Show r 1 1 rI f I G-ERM G N UNDER ENEMY ENEMY'S TRENCHES TRENCHES' T Correspondent Tel Tells of Visit t to Kaisers Kaiser's Lines Linea at Front FIRST L UND LINE GERMAN ERMAN TRENCH Northern France Fance May y 9 by mall mn t New York Tork passed d b by German Oena con con- ce- ce soT M May y 4 4 Unter Under many section of the French trenches h her heroth r. r 08 Germans Ger mans have tunnels in which mints minu can be exploded d If the allies start ta an a offensive in this locality lotty nied hy by an under officer otice I c crawled on n hands and knees kee thirty thiry y yard a guided by an electric flash light to the end ond one of ot the these holes I was cautioned before wo we o entered that that Wa not a a. word was to b. b spoken and ad that 1 I should ho careful to make mae as g little nol noise as 3 a possible in the straw covering covering- the tho ground Gound coverD For a a few seconds which seemed as Il long lone long as hours hour we sat at th the tho tunnel end enc We W. could hear heal her the German Geran artillery ar ar- ar a. a tillery opening the morl morning fire tr on OD the French positions ns We waited a few tew seconds second more more I listened aa se a. a patiently pa pa- pa p. p as my nerves would permit Pat pat pat perit pat pat pat- pat But th the sound meant nothing to me Next came caine Ih short r dull dul thuds a a sound me Net that I h had d nev never r heard The under unde officer fleer flashed the lamp again agn and anc pointed to a smaller hole into which obviously a bomb was placed when when it became ne cessar to blow up that trench I must have hove looked frightened ac u we crawled out for the officers officer began Immediately to laugh As AI soon as a. we were safe cafe in the trench I asked what those noises meant The first said my guide guide- was the sound Bound of the footsteps footstep of French Fench soldiers The second was the vibration of the ground when the French soldiers drove nails nals in the wooden lining of the trench Escorted by a dozen German of of of- we walked furter further through the trenches A German soldier r was fIring firIng fIr fIr- fir fir- ing through an n armored protection at the French lines anoree A Ask Ak k that fellow w fel what hes he's shooting at aU the colonel said to the under officer And after atter that there thero was sias a scant activity from tram our side of ot the trench the officers desiring to draw drw as little firing from irons there tho the French as possible while we Were ere For three hours afterward we walked through several miles mUes of first firt line lne trenches until we came to the Bud Eifel 3 tower tower a a tall taU oak tree treo stand stand- ing lag on the outskirts of ot a forest At the base bae of ot this tree was a a mound through which the German Genan trenches ran mn To the top of ot this the norman Gorman soldiers soldier had constructed ed steps We climbed to the tho top and looked through armored coverings at the French trenches stretching like a snake through though the field before us Looking backward the German Geran trenches looked like liko another snake snake for for all al trenches wind in and out Entering the forest German field guns greeted us by volleys which they vero firing tiring in quick succession lon at the opposing positions Walking along the forest road towards toward th tha rear we met scores of oC soldiers build build- ing huts in the woods digging grav graves buld carrying ammunition and food ana and l driving transport wagons Near the middle of ot the tho woods we wo were vere invited by the colonel who was WM our guide to see the officers officers' field headquarters gide headquarter under ground Down the steps we came to a little room comfortably furnished and before be be- be fore tore us was a table filled a with the wih choicest food tood It IL was tho birthday of one of or the officers and nd the feast was capped with Wih champagne and tet red and amid white wine Beside the Bavarian lieutenant at one end of ot the dining table was tho the head hed officers officer's dining tele Ida ph phone ne War ar orders were wore given and received ov over r this phone during th the meal a as an any American business during man might conduct his affairs But the conversations from tho other end were like this One man dead two injured injured injured-as as the first under officer reported to the colonel when we first entered the trenches we |