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The Great War?1093r<i Day
German Drive
At Russians
Slowing Up
Slavic Forces, However,
Continue to Retreat on
Eastern Front
Rumanians Still
Hammer Austrians
Petrograd Reports Show
That Retreat Has Not De?
veloped Into a Rout
DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS
Ruwian withdraw?! keep? up. apparently
in belter order and with ?lif?er resulance at
two pivot? of retreal. Germans now past
Horodenka front, twenty-five mile? north
we?t of Czernowitz and gaining ground eaM
of Kirlibaba and louthea?! of Ternopol.
Ruuian? destroying road? and railroad?.
Ruuio-Rumanian advance on Transyl
vanian border continue? at defeated Au?
triani retreat. Additional batterie? and
prisoner? taken.
Crown Prince ?uffen another tostly failure
on five-mile front along Chemin-de?-Dames.
Berlin layi French thrust? lo regain lost
ground were repulied.
Berlin announce? artillery battle in Fl?n
den ha? increased to "very interne drum- ;
fire." Scouting raids along front.
London, July 29.?At all the danger !
points along the line of the Russinn
retirement in Galicia ar.d Bifkowina
the Slavic resistance is increasing. I" it
the retrograde movement from tht
Dniesttr well into the Carpathian
Mountains continues, -with the Germa i
advance now developing as far east as
Horodenka, which is only twenty-fiv?; ?
miles northwest of Czernowitz, capital
of the Austrian crown land. The Rus- :
sian commanders may have elected to
stand on a line running roughly from
northeast of Tarnopol to Kimpolung,
just north of the Moldavian border, but
tho German pressure may be great
enough to force the evacuation of :
every yard of Austrian territory and ,
cause a retreat into Bessarabia.
Tho Russo-Kumanian counter of- '
feniive further south Is developing
more importance and the advancing
antiat there are now well into Tran
aylvania, with the enemy constantly
retiring and losing additional prison
an and batteries. It can have little
effect, however, on the military ca?
tastrophe in the north and at best will
serve only to straighten the Russian
line somewhat and divert some of tho
greatly needed enemy divisions to the
contested area.
German Momentum Checked
Around the two pivots of the Rus- '
?ian withdrawal the defending troops
are fighting more vigorously, and ;
though in both directions they wer?/
forced back slightly, the enemy's mo?
mentum has been checked. Around
Tarnopol, on the north, Berlin asierta
that German divisions pressed for?
ward south and southeast of the city,
but the gains seem to have been in
??ignificant. Toward Kirlibaba. on the
south, Petrograd admits that the
enemy attacked in the region of Bot
motchu and pressed forward east of
Kirlibaba after ?tubborn combats.
On the wide swing between these
two sectors the withdrawal seems to
be taking its predestined course to a
new and straighter line. Over the
whole distance Petrograd reports that
nothing of importance has occurred,
which indicates that the retirement
has nowhere degenerated into panic or
f?get. And Berlin announces that the
Ruisiana are destroying the roads and
railroads throughout the evacuated
territory, which they would not have
time to do if they were too closely
pressed. No major engagements are
mentioned by either capital anywhere
on this front.
In Trtnaylvania the Russo-Rumanlan
forcet are driving forward from Mol?
davia at two point?. In the direction
of Kedzl-Vasarhely, the most impor?
tant town on this front, they have
forced the enemy from two series of
dominating heights and captured an
entire battery' of his guns.
Berlin Admita a Withdrawal
Further ?outh in the region of Kala
kul they have moved forward toward
the upper Putna and have atormed tho
village of Boduple, on the left bank of
that stream. Berlin confesse? that the
Austriana have withdrawn into the
Bereczker Mountains before "superior
pressure." If the successful Rumanian
movement continues, it will soon de?
velo-? into a direct menace against the
Austrian city of Kronstadt.
On the Kuss.an front from the Ga?
licien border northward there has been
much artillery practico and many
scouting operations as far as the Bal?
tic .Sea, indicating, perhaps, fresh
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operation! by the Russians to counter?
act the hostile thrust in Galicia.
