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I AISNE eaves aves With Crosses of rood oad Mark High Ridge I Reached by British I Correspondence Ddt nce Associated Press i. i TO TOWN O ON ox THE AISNE Franco France 15 A A little battle graveyard b by I roadside only half haIr a dozen soldier I CB 8 with woolen wooden crosses marks the ji i witter uter point reached b by the British 1 tho the battle of or the tho in ml mid iber br It lies near tho the ChemIn deses des dos des es Road of or tho Ladles Ladies which rough rough- tho the three or four Cour miles h of or tho river an and l only a short dIe dis- o 0 from Crom tho the bOo battered sugar Busar factory of or jon on for Cor Or ich the Royal Roal Sussex regiL regi- regi t. t the Kings King's Hoal Rifles RUles and theil the te teI il I orth regiment paid e avy n a price in the battle of Septem- Septem 1 45 15 eld dd Marshal Sir John French registers names names In his report of or October 8 S In Inch inch ch eh he tells how the tho British forces fol- fol Ing ng up tip the retirement of or the tho Germans Germani tho line lino crossed tho the Aisne of or Soissons an and fought their way a to toof top top of tho the ridge of or hills on the north F f where they were checked and held J he the German troops Is was three months ago the tho Ger- Ger ht ht for Possession s later drove ro c the thc allies from lOm tho the hills lost ost t to t to o river rI and now hold the und In strong force Corce d to to the There is Is therefore no harm In Ung aUng that Sir John may not have havern wn Wa rn that a dangerous gap had opened two of or the H retiring German GermanIe lies le Ie at t this point that b by a slightly ro re vigorous offensive o ll ho ho- might have just tho the British forces into tho the o opening split the German army armo In two and andt It t it was the tho German ann army anny corps of leh Ich the correspondent of or the AE Associated Is ig tho the J c rived Ine in into res es now t. t ai only e to close the hole holo and enable unable the therman therman therman armies to stand on thu tho line of oC Alane Aisne instead of continuing their reit ret ret re- re it t to some other line further north he Che English troops were already weHr well weH r the crest of oC the tho ridge and the Ocr Ocr- I had a doubly doubt difficult task to fight 1 fir Ir way up the steep northern slope slop of or orI 1 I range and ADd establish re-establish their broken 10 o 0 ground over which the tho battle haUle then Is 15 now a labyrinth of or approach cues zigzags and parallels marking stages es by which tho Ger- Ger troops sapped and aDd foU fought ht their way war rani artl van to their present lines JInes The They now d th the greater part of or tho southern pe e. e ench Hold Lines he Che allies' allies lines now occupied b by the Instead of or tho the En English lIsh are in the lands Hands of oC the valley alley All tho the high points this side of or the river are h held ld b by the mans ans so 80 that the French have bare no ob- ob pallon points from which to Lo direct the theof of their artillery They can ani only fire fiN fly over the rl ridge at points where sr suspect the presence of or German bates bates batles bat- bat les es or infantry supports notably at a le is village called Corny which Is Ie now picturesque a heap of or ruins as can cnn be bead e end id nd along the whole front front- tho the noon luncheon hour during which French artillery Is usually silent a n It was paid In reasonable security to village During the rest ret of ot the day night shells sheIla are dropping in it at Particular attention Is paid Iho ho village well the tile assumption proba- proba being Ing that the Germans come corne there water an and l although tho the French artil- artil practice is S not so good as was that the British German officers officer i their men from the use uso of or that spring alf It If a mile aWa away in a a. Bh sheltered spot the tho valle valley v within a r radius of or fifty S s. s the correspondent counted C tour four urn ur- ur L n fresh shell holes 3 to Peep Over lie he French guessed that one of our t might be In that spot said Eaid I artillery lieutenant acting as guide Ide d have o Just dropped a It falvo of oC shells 5 e. e The battery is 16 not there hows' hows how how- s' s r P. P as you OU sec see flee tim the French send senJ up one of or orr Ir r aeroplanes to attempt a n. peep pep over ridge to locate batteries but the antl- antl I loon oon guns guus an and machine guns uns adapted i high ISh u an angle l Orb firo generally drive the fl flyer cr PW before re he hc accomplishes his mission e sight sl ht a as witnessed this morning on another part of the line Is one of ot the the in war Perhaps feet up I a a. gray STay smoke ring rim suddenly marked itself against the tho blue sky ky as symmetrical and well defined us the whirl puffed out b by a smoker or as the halo around a a. saints saint's head lead in III an un 01 old 1 mast masterpiece Before the eye eyo could pick out the aeroplane aero aero- plane Iane a darting artins black speck a against the tho blue luc there a half haIr dozen other smoke whorls whorl painted on the sk sky The acro- acro pIano lano doubled back out of danger but from Crom rom shrapnel already under wa way six or eight mor mory of oC the gray