Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-06 | Page 10 | Germans Freeze to Death in Trenches

GERMANS FREEZE TO DEATH IN TRENCHES London. Nov 5, 3 30 a. m Review-j Review-j fng the situation in the eastern battle I front the Daily Mail's PetrograJ cor- respondent sas: I "Difficulty in living in the trenches j in the bitter weather already has be-1 i gun Cases of men being frozen to death among the German troops have ! occurred because the trenches were j dug in marshy soil and now are filled ith ice. In such experiences the ' j Germans are far leas able to endure J j the winter than the Russians." The correspondent adds that the i I -Germans are somewhat discouraged I ! wlng to the fact that the Austrlans are now fighting better than the Ger- ji mans. This fact is due, he says, to ij the weeding of the Slav elements out J I of the Austrian ranks