The "Vechemee Vreroya" at Petro
gTaid reports that in the fighting at
Tarnopol, Galicia, three regiments of
Czech volunteers, abandoned by Rus?
sian troops and fearing execution for
treason, resitted until the last, the j
officers blowing out their brains and I
the soldiers rushing where sheila were I
bunting the thickest.
The enemy, the newspaper says,
caj-rtured three Crechs ana hanged |
them summarily. Later Czech soldiers |
took three German prisoners and,
after forcing them to cut down the
bodies, hanged the Teutons with the
same rope.
Official
Statements
West
BRITISH
London. July 2fi (DAYI.- We raided the
enemy'? trenche? last night south of Armen
tieres. A hostile attack upon our position?
ea*t of Oosttavorne ?u ?ueceeefully re- :
pulsed,
The enemy's artillery has shown consider- !
able activity during the night in the neigh- i
borhood ?>f Armen lieras, nartli of Yprcs and !
in the Nieuport sector.
(NIGHT).- In the course of patral en?
counters in the ncighb?irh?>od of Ypre? tve
captured forty-seven '.n.-oners including two
oflicer?. There ha? been considerable artillery
activity on both sides at variou.-- point? along i
oui front, especially r.orth of the Kiver Ly?. ]
Yesterday morning the aerial activity was
?light, but from 1 o'clock in the afternoon j
until dark it became very great. The flght
iiiK v4Hi intense. The day i.roved a markedly ;
succes-fu] one for our airmen. The vigorous
(?ffenalve tactic? employed enabled our artil?
lery and machine? to carry on their work
successfully during the day and made it pot- ?
?ible for us to take an unusually large num.
bef of photographs.
Our bombing squadrons, moreover, eairled '
out many raids ami bombed four of the 1
enemy? airdrome?. Si me of our machines
came down to very low altitudes at a dis?
tance of over forty mile? behind the enemy'?
lin?. Fifteen German machines crashed to
e: rth. Sixteen other? were driven down out
of control. Three tjf our machin?e are
missing.
FRENCH
Paris, July M ?DAY).?The nifcht waa
n.urked by a tialtnt bombardment, followed ,
by a series of new German attack? on the
whole front before Braye-en-l.aonnoi?, Epine :
CJs ( hivregny and the Hurtebise monument
All effort* of tbe enemy infantry to penetrate
****** lines were repulsed completely, and it*
Were very heavy.
li;ere waa active artillery fighting in the
Champagne, at Mont Haut, and on both
side? of the Meuse.
i NIGHT t. The day wa? relatively calm
save in the region of Ailles, Hurtebwe and
both ban.?. ; o? the Meuae, where the artillery ;
activity was very pronounced on both sides.
GERMAN
Berlin, July M (DAY). Army group of
Crown Prince Rupprecht : The activity of our
own and the enemy's artillery on the Fland?
ers battlefront continued with undiminished
y with the exception of brief in-?
u-:va?. T hi.-, morning the most intense,
drum fire began again.
In tt.c Art*.;?, there were lively artillery en- '
gagemint? from time to time.
Army Group of the German Crown Prince i
South of Ailles two new attacks by the
rrench against the positions won by ua on
the Chemin-des-Danr.t? failed with heavy
lasse?. ?.u.ewhere, anule ln.m a temporary
Inrraase of hre in lite Champagne and on
Um Menee, there was little activity.
timing numerous air engagement? the
enemy lost thirteen airplanes.
Laet night bombt, were dropped upon railway
?ta??an?, und military <\.tat.li?limeni? of Paris.
Hit? on cbjictn aimed at were observed. Our
airmen returned unharmed in ?yite of a
btrong defensive fire.
Italian Front
ITALIAN
Rome, July ?8.-?--The usual daily artillery
engagement was very brisk yesterday bo
tween Zugna Tort? and the, Ana Valley. In
the upper Dogna Valley and on Monte Rom
bon and Monte Dosso Faiti it wa? also lively.