Ta wreaths tumbled tum- tum bled out Into the group Tho rings held their heir for c five n or 01 so eo and then hen slowly blanched into a a. tl thin n haze hazo Town Heap of Ruins A half hour later the French flyer 1 er again essayed to cro cross the German lines Jines at a point a few rew miles away The shrapnel net lel this time seemed to burst all aJi around aroundhim aroundhim aroundhim him but ho he got gol away unharmed He usually does as aiming at t such targets Is s a as yet ct et an empirical art arL Before the war C C- C was a n. picturesque picturesque esque esquo little town clinging to tho side of or ofa ofa ora I a steep hill hlll near the Aisne with nearly a thousand Inhabitants a fine chateau and extensive wine cellars Now it Isan Isan is isan an equally picturesque heap of or ruins ana ano an anoa a Cor fortress tress with a garrison of German riflemen A lint line of or runs alon along the southern rim of ot the town and below on tho the flats and in La the tho woods are the French rench trenches oo to O yards a away n Thu Tho re regular lar roads loads leading to tho to town ton n have havo b been en abandoned because o thc they nr are exposed to full Ire fire from Crom the French ar- ar Illery tillery A new 3 approach has been cut through the tangled woods In tho the rear but nit even een this Is exposed In places and although a n t screen of or pine trees has been erected at exposed places to prevent the French rench from Cram observing movements of troops and supplies they occasionally drop a shell shall here hero as deep holes in tho road and b by the roadside show eho Cruel Rifle War Warfare between the German riflemen and the tho French colonials and legionaries opposite devoid for lor weeks of oC an any momentous momentous mo mo- operations has become a cruel grim sport of ot hunting tho big game gamo man nan When the Associated Pre Press correspondent corre corre- first visited C C- C a few days ago to take coffee coHee with the officers atthe of at the th tb th rifle battalion he was told of ofa ofa a n new trick bellI being attempted a against the French A dummy dumm had been fitted out in ill German uniform and nd would be placed d dAt at night In jn an exposed place between the lines The Frenchmen It was hoped would come como out to attempt to carry off oct tho the b body If IC so 50 BO they would come under fire of or tho the rifles of ot a squad of at watchers posted poste in a 3 wood near the decoy ccoy On his second visit he learned the ruse ruso had been successful The French had hod come and three It was thought had been Jeen killed although only ono one bod body had been found Through a loophole In tho the parapet of oC earth and sandbags ono can distinguish In an open field a few Cew hundred yards ards awa away the bodies of at tivo O Frenchmen and andone andone andone one German soldier Two T other French bodies hang hanl suspended l in trees All II have been there for weeks as 88 it Is la Impossible ble blo to bUr bury the dead without risking Immediate immediate Im im- im- im mediate death Three of ot tho the bodies those of tho threw o latest Jd killed la lay In Ina Ini ina a i pathetic little triangle The clothing of or the others Is so 50 bleached out by rain and weather that they can hardly bo be distinguished Wars War's Pleasant Side A A. plea pleasanter anter side to war was presented by the officers officers' afternoon coffee e served ed cr d dIn in their underground casino a spa spa- Ious vault beneath the tho ruins of oC one of or orthe the houses of ot the thc town Ono One end was partitioned off orr as n a drawing room In It IL a number of at pieces of period furniture a largo larso table with a reading lamp easy rocking chairs am and the telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone with which the commander keeps In touch with tho men In the trenches In the adjoining room a Ion long table was wan ats set snowy set snowy white linen a table lable decoration decoration decora decora- tion of or ground l pine hors du oeuvres while white wheat bread brend good butter cold meats of or various kinds cheese coffee cigars am and arul cigarettes The label tabel mi might aught ht have stood in a n. club In Berlin and the i contrast between It and the scene of utter wreck and devastation de outside was startling Tho The men In itt the trenches too live not without comfort Even E In tho thu trenches nearest ta the enemy enem they have o built buill In Jn fairly comfortable shelters sheller f excavations excavations excava excava- about four our feet Ceet d deep ep roofed alii and covered with earth Many of or them have windows opening Into an adjoining approach approach ap ap- ap trench runny many of ot them board floors and nearly all have havo boa board Id I'd boxes filled with straw for beds A desultory tire fire on constantly alon along th the lines of or trencheS s. The rho company compan barber has established his bis chair In liu the trenches While the tho crack of or rifles was heard a tow few hundred hunched l feet Ceet away he he- could be he s fi seen cn en shaving sha one of ot tho landies of ot the tho battalion The Tho town n 0 dall dally daily newspaper the wireless wire news bulletin Issued b by general headquarters head head- quarters and transmitted to Individual commands by