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Show FRENCH SOLDIERS ARE AT COLOGNE Rotterdam, via London. Aug 28, 11:40 p. m The Cologne correspondent correspon-dent of De Tyd, writing under date of August 18. says "An endless train rolls into the station sta-tion at Cologne In it have arrhed 700 French prisoners, taken at Mul-hauseu Mul-hauseu and La Garde, Alsace-Lor- raine. They were dressed In red I trousers and short darkblue coats One could see that they had been to a fight. They were unkempt and in need of a wash and a hae, "I remember having read somewhere that a French senator had declared I there was a great shortage of shoes for the French troops. 1 have seen 100.000 German soldiers going to the front, everyone of them wearing a brand new pair of russet shoes, heavy enough, to withstand any campaign Rut there were no such shoes among these French prisoners Their footgear foot-gear was a flimsy character and worn so badly that in most cases their toes were protruding They ate greed ily of bread and drank eagerly the tea and coffee that was handed to them "The laces of most of these were blank and expressionless. They conversed con-versed among tbemsel es in an undertone un-dertone I asked one something about Le Garde. 'I know nothing,' he answered sullenly "But nrter I t0ld him he was speaking with ; llollendcr and not with a German he modified his reply to: 'I will say nothing, sir "In one compartment ol this train, guarded by four soldiers with fixed bayonets. at a French soldier, who had refused to give his word of honor hon-or that h would make no attempt to escape." Unable to Pay Levy London. Aug, 28 11:47 p m. The Antwerp correspondent of the Fx- cbange Telegraph companj Bays the uiiif,uind.nri oi tjrusseis nau not handed over the war levy of $40,000. 000 demanded In Germany lie dc dares he has not the money. The German military government, the correspondent continues, bud designated des-ignated as hostages Ernest Selvay, who has been described at the Rel glan Carnegie, upon whom it has Imposed a tax of 30,000,000 francs (16,000,000), and Baron Lambert Rothschild, who has been taxed 10.- IMHI.imO fiMIKH Resume Offensive. London, Aug 2S, 12.L'r a. m. An nlflclal statement issued bj the French embassy last night, said: "Yesterday our troops took up thej offensive in the Vosges, in the region between the Vosget mountains and Nancy, where fighting has been goin, on for a fortnight. The German losses) were considerable Longwy, which was garrisoned by only one battalion, has surrendered, j after holding out for twenty four hours." Few Left of Division. Fans. Aug. 28. A number of Or man prisoners passed in a train through the station at Limoges todn; An inbabitant of the town was able to talk for an instant with a French sub-officer who accompanied the cap-! tlves There, sir ' In- said, pointing to the Germans, "are all that is left of an entire division." oo |