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Show VLADIMIR BOURTSEFF, who fought agamt Czar and now returns to service for his native land HIS CZAR WILL ACCEPT BDURTSEFTS SERVICE Former Revolutionary Leader Lead-er of Russia Comes Back for His Country. Special Cable to The Tribune PETROGRAD Oct 10 It Is learned that Vladimir Bourtseff the famous revo lutlonary will be allowed to enter the war eervloe In some capacity a though his short s ghtedness pre ents his beoom Ing a coldier Bourtseff who escaped from impr son ment In Siberia unmasked Eugene Azeff an agent of the Russian secret po ice who was ingratiating hlmse f In the councils of the Russian revo utionlsts When the war started however he came back from Paris to a d his country He was arrest ed in Raumo Fin and but soon set free Our hate for those perfidious fel lows is universal and much greater than our feel ng aga nst the Trench Everybody wants a chance to get at them and God have mercy on them should they get before our r fles from us they need expect none At 7 in the evening we heard the news of the Russ an defeat I hope that the good tid ngs w 1 be con firmed We are advanc ng every where It s a beautiful even ng and I will have to do field duty ton ght The entire village had prepared It self for defense but in the last mo ment they lost heart Just now they brought in a French sold er who has been hid ng five dajs in a ch cken house At my side the capta n is c tt ng up a cucumber oil and vinegar have been secured after a long search Well I am out n the field In front of us the terr tory s occup ed by the enemy War s a terr ble thing Th s noon wh le I was in spect ng tho outposts five French chasseurs on patrol wor ad anced toward our posit on We were in the woods rre was opened on them at 200 meters I regretted having to give the command The off cer 26 vears old and married two days before the mob 1 zat on a I learned afterward was killed The others were wounded and taken prisoners We did not n m at the horses they and the saddles are first class and now five of s will r de To ha e to do that sort of th ng s d stress ing but what is to bo done C est la guerre I Waits for letters I have rece ved mail twice so far, and every t mo the post arr ves I imagine there must oe some h ng for me What has become of he letters 1 We are hero far from h man aid have no tents and are not per n tted to make a fire My meals so far have consisted of dry bread and I feared that my supper would be aga n drv bread but oh joy one of my men arr ved with a tremendous slab of bacon which he had found somewhere My or derlv has managed to get a few on ons and we have succeeded in gather ng six c garettes what a glorious supper The field k tchens are a fine inst tut on We off cers get onr food from them, together w th the men and I will say that usually t is qu te tasty and always well cooked Tou would appreciate the field kitchen if for three weeks you had been obi ged to eat the stuff cooked on a field fire Ton ght there will be no sleeping and I w sh morn ng were hero ll"s well Thousand k sbot OTTO It was terribly cold last night in the ditch along the highway A thousand kisses THY LOYAL SON |