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ive Battle Section Section or th? Story Whic quarters ol an Unnan BEFORE 80IS8ON8, Jan. 18 (by j courier to Berlin, Jan, SO, via London, j Jan. tl; 4:85 p. m.-NOTE: The fol lowing ia the second part of a descrlp t1 ve atory of the battle of Boissons ; tbe first part was sept in the night re port of January 20. The delay in trana, j mission occurred between Berlin and London. In the first section of the story, | which waa written at the field head quarters of an unnamed Oerman gen eral, the battle ot Soissiona waa Uk-j ened to the battle of Antietam, and the ground over which* it was fought was dr .-cribed.. Eight days of fight ing had resulted in the French being driven from the heights, whence they had expected to launch a fresh offen sive movement The losses in these en. | counters Were very heavy.-Associ ated Presa. The battle began January 8. A se vere bombardment from field gun? and | heavy artillery waa followed by a French. charge. The Germana could not make an effective defense againat this onslaught The French with great . dash carried part of the German posi tions, but by their success they damp ened the vigor of their artillery bom bardment, which could not be contin ued without endangering j ?heir own men. . The German guns in turn opened al heavy Are on the rearward communi cations of the French, preventing the bringing up of reinforcements A des perate hand-to-hand struggle, on fair ly even terms, raged for four days and I nights in the valley and on the wood ed spur crowned by Uaa shnfr-w recked buildings of LaPierrlere farm. Nel tber aldo was able ter gain undecisive 1 advantage. 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A 'U? \\vv " a v*r-/ c< /ll I skirts in < i*^^^^ * ?round Ui \ ? +L ?lr - J others no v,^? m&X*' skirted. $3.50, $4.se/$5.m WEIL BE PLEASED TO ?OW ???EM TO YOU :.A few more beautiful Dresses* Coats, and Coaf Suits at exactly Jl hatf their former price, there are iom? extra good values here Come and seo them. h Waa Written at the Field Need led German General. was held by the French. The surface of the plateau waa creased by row after row of deep trenches, each treuch with a clear field for the Are ot its cuna. lt aeemed impossible to conceive of troops successfully storming euch en. trenched positions. The Associated Presa correspondent counted-in some places five auch successive lines of permanent French trenches, each with Its entanglement of barbed wire sup ported on iron posts screwed into the ground. Pioneers might cut their way through the nrafc entanglement be fore the general attack, but it was nec essary for the others to make the ad vance across the exposed ? positions under Are. The attackers, however. were General Von Kluck's veterans, who. .after the famous daah oa Paris, the tattle of the Mame, and the re tirement to the Aisne,'had been? re maining here m comparative inacti vity since the middle of September. They succeeded somehow in sweep ing across, the plateau, first in tne center and then, on January 13, on the left or eastern flank, carrying trench liter trench by t tor m in an uninter rupted and t irresistible attack. By nightfall of January 13 they had driv en the French from the plateau. On the following ?day they cleared the Fren^-h from the valley below ind drove theiu across the river. The vic tory was completed by an advance through the valley on that same day. Earlier operations made this com paratively ousy; in' fact, many ot the French had no alternative but to sur render as the only path of escape waa commanded completely from the plat eau above. The correspondent reached the bat tlefield over the turnpike leading fiona Soissonn. : approaching by automobile aa far as tho village of Creuy, a scant mlle from the French outposts which were the- scene days earlier ot des> perate combata. The road.ls cut Into the side of the hill between the pla teau and the valley. The narrow mar gin of roadside on ono hand, before tho drop Into the valley, had become ope long cemetery. The Germans had interred there their dead of past months in long rows and graves, each surrounded by a atone and wooden crosses telling sometimes of one, oft ener of 20 or 30 or more comrades ! lying at rest beneath.'' On the opposite side of the road were entrances to numerous tunneled stone quarries, driven several hundred feet Into the hillside. Within the quarries had been lodged German troops, thA number in each cavern varying from a company to s/ regiment. ' i Thc village of Creuy itself presented a familiar picture of shell-wrought