The infantry nctivity waa confined to skir?
mishes between patrol?. Two powerful mines
were exploded by the enemy under one of
our trenche? on Monte Nero. No damage
was done.
The air service? were active on the whole
front. Lust evening one of our airship? ef?
fectively bombed the railway between Saint
Lacla and liana di Modrea, and the Opcina
military work? were damaged by our air?
plane?.
Thle morning a large ?quadron, with an
escort of chasers, dropped nearly three tons
of high explosives on the electric power sta?
tion at Idria and on hutment? in the Chiato
pano Valley.
East
RUSSIAN
Tetrograd. July 28.- From the Baltic coast
t ? the I.rjlet Kiver there have been fut.illadea
, and ?couting reconnoissance?.
In Galicia, on the front where the enemy
has been on the offensive, nothing of materia1
consequence ha? occurred.
In the Carpathians the enemy attacked one
of our detachment? in the region of Bot?
motchu, to the east of Klrlihab?, and p-rtstsed
them somewhat.
Rumanian Front?In the direction of
Ked?ivasarhely Rumanian troop? continue
. their puriuit of the retiring enemy, and have
occupied the heights about five versU south?
west of the village? of Monastlrka, Kochtrul
Dragonlavo and Uereaczl and th? height? to
the ?outhweet of Uereerii. In these engage?
ment? Rumanian troops captured a battery
und some pritoncr?.
In the region of Kalakul Mountain our de?
tachment? have advanced toward the Putna
R.ver, and have occupied the village of
Boduple. on the left bank of the river.
There were fusillade? on the Carpathian
front.
Avi?tlon.--I"nemy Airplane? made a flight
over the railway station at Molodechna
northwest of Min?.k, dropping five bomb? upon
the hospital camp near the station. A
physician was killed end a nurse, priest and
a boy were wo-ontled.
Southwest of Baranoitchl a German ob?
servation balloon wa? burned by one of our
airplanes.
GERMAN
Berlin, July 28 (DAT). Prnnt of Prince
i Leopold. Army Group of General von Boehm
? Krmolll. -Our division gained further terrain
east and southeast of Ternopol. On both
?ide? of the Dniester the defeated Russian
armie? continue their retreat, while destroy?
ing numerous road? ?nd railroad?. Our ?rmy
corps has crowed the Jagle-Lnica-Horodenka
Zbblowow line.
Front of Archduke Joeeph.-~The ?troop? on
th? northern wing ?re drawing close to the
Truth plateau below Kolon-.*??. West of
Peletyn-Fundul, on the Moldavie-? road, in
the wooded Carpathian?. Orman and Austro
j Hungarian troop? have wrwted some height?
potitions from the still resisting enemy.
' In the upper l'utna Valley the for?a? be
j longing to the southern wing have retired to
j the eastern ?lope of Brrec?ker Mountain? be?
fore the ?uperior rrertsure of the enemy.
^Mexico Angered by Berlin
Paper Threatens Miniater May
Have to Go
Mexico City. July 28.?An article by
i "Die Post." of Berlin, will be published
J here to-morrow saying that Mexico is
I the on'y countr? which hn? not yet
j been influenced bv the Allies, and there
! ought to be no difficulty in bringing
i Mexico to the side of the Central Pow
I ere, a? Mexico is one of the naturally
I richest countries in the world and
i there richet would be aided in devei
! opment by (?ermany.
Commenting on the article, "El Uni
! rer-al" declaret this is one of the lies
! for which Herr von Eckhardt, German
j Minister to Mexico, lomo day will le
i aaked to leave Mexico.
| U. S. Fleet ?Jit?eT^
Rue?o? Ayree, July 2A. - The ?"ham
Der of Ueputiett unanimouely adopted
a resolution to inform the l'riited
Htatett fongrene of ita aatisfartion at
the visit of the American ?quadron ?ay-1
Inr It manifested at the same tim? the
solidarity of the two countries.