telephone or messengers which is 1 posted on a 0 sheltered d wall 1 tho the center of or the shell torn town Opposite Op- Op it on a wall hangs the tho warning sign of oC the Touring Club of or France This road is dangerous There is no doubt that It is Infantry Constantly Driving Big Tunnels Correspondence Associated Press FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE GERMAN ARMY R n. n a Place In France Dec 12 IZ By Dy Courier to Holland This Holland This important section of the long Ions western rn battle line lino Is guarded at this writing by bythe bythe bythe the army of General Von to which belongs the credit of at th the first heavy lighting an and the first considerable victory vIctor of ot the war war the tho defeat of the French at on August 10 Each E. da day brings its Us artillery duel some sometimes sometimes times ferocious some times s almost per per- The Infantry In tho the advance 1 trenches carry carryon on a constant operation I of or tunneling and punctuated with minor but frequently sharp contacts contacts con con- This week has seen no heavy fighting and the lull has enabled I the correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent of ot tho the Associated Press who has been a I guest of or the headquarters mess mes for Cor the greater part pait of the week to have ha man many conversations with General Von Yon and almost e cr every cry evening hear his talks on methods of or this war the Initial campaign In Alsace the comparative com corn bravery bra of or the various armies the noteworthy achievements and Incidents Inci mci- dents of the tie war wai and on the use usa of oC the automobile the aeroplane the telephone and wireless telegraphy In fn modern war- war faro Blames Modern Inventors This war with its arm army of millions and Its battle fronts of oC hundreds of ot miles would have been heart Impossible without these modern adjunctions General Von Heerin- Heerin gen believes and those seeking to replace the responsibility for tho the colossal struggle struggle gb gle ma mar maj he lie thinks It If thc they wish place a portion of or tho blame blamo upon the shoulders of or modern inventors Physically General Von Van Istar is far tar from the generally conceived Idea of or ofa ora a German commanding officer Sixty five years ears of oC age with silky white beard mild eyes a pleasant voice and a courteous courto- courto out ous con consideration for visitors and all with whom he comes In contact It II takes the gray STay field uniform with the black and white ribbon and the Iron cross upon his breast to re reveal ol the tho man who as war minister drafted d and put through h Lh the tho tho the mark billion Ic levy for the thO Increase a e In the army last year ear and who as commander of or that arm army hastily concentrated concentrated con con- In the first ten days of ot mobIlization mobilization mob mob- broke up tho the French invasion In of or southern Alsace and drove o the invades In Invaders s back upon New Things Learned As a general staff officer r as Prussian minister of or war as army Inspector and prospective comma commander General Ge Von Yon has been In close touch with the n ii theory of oC war but hut ho be admits ad admits ad- ad mits that all did not come out as ns the experts everts had h. expected ted Take the laying out of or trenches for Cor example he said ald Tho The first principle to bo be observed In laj laying ing o out t trenches according to our ideas before beCore tho thu war wa was to secure as extended a a. field of or fire au ao pos possible ible so as ns to force torce an at attacking attacking at- at tacking enemy nem to advance a long distance dis tance tanco under the fire of at the tho defenders sow Now ow we have learned that tho the first essential la its to have them concealed and protected from artillery artiller fire even If It the field CleM of fire does docs not extend more than fifty yards before the trenches That Is enough with modern weapons on to stop any ny attack In a number numb r of or places along the the- front our men and tho the French oc occupy oc oc- cupy copy opposite slopes of the tho saute same ridge with the ere crest It of or the ridge between fI them so eo that n neither side can see the tho other In the old days das it would have o been thought that tho tue side selling seizing tho the crest could drive o out tho the others but now neither side dares show a head above aboe the cre crest t. t March arch Around a City Another leeson loson wo we have learned is In Inre re regard rd to the tho occupation of cities in ad advance ad- ad vance ance Wo We now march our columns column around the cIty Instead of or through it H sending only light reconnoitering parties patties Into it ft until we have established that ItIs Itts it its it's s 's clear of the enemy Hand grenades we find arc tho the best weapons for street and house to hoU house e A couple of hand grenades thrown Into a 0 house houe occupied by an enemy will clear it more mores quickly than anything else clee and with far less les loss of or life than by the use of or tho the bayonet Our men all carry grenades now new In trenches we are arc using with effect not only hand grenades but large mines containing a great at quantity o of 1061 0 nn and l thrown b by a S1 special specia type |