destruction. From the battlefield on thc plateau above waa unfolded a pan orama of the precipitous sides nf Hie Aisne- valley und the French- positions on the' opposite hil ls. SoissonB,- In full view below, seemed startlingly close, with the towers of the cathedral and the Thirteenth Century Abbey emerg ing from the mass of stone houses. A alight hase made lt impossible to I ascertain to what extent 8oissona had [suffered under bombardment. The battle field still ls dotted with - ?1 11 1 ' 1 ' 1 -t ?. ng Skirts first showing of authentic ney les in ladies' skirts is awaiting you nd it ts not merely a handful, taut jmprehensive display of beautiful Covert cloth, Serges, Shepherd ool Repp, Etc., in a wide variety of ?|Jterns: Some tight fitting ie hips, with skirts very full, and t so tight ove? the hips, -Yurt full ), $6.50 and $7.56 Germain This ir. one of-the most remarkable photorvaphs of the war. It shows on? of 'ae dominant forcea which have '-i?de thia European conflict one of thc moat terrible of history. Patigue it what soldiers of all aldea have com plained about. Men fight for days and nights at a time without a chance corpse.* by the hundreds, principally of French soldiers who fell during their haaty retirement from. the trenches. They had ?to croas open fields under artillery and Infantry fire and death overtook some as they ran, The positions nf th? bodies show thal moat of th ^ French retired fighting, although some fell on their faces ag they were stumbling toward the rear. Some Ile sprawling on their backs faces to the sun, occasionally with heads pillowed on knapsacks, showing that death waa not instantaneous and that perhaps n last service had been rendered them by fleeing eomra?eB Turee or four had managed to draw from their pockets packages of black French cigarettes for a final smoke More o? the bodies lie with heads Urn ed toward, the abandoned French trenches, rifles by their aides or often still stenched in the stiffening nanda At the. edge of the plateau, Just ovei its brink, lay a long line of dead men They had turned for a last stand against the advancing Germana and met death. They made no attempt tc rush down the declivity to temporary safety. Tho bayonets on all their rifles Were fixed, and tn a number of casei the chambers of their pieces still held exploded shells. Two or three rifle! were found with stocks broken off at the erip, evtdeucea ot severity ot Un hand to hand fighting. There'was little feeling of hcrroi or revulsion at the sight of these hon dreds of corpses; their very numbei took away the impression ot humar slaughter. They seemed like figures li a huge panoramic painting of a bat tts. . y The' human note* however, ofter cam'e ' out when ona was . told of th? contents of the letters found tn knop sachs* or grasped In thc hands of th< dead. It was the duty of the intent genoe officer in the party with whict the correspondent traveled to giana at -ich letters for the sake ot mili tary Information they might contain But of this there was little. Far often cr he found letters from home, witt sentences about the health of the chit dren and reference to little present? and delicacies on the way to the soi dlr Thcre orten were expressions ol anxiety for the safety ot husband oi father and always the hope for th? ead of "this terrible war." and th< safe return of the loved-ono. It wes .necessary to walk with pre caution over the battlefield aa aban doned hand grenades were sown thick ly, ready to explode at any moment front a careless footstep. German bur lal parties collected thousands ot thc weapons, which are square boxen o: explosive bound to wooden handlea li luches jong. Moat of the captured : union hac been removed from the battle field the German captors being saxtons tc send them In and receive the rewart Sven each unit making a capture Bui the ravine of La Mon etd, on th? eastern extremity of the battlefield there stilt were siege'guns, which th< French.'