New British Drive
Near in Flanders;
?Drum Fire Intense
Roaring of Artillery Indi
cates Blow Withheld for
Week Is About to Fall
Flier? Open Offensive
Thirty-one German Machines
Brought Down?Only Three
Allied 'Planes Lost
London, July 28.?Every nign from
the northern part of the West front
indicates that Field Marshal Haig':
impending blow in Flanders, withheld
during the week because of poor at?
mospheric conditions, is about to fall.
The British batteries from the coast
to the River Lys are roaring at drum
fire, and the German guns are answer?
ing them to tho extent of their capac?
ity. And, after a period of inactivity,
the air fighting has suddenly risen to
a sustained engagement.
Between 1 o'clock and nightfall yes?
terday there was a series of aeroplane
combats in which thirty-one German
machines were accounted for, firteen of
them crashing to earth, at the cost of
three British 'planes. The British offi?
cial atatement to-night says: "The
fighting was intense. The day proved
a markedly successful one for our air?
men." Haig's fliers wore on the offen?
sive everywhere, and not only succeed?
ed in taking a large number of photo?
graphs, but carried out bombing expe?
ditions far into the enemy territory and
in some cases ?ailed over forty miles
back of the German front at daringly
low altitudes. Berlin says that thirteen
French and British 'planes were
brought do?vn yesterday.
There were no infantry action? on
the front held by the British, aside
from the monotonous tale of trench
raids. The British penetrated the hos?
tile lines at Armentiercs, took 217 pris?
oners in a thrust near Ypres, and re?
pelled a German attack at Oosttaverne,
southeast of Ypres. The sustained ar
tillet"""/ duel in Flanders, the greatest
thus far developed ir. the entire ?var,
has become the outstanding feature of
this front.
Genera) Haig reports that the en?
emy's bombardment Bt Armentieres and
N'ieuport, the two extremes of the sec?
tor, is extremely heavy and that the
hostile cannonade near Ypres is pro?
nounced. The Berlin day bulletin s.-iys
that along the entire front the British
guns continued to roar with undimin
ished intensity and that early this
morning the shelling "rose again to a
very intense drum fire." Drum fire is
almost Invariably the preliminary to a
major offensive. The air activity of
the last two day# also points to the
same conclusion.
Renewed attempts by the Crown
Prince last night to wrest additional
territory from the French on the
Chemin-des-Dames failed disastrously
over a five-mile front. The at?
tacks were delivered between Brayo
en-Laonnois and Hurtebise farm, and at
r.o point did they succeed in penetrat?
ing the French lines. Petaln's artil?
lery barrage and fhe machine guns of
his poilus cost the enemy heavy losses,
with no compensating success.
Berlin fails to mention these engage?
ments, but asserts that two French
counter attacks to regain the recent
losses south of Aille? were frustrated
with heavy sacrifice in the assaulting
column?.
Further operation? on General Pe
tain's front are also suggested by the
vigorous artillery duel along the
Cherr.in-deg-Dames and on both banks
of the River Meuse, north of Verdun.
It appears more clearly with the pas
: sage of time that the Crown Prince
in the fighting south of I?aon has
i suffered an exhaustive defeat, and
since the comparative failure of his
crowning effort on Wednesday the
fighting has not again attained the
snme violence. The attacks last night
1 were heavy thrust? all ?long the line,
but entire division? in successive
waves were not employed.
The sudent of the war of 'The Man?
chester Guardian," analyzing the sit
utlon In the west, says:
British Behind In Air
"The cause? of the lack of ?trateglc
success this year would seem to be,
first, the failure of General Neville's
offensive; second, the greater difficulty
of employing the tactics of the Somme
against the new and comparatively un?
explored German defence?, in which
the main tactical idea is concealment
over a country artificially devastated;
and third, the insufficient development
' of our air service. The last cause is
exceedngly mportant, for it has an ob?
vious bearing on our difficulties again?*,
the Hindenhurg line. If one had to
, select a single cause of our failure a?
more Important than any other, I
I would ?ay it wag the failure to rtalift
! the revolutionary Importance of the
! air.
"For t nation which Insisted on n
two-to-one standard of supremacy in
! surface craft to be content with any?
thing les? than two-to-one supremacy
1 In he air shows a defective sense of
' reality."
