighting

at AniM and Heroism of Both Sides.

CAliPAIGN IN A MI DDLE

fseCHff ' 'AergSSJSXeVer tn Titr Si v.

Tjonpov, Oct, 0. Mnrw, thewell known American poctsman, travel-ler and big game hunter, I Just backfrom (hi- - liard.nirlioa minus 111 rightarm, which he lost in the n t t:n k nt An-

sae. Rarly thi" spring Mr. Mom op-Idl-

mill obtained a lieutenant' rnm-mlsK- ii

In tho Hampshire regiment anilwax cm t. Hi" I lards nolle with thetenth Mevict tatttal on ol lh.it regi-

ment.landing mi August h ami the force

tr which ho wan attached marched ailnight and took mi positions m a fairlyswat hut, only to timi when daybreak..ame that It wan dominated by moreimnort.iir rufl f hid Juki beyond. Thojire of the Turk waa larrtflo. The Milupon Willi h Morse anil hi men Warlocated1' wan a small affair and Couldonly contain BbOttI at a i mi', unrlthe path. ;i narrow winding affair, wasouch that the arrival of raontorcomontaM astromtly flMKotrlt. Ma had boontn action only aliout three hours whenhe WH woundod both by rllle lire anilMhfapnel, lie grained liolil of lh near-ou- t

soldier and had him cut away hitunic, than grssplng h woundod armmanaged to get hack to the hasp. At

Alexaiuli i.i lha arm was amputated utthe atentdor,

Jfe now convalescing at Fishmong-er Hall, the beaut rf u building :tLondon r.ndge where the worshipfulOomimny of Fishmongers, one of thefain- u London guilds, have their galrings, it has boon tontporaiit) turned

into a convalescent hospital for wottndtdofficers.

Capt Morse wonhl not discus detailsof the fiicht or of the at ungements, butfrom othei pofaniig who have Just re-

turned tiik si n's correspondent laarnithai never probably In the history ofKnglund baa there been a greater mud- -

iiic than at (JalUpoll.The knowledge Ol the country pos-ees-

.1 lc. Mo- Intelligence officers wnsiraotlcaliy nil. and yet i' It hail not

been for delays on tlnvMurt of some onethe whole campaign would probably beever by now.

Had th" FXpadltlOn xrhteh tr.ade thaattack on Ansae landed th-e- e hourearlier they would have bee., nble toatirprlaa the Turks and capture witheise the dominating hills which havegiven the Turk such incalculable ad-vantage.

Now the position is so serious thatthere la considerable talk of abandon1ng the wr.ole campaign and withdraw-ing from Qalllpoll, for the present atleast There seems to he a growingopinion that the game is hardly worththe price Just now

BITTER TIMES SEENAHEAD IN GALLIPOLI

I ggeOiSl f'nrr?pitl'irt to Tnr. BoLONDON, Oct. II. The blow dealt at

the Allies by recent developments In thollelkans cannot be underestimated, andone of Its most serious effoi ts will he feltin the attaation at the Dardanelles, nis t o secret to any one that had Bulgariahee led the warning of Sir Kdward Hreytad aided with the Allies the necessityof an all winter campaign at th straitswould have been ohvi.it. .1.

As events stand now, however, thegegnpaign undertaken by the Allies InQftlllpoll is likely to continue for manymonths, and there are persistent rei,rtIn military Oirolai hen thai the attemptto force the straits at the present limewin be abandoned. This report, whenprinted, win undoubtedly be denied, ithas not appeared so far In any F.nghshgxtbllcatloi for obvious res sons

The difficulties encountered by theIMtleS In Qajllpoll and those Which theymill have to face are so tremendous thatthey furnish good reasons to helieve theih..w, mentioned report.

Although It might be true that nopawi ins good awa, tha British pub-lic still his to Consider the appallingcasualty lists Which are tilling rolumnssif the papers i very da) and which Ind-icate th.it the lighting it the strait iscosting an exceptionally heavy toll ofmen. and that even If there be a deadlockIn the Habiting both men and munitionslire being wasted dally.

All the bust s of the last few months,however, cannot Compare with what Is

to come if the campaign Is to continuethroughout the winter. Rxpert whohave returned from the strait.-- , oflloorion laava, wounded men who hive facedthe tire of the Turks, all agr," that bittertimes are ahead In Halllpoll, The rainygggson ts coming and front Silvia Pay to

add ill Baity the men are beginning tosettle d iwn ;,s they did before the Her-man armies, in Franc last winter.

Unllkr their comrades ti tin- westernfront, however, they already have a apodIdea of what is lti store for them andliav already hod mora than one taster' w tli. raiti rea!l means on theQalllpoll Peninsula. The MUaldea uudei"p s. dlfficuJi enough iti ordinarytlmoa, becomes as slippet as glass whenIHillshed l the raits and iffofd no foot- -

hold whatever to the m.wt ehtarptialnifroldlci'.

Ilrltlah, French, Australian and Indiantro. tis ara preparing bfkvelj for thehardship of a proloMad camejaJwn, butfew believe that nm thing will actuallylie a npllshod under ti.e exlatlnk nunUnion. Iiitntlug datalla rejrardlnkthe i mat on at the .straits are given inthe BVeHj llrnpalch, which says:

"Itifor,. the greed inaag of Aohl Itajhsthe Iroopa of manv natlonalltlai nreabel-terc- d

in dorp pita, and tii" Inctaaanlerarfars of the iiomh, tha p ami lhamine 's waged rdajbt nbd day, The gseof munitions by the Turks affords nokey to th,' pussio connsctsd with th. ir

if. lie or sheila. Thev seam to haveless trouble n maintaining the quantitythan the nugllly of their shells, whichvary ramurkabiy from week to week,nm! ev, from dav to day. In tiieir 's

v capacll III can he said Still of tin. small patch

of t rr. ton occupied by t ie allied forcesthat not "tie square 'cot of it is really!n'i ine from shell lire

