| Show ARTillERY FIGHTING TAKES FORM OF GAME British Learn Learn Source of German German German Ger Ger- man Fire and Pepper Teutonic Guns to Silence LONDON Jan 25 There S.-There There was Wl given g out in London Lonon today a further recital of conditions at the thc front b by an e eyewitness e attached to the thc British general staff It ItIs Itis Its Is s dated Tuesday January 19 11 1 at the thc British general headquarters In l France rance A synopsis of ot it follows The work of ot the artillery particularly on the British right 1 is I discussed and It ItIs ItIs itis Is related that w weather ther conditions arc improving ln The Tho difficulty of maintaining maintain maintain- In ing good roads are ground to pieces b by hta heavy mot rs is mentioned and e extended extended ex ex- tended denial dental Is 18 given shen to a German report that the English have ha used German pris- pris Continued on pace pae 2 ARTILLERY FIGHTING Continued from pa pago o 1 otters as os aeroplane observers Ing ng the observer says The continuous artillery combat comb t almost t takes the form torm of or a game gam In some parts of the tho field Held As soon aa as the German batteries batteries bat bat- terl teries I start shelling us our guns are di directed dl- dl recter against certain places place on the enem enemy's s lines the bombardment of which w It knew by experience will soon oon Induce him him to resist Having ln obtained the range of ot most mot of or the hostile batt lie batteries ert IJ e-IJ wo we 0 e gen gen- n- n rally ally reduced them to silence or render their heir tIre fire comparatively harmless On Saturday January 16 H our guns made mado good practice against the German trenches and also found an excellent target tar get in a German marching through a forest and they made direct hits on a cono convoy and observation station etton at t On Ott Sunday January 17 17 north of we shelled tho the German redoubts and forced tho the garrison to retire On Monday onda the the British left lett was U II hea heavily shelled without result Says ays Story Is Untrue Aim An An alleged German official report dolares do do- lares ciares that a a. certain German prisoner In Inho inthe ho tho English lines claims that on sev several different occasions he was forced to ascend in a British aeroplane In his shirt to point out the German positions lons and drop a Q bomb This whole holo story storys Is s a pure fabrication but it presumably Woul would not have tj appeared unos unless It was likely kely to bo be accepted as true In Germany and nd In l some ome neutral countries The ab ab- of or taking tJ up a pr private soldier who over never before had bad made an ascent In order ardor to o ascertain tho the position of ot units of ot which ho he o knew nothing Is sufficient lent refutation Moreover w we wt would be hardly likely to render his hie teak mOre moro difficult by inflicting the lie needless hardship of ot exposure Immense efforts and n n. great amount of f ml material t are being expended to keep roads in repair under tinder the motor traffic Furthermore in man many cases tho Urn paved portion of ot the roads is so narrow that vehicle chicles arc s-re unable to pass pau each other consequently It has hall been heen to widen the ra paved 00 surface 1 stone block lock Is one of tho the most ancient and durable dur dur- able forms of road d. It bc becomes omes broken up in time by hy heM heavy traffic Tho The weather Is la no now dr dry and windy which re results reIts Its In Improving ln conditions Inthe inthe In InThe the trenches The wind at the hel height ht of half halt a l mile has reached a velocity of ninety mile miles an hour bour In Tn spite of this successful aero aero- plan piers have hwe been e n l |
