Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-10-11 | Page 12 | Germans have Underground Rest Rooms for Troops

GERMANS HAVE UNDERGROUND REST ROOMS FOR TROOPS PARIS, Oct 10 6 69 a m. In contrast with the rapidity w th which the Ger mans 1 ave conducted their campaign against Antwerp the tide of batt e is flowing sowly in certain parts of France The engagements in the W oevre d strict accord ng to the statements of the wounded so diers who ha e been brought back from this territory continue to take the form of a slow and stead s ege The German trenches In the Woevre have been constructed in two I nes one behind the other The outermost Is fur n shed with quick fir ng guns The larger detachments shelter themselves In the second line These trenches are large and comparatively comfortable and at Inter vals they broaden out into subterranean rest rooms in which the troops may s eep In comparat ve security The flrt 1 ne is reached from the second through underground passages The dally routine Is carefu I observed The fire of their 1 ea -y art! Iery is de termined through the study of maps and aer al reconno sances and s d rected mostly to the ra ines and woods where the enem is supposed to be The a es have Ju t nstal ed a svstem of dra nage n their trenches which up to t e p esent has been very successful D a na e s a most necessary precaution is man of the troops are suffering from flamma on rheumatism