"AH the prisoners recently taken bearIsstlmonj to the Immense disturbancecaused m rha Turkish Irsnsnorl ssrvlctUd 01 nmiasaflal by the tin si nce of

British marines in the Ksa oi' Mar-mor- a

t hey any the Turkish losses ofmunittoi from ibis source have beenvary heavy, to any nothing of the num-

ber ol in i drowned. The ill II ga nla-to- p

cuntlnusll) aii-ln- g from this sourceis. haiatiti n il bv the splendid work ofour alrme

"Th. men of Ansae are now sillingHow i I" fori Kan Hahr much as lhaBrit sh sold , is ara camped around AohlBulia Tim Anises tell wihtfui tabs ofthe AUaTUSl day when they held theriomltiaill position lore for sums hour-'- .

ami of what might have happened ifthing bad only turned out differently,They are certainly not afraid to discussthat traced; of early August. Agree-ing lo let bygones be bygones, theyaten gri klmnat to a man. thai suchn chance will not readily ixrni theirway again. SPolttlly now thut winteria can. ill' on."

Pprrini rorrnjontt'nr lo Ta 8cs.IosnoN, CM. 16. The Brltsh advance,

capturing four lines of Herman trenches,then the village of I.ooe, and finally,after probably the fiercest enrouniter ofthe war, securing, losing, regaining andfinally maintaining Hill 7ft. I graphi-cally described in the Weekly Dispatch,The story Is made up of the tales toldby the wounded soldiers now In Londonhospitals who participated in he con-flict. It emphasises the human aide ofthe advance rather than the militaryand tells of a famous Dundee regimentgoing Into battle with the remerkatolwar cry of "Marmalade forever!"

by the fucn that Dundee Ispractically the centre for the manufac-ture of marmalade.

Head In the light of the men's storiesthe advance at first was an easy matter,at least for some of the regiments. Theunanimous opinion of 'the wounded, fromwhom the story has been compiled, waathat the Herman who faced them"were a poor lot."

"Behind the lines a Midlands regi-

ment Is playing football, the faces ofthe men when not flushed with thepleasurable excitement pf the game shinewith tlM ruddy glow of health a Scotchregiment in billets Is singing the latestragtime songs, varied by popularmarching tunes, the melody of 'Till theHois CoUM Home' swells on the air.making the Trench peasants In theneighboring country lanes shake theirhead.--' and murmur softly to themselvesAh : those mad British I'

March Through Rain."Suddenly the order comes to fall in

nnd march, and then for hours nothingIs heard but the steady tramp of menmarching without packs and the dullroar of artillery that never ceases. ItIs raining heavily, a pitiless, uninter-rupted downpour, which makes theground soft, sipiasby. and yielding tothe tread. In the distance are the Brlt-Ig- h

first line trenches: close behind thesupport trenches. Tramp, tramp fromsf emoon to evening under gray kleleaden with freshly gathering rainclouds. The support trenches graduallyfill ; they are so ehokeil wilh men thatthere Is hardly room to stand. Homemore fortunate than others find seatson the tire steps, and though the rainsoaks them through and they aresplashed up to their knees with mud.they are so tired that they dole off tosleen. The rain never abates and theroar of artillery smashing up the!aWemy'l trenches Is continuous.

"In front of the firing line a Us-- 1

tening post' who has scratched himselfg hole in the ground keeps his silent.lonely watch. I'aulionsly raising his I

head, he catches dimly through the cur-tain of rain a glimpse of men Stealthilyat work repairing the enemy's barbedWlre he Is there to warn his regimentof any signs of an attack, but beyondputting up fresh wire the Hermans arequiet. At the back of the British re-

serve trenches the ambulances preparefor heavy work, and back of them thehospitals are evacuating the last oftheir wounded. This Is the eve of bat-

tle ; when It is light Avemiles of the line are to go forward.

On the I've of Battle."Officers are moving among their men

and telling them what the morningsbattle means. There is no Bleep for theofficers ; they are busy studying theirmap or conversing with the sergeant-major- s

; lu re and th, re in a dugout anOfAci r may Is- - finishing a letter to hisw f -- five minutes snatched away fromthought! of the battle.

"Day has broken, and the light Is

dear final puffs of white and yellowsmoke arc breaking over the enemy'strenches At ten minutes to i a whistleI. low- - livery n an has put on bis pro-

tective heltliCt against the (ierman gas.The bombardment Increase in viol, nee;ii.e arth seems to rock as with thefury of primitive elements seekingegress. Shells without ending hurstover the Qerman trenches, plump upagainst tho BStidbSgS, thrashingggglnsl lha wire entanglements andsmashing them into a thousand fantastic-- hail - Sandbags Hy Into the air. andsometime an arm or a leg with them.Vive minutes to r. the whistle blowagain. Along the line luns the order:tlet ready; five minutes to go'; thenthe order, "Two minutes to go ' HlxO'clock! I.Ike an electric current alongthe five mile front flashes the message:Come on boys; over the top, and thehi st of lin k.' and simultaneously agnat human wave surges over thebreastworks and races toward the en-

emy's first line

"Marmalade!" a lint He fsy,"The men of g famous Scotch regi-

ment whose home Is in Dundee yell'Marmalade forever" as they goforward; tiie men of a home countiesregiment shout 'Now for it. you beg-

gars" as thev skip across tbe- isosldeJiground: the QurkhaS for ono nave noid lodcurdllng battle cry to utler theyare advancing With their knlvs 1n heii;mouths. As ngnh wave goes tjprwerd noanother wave follows, thinned In places;by the spiteful (latter of the machineguns In the ilorman trenches and theeighteen isaund shells breaking over theground from away hick. N'earing thetrenches the spreading human lnaeeraises its voice into one wild exultantghoul of victory. The half daied 'ler-man- a

man the furthermost breaet vvorkeand Hie point blank Into Hie roaringmultitude. The next, moment they arcIII hand to hand gr'ps with tho British.Who have leaped into the trenches andWith then- - bayonets are doing terriblework. I. lingo! Hive! f'arry ! everytime a b.iMinot swings, a victim.