Squatters Hold War Farms
Burke Foundation Fails to
Oust Squatters From Land
Efforts of the Winifred Masterton
Burke Foundation to expel from its
j 100-acre property on Gun Hill Road and
I Paulding Avenue, The Bronx, the aquat
i tera who are raising w?r gardens on
i the land were thwarted yesterday when
the gardeners laid their case before
1 Justice Michael J. Seanlan in the West
cheater Municipal Court.
Most of those who made their appeal
? to the justice were unable to ?peak
? Fngliah, and their children aerved aa
? Interpreters. These explained that their
parents had seen the land going to
! waste, and, remembering the appeal
! from Washington, had turned the weed
j filled ?tretche? into gardens. They pro
j tested against having them taken away
before harvest time.
At the suggestion of Justice Seanlan,
Domlnick A. Trotta, ?gent for the foun?
dation, ?aid that they would be allowed
to remain if they paid a nominal rent
of %\ an acre per year.
Kaiser's Son-in-Law
Suffers Breakdown
Amsterdam, July 2R.- The Duke of
Brunswick, son-in-law of the German
Emperor, ha? arrived at Gmunden,
1 I'pper Austria, to undergo treatment
I for a nervous breakdown, according to
a report from Vienna.
The duke, who has held a command
on the Western front, ha? been or?
dered to take a long rest, probably for
aeveral months. I
German Reserves
Called Inadequate
For an Offensive
General de Lacroix Shows
That Only 7?5?5,000 Men
?Are Available
Paris, July 28.-That Germany ht?
not enough reserve? to engage In ex
ten?ive offen?ive warfare is proved by
General de Lacroix in a recent issue of
the "Temps." The writer furnishes
striking figure? on Germany'? losses,
based on careful investigation?. He
says;
"On the first of June, 1917, the num?
ber of German? affected by the applica?
tion of military law? ?ince the begin?
ning of the war was estimated at 13,
130,000.
"From this number we must ?ubtract
losses definitely placed at 3,630,000;
reformation?, 2,200,000; those living in
foreign countries and the wounded
under treatment, nearly 1,110,000. This
makes a total of 45,940,000.
"The number of Germans actually in
service on the first of last June, In?
cluding the ?oldiers in the first line,
those in the rear zone, and those In the
interior, amounted approximately to
5,435,000 men. The men thus employed,
together with those mentioned Bbove,
form a total of 12,375,000, which, sub?
tracted from IS, 130.000. leave? 755,000
men for free disposition.
"Tho repartition of these disposable
troons seems to be as follows: Two
hundred and twenty thousand in the
stations at the front, SIMM in the
stations in the interior und lSo.OOO for
the divisions now in formation. To
these resources we must add those of
the class of 1919, of whom a small part
living in the frontier province? (Al
sace-Ix?rraine and Poland) has already
been incorporated.
"The rest of this class?about 4iJ0,
000 men?probably will be called out
before the end of this year, but will
not be employed in the army before
the first of November, 1917. From this
number the German? will not have
enough to repair their losses during
the five months which will elapse from
June till November.
"And so the number of new soldiers
which they can send to the front each
month will not exceed L'00,000, which
is insufficient for the present stage of
the war. In fact, the German los?e?
from the first of June till the fir?t of
November, 191*-*, have not been lower
than 3O0.0O4J men a month. The re?
sources of which Germany can dispose
in order to maintain the effectiveness
of her fighting unit? will be insuffi?
cient if the Allies will display on all
fronts on activity at least equal to that
they have manifested In 1916 during
the warm aeason and this vear during
the months of April and May."
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Destroyer Crews
Enjoy Excitement
Of U-Boat Hunt
Gunners Have Only a Moment
in Which to Bag Their
Game
By F. A. WRAT
London, July 27.?Hunting the sub?
marine is the most exciting sport ever
devised. But it is also tho most diffi?
cult. Compared with it, the proverbial
needle in a haystack makes easy game.