.tad not been able to remov? in time.'A detachment of Gannan ar tillerr; experts was busy completini the interrupted task of transferrrei .his heavy artillery to wheels foi uraneportation to the rear. While the captain ia charge was ex hlbittag bis prises and explaining thai they were lE-centimentre coast de fense weapon?, wiling attention al the asme tim? to the stores of ammu nition taken by bis men, th? French suddenly opened fire on thews I ?nos ard on the read to the rear 01 'them. Evidently they has) conjectured ihat aa st te m pt would be made to re move them, and knowing tho lr exec Ideation, they were able to make V warm for the German artillerymen en gaged ta tais task. ' This fire. was. the signal for th? opening of a further general bernhard meat all along the Una. It was UH arst activity irtnee,termination of tfc< bettie throe day? before. Tba return to . tb? automobil? through the a pp. cachea td th< i Overcome by Fatigue SI ,to sleep except the few hours then may steal in the trenches while bul lets fly above them. While little ac tual work ls' done at night the met cannot 'leave the trenches for fear oil raiding parties.' They must be ready) at all time? for battle, It has beer salt! that.half the French soldiers ll vt trenches waa a mose.difficult and ex-J hauet lng. Tho trenches inewiselve* andi th? approaches afforded complete pro-B .tociloA against the. shrapnel lire, bull their bottoms were a mass of sticky] 'May in which one's feet sank at every step from 15 to 18 inches. Ploddlni ' brough miles of such - trenches hadB been the daily task of thousands ot^ soldiers engaged fdr four months li this fortress warfare on. the north! hank of the Aisne. ?RISKING POSSIBLE SEIZURE V STEAMER PASSES OUT TO SEA! ^. JTON-HKUED FROM PAOB ONE.) ? her crew' ls American except for few Spanish and Scandinavian oilers! 8fr Courtenay W. Bennett. Brtisip consul-general in New York, when the sailing ot the Wilhelmina i brought to his attention today, de clined to discuss the case. WA8H?NGTON, Jan. 22.-It ts unj derStood here that Great Britain not been consulted concerning the voy tage bf 'the American owned steamet fWilhelmina withe cargo of food fror ?s??w York, to Hamburg, Germany. The state department has advised] the charterers of their legal right take the cargo to Germany, provided the food ts not for the German govern men or army. Nevertheless officials' r olleve the British government will not he/Hate to setae this Cargo, though the ship Itself may be held free, thuiT precisely reversing the facta in thc csis? of the Hamburg-American linet) Dael x and her cotton cargo. "iTfie British note of January 10 adi. mitt, that foodstuff a should not bc dot lined without presumption tba1 thoy are intended for ?he enemy'i armed-force, or the czerny's govern ment? But while expressing an Inten tion to <edhere: fe, toot rule, the Brit tah government Added : "We cannot -give an unlimited ano] unconditional. understanding ia view ot the departure ;i ot those sgalnsi whom we are Bghtiqg -from hitherto] accepted rules of civilisation and hu manity, and tho uncertainty aa to th? extent to which such yules may be vio lated by them lb future." Thia wpa accepted as o reservatio! .if tho right of the Brit lah government to examine into cAch shipment on lu merits. _ British Cruiser Watching. FIRE IBLvANn, <L I.. Jan. 22.-Un der the nose of a British crulaei watching at tho gateway of New Yorl the American steamship Wllhelmino which sailed today from New Tort with a food curnvfor Germany, pass ed out to aca tonight unmolested uni lold her cooroo for Hamburg. The Wilhelmina dropped down th( Ambrose channel si nightfall. 81* miloo to Ute eastward of Ambrosi Lightship she sighted a two-funnelet! British cruiser with all her llghti out. Th? Wilhelmina steamed os past the warship,'which did not ever speak the American. An hour letei the Wilhelmina,* driving through a Ulick snowstorm, ww lost to view while the cruiser contented herseli wita ploying her searchlight upon several tramp freighters waiUng foi Dandruff.' causeo a feverish irrita tlon of the scalp, the keir roots ahrink loosen and then ,tnO .heir comos omi foot. To stop faMtac hoir at once ant rid the scalp Ot every particle ot dandruff, get aT, 25-cect bottle ot Danderine at any dreg stoic, pour s little in your . hand , aa? rah It tau the seato. After a< fe* appllcaUoni the ? bair stops ?omteg out and yet can't find and> 4aadridx. seping in Trenches During Wf?iBM?j\{i\kfi iii In a haxe because they ara dead tired, and Englishmen returning wounded have said the fatigue waa absolutely Impossible to describe. This photograph shows the Germana on the Russian border suffer the same way. It.was taken during a battle at Darkehmen on the An gerapp river, a tributary of tho Pre ?. ^ ; i. FRENCH DEFEATED IN TWO ENGAGEMENT? (CONTINUE!) FROM PAOB ONE.) months ago. all efforts by the Ger mana to break down the Ruaslan re sistance seemingly having, failed and the Russian attempt to drive the Aus t ro-German forces back to Cracow having met a similar fate. . In the north, however, the new Rus. akin .offensive apparently baa carried them well toward the German frontlet, without meeting serious resistance. The