"In a tew minutes it is all over. Thecontinuous bombardment hag taken allthe soul out of the enemy, and there Is

tittle or no resistance. The Hermanshold up their hands and meekly allowthemefivc to lc laken prisoners. ManyOld men and young boys are amongthem.

(ierman offer II ospl (nil t .

"Some of the dugouts present a verycose) appearance. In one the tablecloth

11 just been laid for breakfast. TheOccupant! obviously do not stint tlienn-SSlve-

lor in a corner of the apartmentare Itottle of w hiskey, rum. brandy andIthetilsh wine and boxes of titgars andclg.nelles.

"Help yourselves, the Tammies areInvited, but they have no lime to stopfor refreshment:-- every moment ltprecious. The men are unccreiiioiiloiis.lyhundled OUt of tits dugouts and muleto line up with the rest of the prisoners, I

and then, when all the enemy coinhutautaln tin' trench hive been account for

there il a hurHad search for loiters amidiaries. In I he dugout there is a richfind of latterg III I'Sad)' sealed to inteiestour intelligence dc(a rt ment.

"Tlio human stream has paused for aUtile at this first line of trenches ; now.It Is (lowing onward again under a hallof bullets and shells. The Hellish Bfl.jMM it the head of their men are an In-

spiring example, though no man needencouragement t' l morning, 'KlibJ'blood I up and he feel that ten time

ten the number of Hermans csnnot stophim.

"It haa been Soft ysrds to the firstline of trenches ; It Is 2(10 yards to thesupport trenches. Between the twothose of the enemy who have escapedover the psrspet are seen to be runningas fast a their legs can carry them,hotly pursued by the oncoming Britishtroops. "Faster, hoys ; give them hell !"cries out the commander of a Scotchregiment, waving hi sword In the air.He I Uch a conspicuous mark to thoenemy's snipers that his men whisper tohim

" 'For Hod's sake, lr. take cover orthey'll get you.' He scorns to hikecover; he Is waving his sword as theswiftly flowing stream pours over thebreastworks of the suppiirt trenches.

"The guns have done well. They havetorn huge gaps in the wire: thev havemade debris of the sides of Hf trenches.

"A race the for the third now oftrenche 259 yard across wet. slipperyground full of pit hole made hy thebursting shells. A In of shell Iscoming now from the village of fxios.Kvery gun In the enemy's lines seems tobe turned on to this piece of terrainTwenty machine guns are firing a hun-dred bullet a minute between them atthe wildly shouting, reckless host ad-vancing to the attack on ne smnll sec-tion; sixty light Held guns are droppingshells in front of the third row oftrenches: hesvler guns are shelling theroads on which the British supports arecoming up.

"But the khaki flood never wavers; 1tgoes on. though many men fall ; It go, son until the trenches are reached and thekhaki wave has dashed over the sides.The destruction wrought by the artilleryis not so complete as in the first tworows of treiiches and section of the wirehave to be cut by hand, hut the obstacleshindering the advance are few and un-important. In ten minutes this row oftrenches is ours: most of the occupantshave been bayoneted and the rest madeprisoners.

Dead anil nlns side lt side."It Is ti',l rnlnir.g. a:id the ground Is

s muss of rivulet an ) Kols. with shellholes rapidly tiding. British troops arecoming up all tin time masting on theway the escort bringing along the pris-oners.

"looking back on the battlefield asordid, riagic spectacle presents itself tothe eye. Dead and dying lie side by sidewith the severely wounded of botharmies. Men are leaning over the livingand Irrespective of nationality bandag-ing their wounds.

"From the last Ccrm.an trench u thevillage of Loos the enemy Is kept on therun. They fall hack on the village,which I half a ruin. What landingcottage there are conceal machine guns,and a hall of bullets as they enter thenarrow street warns the British troopsto go cautiously. Kach house has to berushed and desperate combats are theresult. Small contingents- batter In thedoors and bayonet the Hermans at theirguns or bombing parties put an end totheir activities with hand grenades.Many of the enemy have taken refuge Inthe cellars; their end Is uuick and sud-den.

"The hardest part of our task is stillto be accomplished We have to takeHill TD. rising in a gradual ascent fora mile and a half anil dominating theground before lns. The enemy i

rallying now very rapidly, and his ma-chine gun fire is particularly tier, e. Itmeans our troops Will need all theirnerve and fearlessness of death to drivethem over the crest. Toiler machinegun and hell fire that Is simply hellishour men make a brilliant charge Up tlhill, a Hcot.h regiment with the metglorious military traditions leading theway.

"Uefnre that wild rush, to which thesoldier slogan Hive 'em beans, boy'adds momentum, the enemy waversThe kilted troops redouble their ener-gies. Crouching flat to avoid a plasterof shells, they suddenly leap to theirfeet and with a hoarse shout that sendsterror into the souls of the (Ierman-- .fling themselves on the enemy, who fin shelterskelter over the rrest. Iti!l 70 iswon for the time being, at least.

Try to Dig Thrmael vea In."The British troops set to work whil-

om delay to try to get some coveringfor themselves. They have brought Intrenching tools with them, but in theexcitement of the charge these havebeen thrown away, anil many of themen have Just got to scrape holes Inthe ground with their hands. First theymake a .recess for their bends, pilingthe raised earth all round them ; thenwith their feet they scrape hobs fortheir bodies.

