Show FIGH j AKES PET AIN L FRENCH RENCH HERO HER I ins fins Great Reputation b by hy His Wonderful Defense i 1 of the Fortress t tICKED i BY I Ranks After Joffre and His TJ Discoverer Among the I of Generals France I IT T ONDO Sept 16 Before the conEl con- con El JJ j of or the German forces at Verdun the ne name oi of General Polain was known to ver very ery cw bc beyond ond those in tn close tOU touch with tho the arm army NOW New cw he has acquired a reputation among the 7 second only to that of oC T. T fFrench French leaders and Do Castelnau In the Fort- Fort L f nightly Review Charles Da wham Da-wham dst dis- dis t some of ot those points In his charI char- char I aeter which have ha raised General Petain Petin I f t to his present high position tion His rapid promotion says sas AIr Mr Daw- Daw barn was due dUO to the perspicacity of oC r De Do who had the general di- di of or the line lino from Soissons to Verdun This position is now ow assumed uj b by In virtue of ot his Ids splendid performance per per- In the gigantic battle battle battle-a a proU pro pro- U Si motion d deserved in every way The Thes i second s In command observed the vast German Germin preparations the tho accumulation of f B gunS ns ant and massing of or infantry and with the assent or of the general In chief 1 set Maet et p Petain tain to work to build a dike against the on rush of or devastating waters J Perform ini L With characteristic energy tho the general genral gen- gen 1 eral hal ral who has sprung so suddenly into t cew lew ew threw himself into the stupendous ous us task Urgency was necessary for tor forc c lf was a question almost of or days Divisions DivIsions Di- Di vIsions were hurried up to reinforce the I thin lino of or 1000 men that garrisoned Ithe the tho twenty miles specially aimed at by bythe bythe bytho the tho Germans heavy artillery artIller was gott got gether t sometimes Improvised Isel from Crts and ships of the navy and an anI I immense accumulation of machine and andfield andfield field Weld guns I w weather delayed the German advance And Sand profiting profiling b by tho momentary respite Petain increased l the fortifications t so o that when the batI battle battle bat bat- I tle tie opened a week later the French were i-were were able to resist the tho first awful thrust of ot the German battalions None None the less the German big guns bUns showed superiority of range and less heavy beavy for tor their size and moro more easily moved than tho the French This defeat jn in the defense was vms partially compensated compensated sated by moving bac back the French line land and also by the extreme mobility of the which were used as if the they ere vere machine guns SUns and at other times hidden with a baffling ingenuity M Men n Ready to tD Din Dir for lor Him r The new commander of oC armies has the supreme gift of or inspiring the tho en enthusiasm en- en J t. t o of his men The They are arc ready to die for him to flim-to to go anywhere at his Ws bidding Ills Ilia magnetism was asP as P strongly exercised upon the tho students of oC the do 10 Guerre where in a 3 k memorable series he lectured on in infantry In- In I fantry action There Is something in his manner In Inti ti his appearance which Incites his list Its lis- t toners to r reverential attention as if Ir th they wore were disciples at the feet of or a 3 nl master r. And the frank clear piercing eyes ces tho the serene forehead the tho handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some face tace barred by the mustache mustache- colored wheat like the hair till two- two score years cars and the b great eat war turned It seem gray gray seem to explain the Intimate character He has the individuality o of great leaders and those tense and tragic w weeks ks at Verdun have served to bring it out Personal influence counted perhaps moro more than the actual manner of or his exposition in his lectures Though courteous to a a. fault he ha hag a soldiers soldier's dislike o of subtle tortuous phrases and his whole tendency Is IB to speak his hib mind The result however Justly phrased was not alwa always s 's palatable to authority and Indeed an unflinching regard for truth is rarely a recommendation recommendation recommendation for advancement A very serious outrage occurred on Friday last at Toulouse France Thieves broke Into broke Into the private cemetery cemetery eeme- eeme tery of the Blue Nuns of oC Lourdes and desecrated the tho grave of Princess Rad- Rad who Is buried burled there It has been rumored that the princess s was burled buried With several of oC her lter favorite Jewels and this evidently c gave rise to tho outrage The Thc marauders broke open the oak coffin but were unable to pierce the tho Inner shell of ot lead overlaid with zinc and fled leaving everything e in der r l French J I France ranca has again made her national I pilgrimage c to Lourdes despite difficulties tics ties Isolated families and S the first to arrive last Friday Frida but Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- urda saw aw important pilgrimages from Paris and the west followed b by those thoo from Bordeaux Pore Pere Daily Bally director general of ot the pilgrimages and several collaborators wore were welcomed h by the bishop of or Tarbes and Lourdes During Saturday the archbishop of ot and he the bishops of ot Aire Alre Montauban l and Digno Digne arrived All trains are arc running double aud and Lourdes looks for the first time sorn something like lIko It did before the war var but the vast concourse of sick lck s are arc missing owing to the difficulties of oC transport Twelve hundred little children children children chil chil- dren are arc there to represent the children of oC Fr France nce who have signed a petition to Our Lady of ot Lourdes for tor a victory vIctor followed by peace pence Tho rho religious religious reli roll exercises opened at the tho Grotto and aud in tho Rosary Basilica on Saturday evening 1 in g. g |