Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-16 | Page 10 | Troops Suffer from Cold in Trenches

TROOPS SUFFER FROM COLD IN TRENCHES Thielt, Belgium, via Sas Van Ghent. The Hague and London, No . 15. The Germans have not yet succeeded In crossing the Yser In front of Dix-mude, Dix-mude, and since that town has been entirely destroyed the possession of it has thus far been of little value to the invaders. Heavy fog, alternating with pouring rains, are causing a great deal of skkness among the soldiers in the trenches The ditches are flooded and the men are forced constantly to stand In the water. As a result these soldiers suffer from severe colds which frequently develop into pneu monla There is no palce in which those who are ill can be called for immediately, since all the villages In this lenity have been destroyed and the nearest hospitals, which are in Ghent and Bruges, already are overcrowded. over-crowded. The exhaustion of the troops which are fighting under these conditions has caused a momentary lapse in the operations of the infantry and the battle continues to be chiefly an artillery ar-tillery duel, which, owing to the fog. Is of desultory' character. .Military men here expect no decision in the conflict for several days