"The Hermans, encouraged byof strength which their rsenforoe-men- tgive them, now hi gin to challenge

our occupation of Hill 7" The) poura devastating fire on the ere-d- , and Itseenis as'lf nothing can live under thaiaWflfl hurricane of bullets ami flyingsteel. There 1s a Scottish regiment onfop; they have dug themselves In aswell as they r an The shells churn theground on all sides of them : the crolli wreathed In flaming fire. Boom!thud sizzle' sch-W-r- -r ! come the shellsThen the hopelessness of remaining onthat exposed elevation Is realised, andhot too willingly, for all the punil 11

rml'lt they have received, they go a tilth'way down the hill and once more trvto dig themselves In. But the groundIs hard and chalky and they make it.tie impression with the portable trenching tools that have managed to reai It

them: also the enemy fire never slack-ens, Pn the contrary It seems lo gatherfresh fury hs though be grasps whatHill 7(1 means to the side that canhold It.

Brtllab r.narda Win.1 i ..

"The valiant hut still resolute troopsfall hark a couple of hundred yardsfurther But the shells never cease toNme,.and from woods on either side ofthe hill the ell em)' pours In a bitter, en.flladlng flre There is nothing for It hutto give, way again. The rain has

aid the hill Is flooded with muOtllight, in which the faces of the trooswho have been lighting since li in theiiwriillig in a drenching downpour are re-

vealed. They are getting It hot fromthe. Herman artillery, but they are notdiscouraged. Kfesh troops come to

them, and they In their turn in ike ,ibid for UN crest of Mill 7". bill theterrible tiro of the machine guns drivesthSTOidoarn again. All through the nightthe tight for the hill goes on, the Issue1.Sswavs remaining in the balance,

"Then British minis take out I'pthe bill. yelling nil manner of haltlccries, they (dream In mi IrTSgkltlhl tor--en- l,

ami fhe Hermans, who havehalf way down the hill, break beforethem. Over the crest of the hill anddown the oiher side race the Hunrd tillnulled up by shattering gusts of Rro,Slowly, the victorious troops regain thecrest of the hill again, and there theystsy despite, bullets or ahells. and Inthe end they have the satisfaction of'seeing th'erdsclve dug firmly In Brlt'shpluck and persistence luive won through "

First bridge built by theItalians across the Isonzo.

(torifz. All Rut BlfTMIliedby I In I inns. un n No

KM'fl City.

,S"''ff f'orrrpandrni' to Til? VW.

KnMK, Oct. 1 The ItnM.in ramnaitmdaring t he rom.risT winter will ncces-MAri- ly

!vo limited to operation along theIonzo with the aim of Orctlpylns lirtuntiil Tolrninn. Thr Trnt i o ami I'arnicAlp', whrre the Italian hoM all thedominating rroplrinns, ftl e already cnTereilwith unow. ami bftfofa lorn; all activitywill have to cen' Ihtn, iih mountainwarfare l ImpOMlhtC in winter TheItalians have built i tltnctltlof reenforcet! nmcrete Tttft) havepointed Ktins on every j.eal; ami Itrotlfftyfortified ewry mount a tit nan.

ftoads have hern rut along the le- - ifalmost lnacveiilir mountains and toniPOltlffeBi of mule" lad p with ammunitionand Mpptltf arrive dail at IsolatedpOttttOtU thousand of feet aboe theValltyi where the reserved have iheirwinter quarter. The Italian advanrealotii; the Alpine front wiil he rtnumed mthe and vry rohally dllriOJth lonw Winter the onl ftCttOfll w ll eon-B- it

of artillery duel.Then '.':. he actual fight-

ing Alone tin laonso, The ttnltnm tinvtall but Mirrounde t Qoritl The fivehlllf on the north of tttli M onghold.namei, Ban Qabrteto, Ban tun eV. Panovitn. Itoaanthal and Btaragora, hihdominate the valley of the lonz. Infront f tho ity, hae batn atrongly for-tified hy the Auatrlant, whoaa bum arePMdy to rant Ctorltl to the ground aaoon hm the llallana ooeup) it.

The A us! rial, frontal dtftncai ofOontz ioiisi?! of Improvised tftnohoi onthe rlcht hank of the Isonzo BUppOTtOdby a bridgehead. All the dominatingfrontal DOOtt.OM on the h llti facingOoritz are hehl by the Italians. Thinexplain why the Austrian troop- -' hadto evacuate the city. An Italian attackagainst tin Austrian irhiehead on thelaonao, nipi-ine- d by the artillery ontho hill, would inevltaWv U ail to theinmicdiaie occupation of the T m

the Auntriano MTOUld open ftro fpi'tn thenorth and reduce Oorlt to rulna.

Often sinall s.juimN of Italian Infantrygo out t raoonaottre the luburha ofOorits ami gBrther valuable InfotmatloQfrom tha few peasants ho m ill iingto their farm. Italian snipers are postadti front of the city and Austrianofflrer and soldi' r who dare- to CfOSSthe derted ntreetw Is phot unle il

by the shelter of a wall TheItalians could raze I b.rilx wilh theirheavy guna Instead they are patientlyapproaching the five huts hold by theAust riana behind th ly and graduall)

AMERICAN INDIAN"

DODGES WAR ORDER

8avM HI Scalplook OpHplte

I r' m-l- t Hale RequiringAll Head Shaved.

Spr.'ift1 t'armpnmh'Vf fit Tl' fPxalOi Oct. 12. Tiik Srx'H eorre-eponde-

with the Foreign Legion, aflera month's convalescanl have followinga nevere attach of JaundlcSi has justreached the legton'e depot :it Uyone toawall being sent m the front He thus.to his gre;it regret, missed the lightingat tho end Of Heptenib- r Steanwhfle one

of his letter Includes the following:"l mum tell you of one I put ovsr

on my supsrlors yesterday. An orderwas laSUSd that all the men must havetheir hair cut short iby machine ;t- -

niost shaved). 1 weni over ' the tiurermto Hie the t?aptaln about getting exempt.

