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Show AMID MNSNDWS Campaigning in Winter Time Af-tended Af-tended by Hardships. Russian Officer Tells of the Suffering Endured by the Soldiers in Descent From Snowclad Peaks Before Be-fore Koprikeui. Petrograd. The successful campaign of the Russians against the Turks in Asia Minor has been carried out under frightful weather conditions. Some of the hardships suffered by the soldiers may be understood from the following narrative by an officer of the descent of his men from the snowclad peaks before Koprikeui: "We held a position on the summit of Mount , which rises nearly eleven thousand feet above sea level. Every morning there was a strong wind, which drove before it masses of snow, and drifted up our position to a depth of from ten to fifteen feet. Our shelters, huts and kitchens were all buried in snow. The wind was so fierce that most of our huts were almost al-most blown to pieces, though they were held together by wire. "This blizzard lasted for days, for weeks, and it was impossible to keep the huts clear. If you shifted one spadeful of snow, as likely as not the wind would fling into Its place two or three times the quantity. For whole days together we were dependent on artificial light. No one so much as thought of warm food during those days. Not only were our kitchens buried in snow, but we had no other means of heating water. The hurricane hurri-cane howled and whistled through our earth huts, and prevented us from lighting the stoves which had been placed in them. If one of them was lighted the wind filled the hut with smoke, and the door had to be opened to prevent suffocation. Our lairs grew damp, cold and cheerless. |