Russian advance into Transyl vania la reported checked by a larga Austrian force In the mountains, whjje snow prevents the Muscovites going farther through the Carpathians/ al though they hold all the pasees tn readiness for* the ?ay wksa,'. : tUS weather will permit resumption o'th? forward movement. . -. No mention has been made during tifo last few dava ot the fate of the remnants of the Turkish armies which Russian reports previously said hae been defeated la the Caucasus, but military men here believe the Rus sians, having ute for their..men else* where, have decided not to push on to Brserutu. Tho Russian fleet, according to re ports, atlll is ?busy In the Black. Se? sinking Turkish sailing ships. This is taken a? evidence that reports that the Turkish cruiser Gooben had keon put out of acton were not exaggerat-1 ed. ? ' "W.i UNITED STATES WIL?L BE FOURTH Will Drop From Third Place Ameos World's Sea Powers When Supt Are Completed . <By AMoooUd Preta.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.--The Unit- j cd States wlil drop from third to fourth place among the world's sea powers with the completion of nil Alps under construction up to July 1. 1914. according to the calculations In the navy year book issued today by the senate naval committee. France will move from fourth to third place, according to the officiai table. . With the outbreak ot the European war information aa to the naval pro grams of the belligerents wac! no longer available. The comparison is based on tonnage < and the Official table ls aa follows: Completed I and bnlld Completcd lng Jply tonnage. 1, 101-4. Great-Britain . ..?,tr,7.8f?0 2.714,10? Germany .. . . .. IW1.7M ?.506.?.77 ? tl. S. 76S.U3 ?VW: France.C88.840 809.91 G ! Japan.?10.1)40 600.016 Italy. 285.460 497.81!? Rust?a. 270,801 678,818 Will Seat Cruiser Esmeralda. SANTIAGO. Chile. Jan. 22.-^&G? has decided to send the cruiser Es meralda to participate ta the interna tional parade at the formal opening ot the Panama-pHclflc Canal. The Es meralda will take the place of the bat tleship Captain Prat, which originally waa selected. The Esmeralda has, been chosen b?casse ibo is the fastest ship. ?asHHaVsWraaH Battle. gel. which runs past , Koenigsberg Near tho riflemen on guard may be seen the hole by which these soldiers will enter, their > dugout from the trenches if shells begin to, burst orer them. When artillery fire ls con tinued tot hours these, men must Uro huddled In the mud and foul atmoa phere of their holes In tho ground SOCTHERX IMPROVP' NTH ' Vir Contrort Let For Work II. glnie Points. ATLANTA, <Ga., Jan. Contracts for grading In connection with retie ion ond double trs eking of Une from Orohge to Charlottesville, Va., have beeb let by Southern, Railway Com k*any, the work from OJ ange to Burn ley,' 15 miloo, being awarded to tho Morrow Construction Company ot At ianta, and that/tTom Burnley to Char lottenvllle 13 7-10 milos to O -W. Lane A Co., of Atlanta. It ta oUlmated that the tm^vemepi will. ,00?, one million and a li?if dollars. lt will Sive a greatly Improved Une bdUa' ?* to grade and cuk vat?re as well a*1 fur nishing sddit&a&i - crack facilities where they are greatly needed SPOTS AND STAINS ARE REMOVED If you spot or stain your gown or wrap, on the street or ot o social function, wo cen remove the spot and make the garment perfectly fit for weer. Our export workers possess a full knowlege of this moot important stage ot the dry cleaning process, ond can el most guarantee the satisfactory removal of any stain. There oro some stains ond some fabrics, however, upon which apota toko tho nature of o dys, and cannot be removed. These, we, or on y ono cia*, can not ot course treat, ..but with these uncommon exceptions you will find that we eau repair dsmsge that, would provo cost ly-ot a little expease to yon. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY *raoni/]io. 1. We do not fear the man who selb coal cheaper than we can? However if we had to meet a competitor who could s?ll a better con! we would grow quite thin html worry. BATHE * BALDWIN ARCHITECTS CUTTER More Good Features ^tefl Aay Otter Pressure spring in front of axle prevents neck weight on horse*. j Spnng on ?.Uch take: jerk off the tear.t. Spring between pole and frame releves jiu on d'i;.er. No axle though center of reel to whit tra*h. L>.uil: ed<e Knives giv? twice the service ;>f single edge. Axle Pins are not part of knife head and can be replaced, when worri, at slight cost. Wheels have staggered spokes and hubs have hard oil caps. 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