"'What do ou wnntT asked the Ser-geant Major.

"I explained, but be declared it waImpossible. 'No excuse. Iters! Ijook!I ii.td to have my own rut 1' snd heallowed me hi:. i'iPlied lie. id.

"Tba 's nil rlghl f r vou. I air wered,'but not for lilt. Ita 'Hn'rary o nivreligion to 111 nff 'II my hatr grtMH I

'go 10 war" 'What are ou f" 'An Amerleati.'" 'Bui AmeMcane have na such re

llgion !M

"'Ah' Hut I am an Indian, an Ameilean Indian '

"So was taken before tin- Adjutantand before the Hergcunt Major ouid ex-

plain hoi too, burs) out ext'Modlyi 'Noimil your hair' loU I bad to havemy own rllppnl ev ry one iMtS.

"As soon as lc got a ehanee to slipIn I word llo Hergeanl Mlljnr explainedthat I was an Xiiieinan liallan and HO

on.' 'Hut win'" the Ad Jul hill demanded

"So I explained that the (henry wasthat it was only fair 10 leave the enemya scalp as a trophy in case you couldnot gei big. was taken round to thebarber uud be wax strictly ordered tnleavs my hair ai'-t- Aoti when tininspti'tlou was held later b) I lis Lieu-tenant (he Adjutant stopped in lion' nfme and expl iio-- lie whole Stor) to lbslJellteltaul, Who HeOmed deepl llitef- -

esleil in Ihe idea of an Auieriratilin: over t Mght for Kranrt ."

Another legionary, invalided out nfthe regimen-- on reading thi above fetterluUtfhed ami auld

"Thai V just like him I rememberwhen we wcro tlrllllng al Toulouse amiweio ad ilreil nf Imrrach life ami imgto gel lo tin front 0110 dav we wereasked who had ceil any active service.Kvery Ann ban w as ready to declarehe hail Your frlctld wan Baked when-li-

had Korytcl"Three year tn the Sth.iiion Artnv.

sir I"And it was gl'HV'afy llulod dowih

under the ItllpreSNlOII thai i'ineatrt nome Central r Smith Am rieanSlate

m

iesgaVjaawSfl bbmbV- - m 4 'aV aw

but " annnnsilanVaanl ltlaVSH

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Italian soldiers near Goritz given

romixdilug the en my to refre. Whenthey sucosed iti taking these httls andthe Attatrian guns no longer thi stenthe city its occupation win follow ai amatter of ooursa.

it it tattvi th.it Qta, Cadoma catcula ted that t toriu could be occupied atones hy sacrificing IS.OOO men As thetotal Italian los es In killed on the wholefront do not exceed 10,000 and the

of tioritz is not urgent, he pre.fern to wait in order that the Italiancasualties In the Occupation of a cityshould not exceed those suffered duringfour months of war.

in the neighborhood of Qoritl alongthe right hank f the laoflSO the Austr-.-ait-

have systematically Shelled manylllagei and hamlets occupied by the

Italians. Iradtsca at d Monfalcone arealmost In rums, especially the latter.shtah stUI dominated b) the Austrianguns ami kept under fire The villagesof sUoranBOi Mohsh. Farra. Cnnzianoand Fojjhano ftave heen razed. The InhabHanta fled long ago Many of themare 111 Italy watting to return to theirhomes when the Italians advance furtherInto Austria and their native land isMradseroadM Others have been arretedby the Ausrt:uii and are now in con.oentmtlon camps Nearly all the malepopulation of this dlatrVt has beenpressed into servlos and - unwilllngl)

"HOMER OF INSECTS", POOR ALL HIS LIFE,

J. H. Fabre Knew FameUntil His Death

Salary

gaecfsJ Cseresasadcsc to Tut gga,i'Anta, Oct IT- - The eareer of J. M

PabrSi the "Jlotncr of the inaeets. "

the Frni li saying "a ensirValllant rlett dlmpOsetble,H the algnitl-Icano- s

of Which may be found in theBltgllSll pro1, erb. " w here thsrs'l a w illtr.ere'a n way." Nothing le- - ean beaid of a in in who rssrs two famlllag

in poverty and st tha sams time achievesgreatness aa a sclsntlst.

When PB'brl dlsd a few tlays ago hejtscked thras mouths ()f tieing 92 yeara

Old. Throughout that long life lie neerKnew we. 1th ami many years of tt werepassed In lit ral poverty. He died, aaysth. i if tiro, jiftr a comparatively hrtefpi rlud of fame which followed mors thanforty years of obscurity.

i er environments of but boyhood amiyou tii undottutodly prompted his studyat gain ral satsuios navartbelesa it i

goi often that the ton of .i laboraf haiso much ittnbltlon to study i hat hebeeiines a great naturalist. K.ihre, bowever, came of Murdy stock nml tils par-

ents appeal to hte bet ti gSi flb nt ugaa to pit of i tie Kronen peaaantry. i o- -bi they wore more smbltluus fv theirHOII thin lor i hemaelVCS, for w lien t hemoved from MauUHouergua, altsro hewas borm lo Rodea, the boy was placadin scltoot, paying his way b serving.iu altar h .

Kruni llodos the family moved to Tou-louse, where Kabre roiupleted Ins courgsit Ihg klsqullt Seminary Next theymoved to Moutpelller, ami here Kaibre'sreal troubles sssm to havs begun, Mlsfortune overiouh the family and thew luile burden of support fell upon hisyoung shoulders, At rtrst he earnedmeagre iiwng aa a lemon merchant, then.it teaching, for which he ii.ni a naturalaptitude.

t)ss Traohey's llliilnatait the iig. of l!t he had reeeUed Ilia

diploma as n teHidlOT SlthoUgtl heapenl all I he time I mild spars inthe study of l II US, bUttSrfllSS andUoStISS- - and was ssslgltsd to a arhoolin t?arpentrasi there in instruct a misusllansouv assort meni of youthi al an.i nuua i sh is ry of Too francs II toWhile t here he m epsred the I hesln onnatural science which won him a lyceepro'i'HSor-hi-

Hour though he was he married InI a i j and ins burdsns look on newweight He wai offared the professorahlp of physlci in the College f AJacolnai a salary of MOO franee 1860 ) a yearand he a.vi ptSd. W hile In COtalfS hoformed ins valuable acuualntanos of He- -

i

a drink of water by old woman.

flghthig for AUStrlS 10 that the Italiansfind only women and children as theyadvance.

