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Show FOES' HIDDEN IN TRENCHES FIGHT DAY AND NIGHT By KARL H. VON WIEGAND. (United Press Staff CorresponderjT. ) St. Mihiel, France. Fighting day and night from deep trenches whose wonderfully effective entanglements of barbed wire, steel sharp-pointed rods and sharp-pointed stakes almost touch, the thousands of men comprising compris-ing the German left and the French opposing wing seldom see each other. Probably never before has there been staged a battle bo theatrically set as is the present. The line of battle runs wave-shaped for miles through denso forests, over and around high hills and across deep valleys traversed with fast-running streams of water. The French stubbornly contest every attempt of the Germans to advance. Lines of trenches are extended a foot at a time. The thousands on each side dig themselves in like field moles. They cover their every movement. move-ment. Even the guns are hidden and their location cannot be ascertained by the opposing forces, as their smokeless powder leaves no trace. Visible to Aviators. And In the open country the trenches are so constructed as to be invisible to an aviator unless he flies very low. When be does fly low he seldom returns to report. But there are always volunteers on both sides to attempt It. They go out and most of them are killed. A few are captured alive and they are treated with the consideration their daring demands. The Germans have occupied St. Mihiel and are holding it and the territory ter-ritory adjoining, although they are Btill subjected to a heavy artillery fire. The children, however, play about the streets and the Inhabitants go about their duties in an uncon- |