There seems to he no doubt that theAustrianji have given up ail hope of verregaining possession or the territoriesthey are losing. They lystema&tcally depopulate ever town arid village wh ncompelled to evacuate 11 end wheneverthey can they r.izc all the tiOUSCS to theground. Their artillery tire is dire, ted.ura list inh ibit d areas with uich sys-tematic regular, ly that the Italians havenow learned from experience never touse the deserted houses of the v.ljagest hey OCCUpy.

Tiieir advance, although recepsiirilyslow. Is ateUdy and I n the beginningif the war not one square foot of land

occupied by the Italians hai been loot,Their progress at present is limitedtspward the highlands of Donerbo, share.he Austrian guns that dominate Mon- -faioone are mounted, The line ol the

is destined to he the base for thenext general offensive of the Italians whonow occupy formidable poll Hons on allthe hills dominating the great Cargoplain facing Tro sle.

Here U M .1 Ul he AUSt riatu at-tempted to man the Italian line onMonte ItllSl and open a way for a.Invasion of Italy. A regiment of Hun- -gaelati Infantry evei man with a band

Only for a Few Yearsat 91 Highest$860.

qui.n. the tKitatilst, ami Mocuuln Tstidon,the bioloslst, whloji did mu.-- to developbis titte for natural acianos lllnsaioompelled lin ' return to Kraiifi', butha bad no difficulty '.n passing the essm--

Itiallon for a iof,';Mirrnt iti wrienr.it w.m in tbli period of iiis. career that

hs. reaolved to carry on the scientificwork that had been outlined by Reamurand the lliit"'i" He w.is thon 82 yearsold, ambitious and snsssjstu?, Mt.l tiirenhimself into hi" task with the rntbusitiMtu that other youni mail ttiiRht slumfoi .ports Not otitii iwstve yesrs latss,howsver, ii.i he publish tin, first work!thai a to brim hlin fame. It was aStudy of Hi., lull, m of the sasp and at- -

ira.'til much attention. Two year!.,' ntiil . iml'lNlir.l i MM'oncI ,tii'lof the vnrleHlea of 'beetle knoim lltarlsand Mo Thi won for hini an lintl- -

luts prise, also Ihe recognition of Day-

sIn, a'ho a'rote n "The ':hkI'i of Hp.clea1 that Kubre waa unsurpassed u astudent of nature

li might reudtly he Imagined that withtills tmnotUM toward fame tabes's re

siiuld en rts that ho eould dsoi.. his entire time to study. Much was.

not iim- ctic Vfter ins return from Corstcs he became professor at Aviirnonat a Nrl salary of 1.10a fNUtoe11830), aiii Hi. ,' im'ip asvsn nioutha tofeed at the fanitlj table, Me added toina Irs'nme to wriiuiK rheeei for sthsfa.mil gtvlni private lesson, ion everyin. hi of Insure he spent in the Studyof insects.

Resigns Ills elixir.The ilay ,'iniie when Hie en.Toa"hinent

oi work upon ''is studios became lntolttrable, He resigned from tho unlvsrslty.tthaudonltw all hope of n psnslon, antlmoved io ths outskirts of Orange, wherein- begun life anew ajegtlts author ofstudies of hisevf life 11m famous"Souvenirs l3ntatnbloglques." l,jto Inikts. ni i.iui us of .il,, he sus able tohu the llllli' nlaee at Hnrtgnsn, whorehe llvsd foi the remainder of iii iif.Studying Insects anil writing ahotit Ihonrii wa.-- - during linn period thitl hi wifedied. He married a , ml time. Add.lions to his "Soue.ilrs" bPOUgttt hlWnew fame, ami Horlgnuii beuams a shrlnsfor aclsuilslSi

l'abre UTttS BOttlSJWhgl of an IneomK-liui-

iu his en lomolaglval theories, ami thm.fouiRl eonshleialilf opM,ituu from eor-tal- ll

SciStrtlStS, hut of hi originality,clournesM .if vlglon gnd luoldjty gndbeauty T Style there waa no doubt, itwits recorded, not without humor, thathe llllKOd up llo. aci) ami Vlrril In aStory alaiut heea. Aa a atory teller,howexer. he wiia arlntitteil to i,t. worthyto he rlasHi.il with Fontaine. N'.it onjywas DttfWln his mlmlrer, but also Mne- -

lerlluok, victor Puriiy ami the Englishsoonomlst Jolin Htuart Mill, whom theFlaaro'i reviewer Cg1lg "trlfrte it frold."

Italian siege guns concealed ina wood.

Wllltol1 CMiptlffl in TrontinoImpoKsiblo, but Tsonzo

BattloK to Continue.

round Ml arm on which waa plantedHMaoh Horn" to RotTH sttaofct d theItallana with groat daatt. ThS ItaUanlwaited in silence, then fingers on thetriggers of their rifles, until the Hun-guria-

reached the pa.apeta if theirtrenchea. Then they opened hre withrifle and ma hme guns ami l.oim Ilun-garia-

fell, while the rema inlug I000who still ruahed 0:1, were UlTOUnded andtaken prlonera They are now atHreaela art 11 a ear ng tiie armlet with"Kach Uiytn' on it.

After the dtoaatrOSII failure of thlaIlret attack others WeTS aMempted wit'isimilar renulta. SffW they do not at-tack an-- m.re, but merely defend theirjMssittona ituhbocnly, snaring their tti- -Fontr as much :is posalWe, leaf the20,000 Auatrlun pKSonetU of wai In Italyhhottld tw at'J prefarting hngnmge artillery lire to bayonet rharuesThese Austrian tactics delHy the Italianadvance, si me fbvtotisl. n progresn ismade until the Austrian gune have beensjienced or dattroyod,

If tiie Italians wesv to push forwardegardlej of loss of life an J Trieste

were OOOUpled n le that: a week, thewar wotild not SI 1? i v is not light::. R

alone. iut wit.h her alllesi and since ttieBwopaan war must .ast another e.uitH end iloes not depend Oil progress at'.he Italian front. Then again, it t pos-.;il- e

that BOOnsr Of later t he ei mnn j

w.ll aitl the A list riant, who revnforoed byhalf a million liermariM may attemptgeneral offensive agalnai the ItaliansWhose plana are only to occupy territorythat they can hold.

The war cost Icaly $113,000000 d irlttSJihe that three months; n,uniy, fromJune to Aug 1st. This sum represent aan Increase of nearly f T'a.Mou.ooo overthe ordinary expt-r.ditu- for the armyand navy during the game period, aothat the actual coat of the war average:leas Man I20.ooo.a00 a day.

Ireat Britain apenda for the was infour days v hat Italy apends in a monthAs a Inatter of fact t!ie COSt ,lf t'a Warfor Italy s much higher, as the flgurefSO far available rtpreyr. t only theam junta actually paid hi cdldl ulid dOSSnot hvcluda sapendlture Incurred fo:whio iatnerit have been deferred.During the rtrst three months of war theIncrease of revenue due Increasedtaxattoni the smlaalon of Treasury note-ari-

the prtjH-eed- from t0 war loansrae laldad oaer $828,300,000, so thaithe coat of the war hai beeti more thancovered atrejad;. and e Mgh money -

available at the Troarurv to tlnuthe war for many months to t orn. hout the neeeosU) of resorting :

S .1 r loa na.

ITALIANS USED GAS

IN BATTLE IN 1584

FwMU Emp,oyed A,yph,,at.inK Vapon AgatnM the

Defenders of Antwerp.

gSeflSf (' urrripnnilrnrf to TaK SivRoitgj Oct. 12. The uae of asphyxiat-

ing Ka In war datea back to th l.teemii century, it wa? discovered byan Italian engtnssr named Oasparllll, anative of buccg. who wa in the serviceof Alexander Karneso ashen he besiegedAntwerp in 1SS4,

Parnese, wlm succeeded Hon John ofAustria a of theyetiierland under I'hllip II of s'palnshon th provinces revolted against thearbitrary and oppressive Spanish rule,eel himself in earnest to the iali ofreconquering Rrnhant and Flanders hyforee of arm. Town afler town feilinto hi power, Tounial. Hreda. Maas-tricht, llriiae nnd QftStlt oMBed the:rSales, nnd finally he laid siege to Ant-werp, which was StyOngl fortified anddefended with deterrolnstlon and eour- -ace by the cltlgens.

Pamese sent (t.nno men under theaummand or the Marquis de Rlchebourgeto attack "tie of the forts at Uefkenshoeek on the Rctieldt, The a'ta.-- faileddespite the use of powerful artillery,whtoti on!) opened a narrow breach itithe wall PgrneSS then ordered hiItalians under QsSpgrlnl lo attack thefort, anil thev advanced "preceded anddefended by wagona loaded with bayand etraw. hen they were under thewalls of the fort they set fire to tin- hayand straw and the dense smoke drivenby a favorable whil against the de-fender surprised and suffocated them,compelling them to abandon their pot.Under rover of the emoke the Italiansrushed on and took the fori hy storm,killlnn all the defenders, who were Stilldazed with the smoke."

Thus thr Oemran, point out th,modern biographer of Quspgrlnf, '.ut-no- t

even bra about the originality oftheir sgphyxtattog gn which, strangelytnougn, was used 300 year ago almoston the same spot.

PUflng this famous siege of AntwerpIt ,ipiarH that the use of floating minewas also rtlsOOVSred by another Italianengineer, Federlgo CMglilbelll, who w islent bv Queen BUgSVbOth Of Rngtand tohelp the Pmtetnts Qlanibelll at-tempted to destroy the bridge of bonisbuilt across the from ('alio,, toOordam to cut off ail mveaj. to Antwerpfrom Ihe sea. Instead of Moating mineas uaed ut present dlambelli bad two

' SttlpS loaded. One with H.ihMI and t.

jollier wilh 7,000 poumts of gunpowder.whlofi by megng of a time fuse w.ia to

t explode in an hour.In order not to rOUM 'he SUSplolOnl

lot the defender of the bridge (Rgnlbelllfiefore Mndlttg the two hlps down i ,eriver had olher sumller abtiia Whichwere harmless float down the atreaniThe two hlps, owing to a mi.stake of

'the A dm i.t I. Jaeob .Isisihsen. wherenhey'utruek the bridge and exploded caused

a great ileal of damage and killed Simmen, hut failed to deatroy the entire'bridge as Qlanibelll Intended.

Drinkors AItphiIv 1 1 11 11 1 i ti r frLoopliolo in tho Antl

TreHtinjr LtWi

TROIBLK FOR BARMAIDS

Hprrini Oeereiseadi "e tn Tnr leg,London, Oct II, Will the

law Which oBine Into effeet yeater-d- y

he pennaneiit. or after a short timeWill It heroine n dead letter?

Tiik Son corfespondenl put thi ques-tion to a police nffldal.

"I: all depends on the publle." he an-

swered. "If they want It to be h S

II Will be omv If they don't II willsoon become a dead letter, a It wouldrequire alt the time of more than nil thepolicemen in London ih see that ii wasefficiently enforced.

"In my opinion. Ihe man who doesn'twant lo treat will find refuge in thelaw and those who do want to treat willmanage to find some way of doingIt la an old saying that a CWMlh andfour ean be driven through every MlParliament ever passed, ami keen inhidewill probably Hud an opening In Ibislaw whereby Its spirit may he evaded "

Although 'lie law has only been Inoperation one day the minds of vvhlehIhe police official spoke are alreadyhard ai work. The provisions say thutno one may buy another g drink orlewd money for another to pay for adrink In any hotel, restaurant, publichouse or club unless It is served and con-

sumed with a me ll

One Loophole Vlr.Bil, l oii.id.The loophole of what constitutes a

meal looms large. The licensing authori-ties refuse to define what constitutes ameal, preferring that the courts shallpass on the question. The court havealready decided tha bread and cheesemake a meal, and with that decision aa basil many are prepared to go furtheranil contend thai a sandwich or even

bard boiled , kk is entitled to similarrecognition,

The saloon keeper, however, declineto go even as far as the bread and cheesellmll save i:i a few ,ie. A legallyminded barmaid in on,, of the Weal Budbars refused Ireatflng with any sort o!:tood nt the (iiv'e: after 4 o'.-lo--

"It's too 'ate Cor lunch." was herruling, "and too early fo- - dinner, and.'.out know whether tea time can herailed meal lane "

The aplrll with Which the new orde-we- nt

Into force wai ' la- of the best ofhumor. Rverybod) seemed inclined i"take It a a Joke a Ihe watchword o'the day Was, VY: wiil you have''Rven Harry Laudei waxed aioquejftl onihe safety with wh iii one might inviteanother to have a drink.

Hut one Scottish draper with a reputatlon for never having treated wasbadly "stung" when lie walked 'nto asaloon and said "What will vou have'''Vhlrty voices Immediately answered."Lemonade and Igars, thanl.s." and

heartbreaking reluctance had to paj

Iteu iila I Ion In erse.in addition to the r, rmal notices

b) the Hoard of Licensing Ormtro'ome of the saloons had nodosa printed

that conveyed to nhelr customer Rlemeaning or tha regulation in more sim-ple and UAderstandgble language. Some- -

lesly reduced Urn regulation to rhym,an. t was prominently dlaplayod in on1of the saloon on the south side of theriver.

It ran this wayYer mustn't tr,-- ' J.r p',.Ver mustn't treat r gal;

Ver mustn'i inls.u r yei igdAllJ If .ver ti' 10 Uo Is. n.' eufi I"

rue It.Fir it i; cost yer lot snd lt f nuM.Prom yesterday' experiences the

place that will In- most nffeMeilof the more I nspSPtinhle OlggS

where crowd would gather a theywould In a Club, That spirit of convivialty was ai a discount laal night andiu the smoking room of the big hotelthere was a general atmosphere of ilepresslon,

In the saloons of Ihe lower olttdS am'particularly thns rear railro.ol station-ther-

was little change The soldierswho wwttted drinks had them and thosewho wanted to treat managed to slip Mumoney OOVOTtU .

Tliat the law wall reduce drunkennsethere eeme he no doubt, and lh.it II

will hi" a hard blow to the licensed tradeis also admitted,

DECORATED FOR THEFT.

Rut What Soldier Risked Life

Heal Wns Order, of line.nv.lyiNisjN, Sep', -- s Some interesting

Sidelights on the life in the trenchesare given In a letter to friends In Sur-rey hy nr. Thai lea lv Petter ..f Thor

who is now with the forces inFrance, it. write III part;

"The senior oaptaln ll a doctor fromBrixton, who evidently prefer killingto curing, as he is a fighting man, Hav-ing added the Heidelberg M, It In hiother diplomas be know Herman welienough to detect the locality frc. whichthe owner of the voice In i be Hermantren lies come.

"Many time he lias rrept out afterdark and Crawling on I ICh underthe barbed wire entangle! ;s he h,a

reached t uo nerman trei es, lying un-

der the parapet and ' ns l theirspeeoh, i ncc. whi dlsarovered, beburled a couple of hotnlsi to give thornsomething ('is,. in t nk giisiut, thencrept hack to sir.' ."

The saane "righting doctor.'" II: r

tells, won e mllltsry cross forgnafi'ltlllg a . book from the edgeof OernlHIl treiich win re p ownerbad laid it n hlin lighting his pipe. Tiiepoohethonk contained Important mgtrUOtlotlM lo Ierman lissips Tiie let-te- r

nlso telle nf the youngest sub in ihwriter's trench Creeping to the ib a .inlino and "capturing' a board on wnioheras written. "Warsaw I taken." AllBritish troops arc "itching for the wordto go forward and longing foi Hi crewtpush." the letter com ludi

WANTED LETTER: GOT 3.000.

Published .prn1 of "I el. sol-

dier" Brings n rfclt,ItONOON, Sept. The stor) of the

'lonely soldier" at the front, publishedIn a i.on ion newspaper, describing bowha shrank away shuim f.uied andempty handed when the postal lorries,rumbled in and pager linnds slim up forletter ami par. els frnlll dear on. s atboine." has had all amuging SOUtlol,Within three days there arrived ninetyhuge pan's! for the lonely on,., sixbags of smaller pan Ik nn.i 3, mm let-ter '

Again a Manchester printed aletter from a corporal In n SecondSouth Istncashlrss, saying lie a prolwgbly Unique hs a man wh.l lla.l no re-

ceived a single coniinunlcalliiu from thehome hind line t ie wai begun 'r.iatPBrporgl'g next icit, !.. "',- paper witvery brief: "I've received n lettrrnml pier, and I'm itoadll) workingthrough the replies,"