It is a contest where all the rules are
made to favor the submarine and
i handicap the opponent. When the lat?
ter comes off victor he has won a tri?
umph several hundred times greater
thnn any landsman can imagine.
I was on a British destroyer which,
accompanied by a sister ship, had just
previously left an English harbor on
the duty of convoying transports. The
voyage seemed to offer little prospect
of excitement. This ship was in the
rnhit of making two or three such trip?
every day, and it Is not a habit of sub?
marines, as several sailors assured me,
to approach the vicinity of destroyer?.
The Boche seldom takes any risks ex
j cept where there are hundreds of
peaceful merchantmen and passenger
shipB, whose power of resistance i?
I limited. Our ship had made several
hundred voyages up and down this sea
lano and had never even seen a sub?
marine.
An officer who was off duty took me
around the ship and explained the
speed with which the big guns can get
busy. He pointed out how a torpedo
can be launched practically instanta
ncously and how many seconds It take?
to bring into action one or two other
salutary anti-submarine devices now
carried by British ships.
"Submarine Sighted"
We sat down in the wardroom for a
few minutes, and I heard the stories
of the ship's fights since the war be?
gan. Wo might just as well have been
sitting in the hotel ashore. No scene
, could have been less wanting In ex
i citement. Then within an instant it
changed.
"Submarine sighted on port side.
She just dischrrged a torpedo," came
a hoarse shout. Wo were on deck in
a bound?we had been sitting over
magazines crammed with high explo
? sives.
"Torpedo missed ship's ?tern by ?ev
, eral taat," arat the next cry that met
; us. But by this time that particular
incident hud passed. The destroyer
had already gone after the submarine.
( Its periscope had peeped above the
water for perhr.ps a couple of seconds
and instantaneously it nad flre-d tho
torpedo anti submerged once more.
But its position was known within a
- few yards.
I In less time than It takes to write
the destroyer wan ready for action,
i For two or three second? men were
j running up and down the deck. Then
I saw that the guns were manned and
! swung out awaiting the order to fire.
; The siRhters, the rangefinders and the
1 loaders were standing alongside, tense,
j listening for the word. The torpedo '
, tubes w?re pointing in the direction of
I the submarine. An officer standing in
j the stern was ready to let loose other ,
j measures of destruction. Two or three
? seconds of terrific orderly activity and
| all was ready.
L'p on the bridge matter? were i
-qually busy. The ship'? coune had I
been completely changed and in?tead
Of hnlf speed she was pelting through
tho water as hard as her engine? could
drive her. The wireless wa? already
busy sending out the new? to all the
?hip? around. A signal telling the
same ?tory wa? fluttering on the mast?
head. Many pairs of eyes were scan
n.ng the nirfaco awaiting Just one
I'limpse of the periscope.
Ship? Join in Search
Already from every point of the com?
pas? great ship? were tearing up to
the scene. Some came amid great col?
umns of ?moke; in other? th? wa?h
wa? the only ?Ign of hurry. Th?y
formed tu e,v?r-nerrowinf circlt
AMERICAN OFFICERS ON THE WEST FRONT
(Copyright, 1S17. by International Film Service.)
One of the first photos to reach this country showing Americans on the West front. The officers are watchin*?*'
one of the French '"'JO M.M. guns beins* moved into a new position.
around the spot where* the submarine
was known to be hiding submerged.
But there was no further torpedo
from her; not another sign of the
periscope. She had taker, her pot
:?hot and was prepared to lie hidden
until an opportunity to get away hap?
pened to present itself.
In any event, there were plenty of
other ships ready to take care of her.
The duty to the convoy was the first
consideration with us, and accordingly
nur cours*, was changed again, and we
??aw the transport?! into safety.
Then came the chance to get at the
full story. The man who had really ;
saved the ship came to make his report '
to the captain. Hi happened to be the
coxswain of the vessel and a man who :
had spent most of a lifetime in sub?
marines.
"I was on the lookout aft," he said '
to me afterward, "and in on? single
moment caught sight of a submarine'?
two periscopes just out of the water
and the bronze head of a torpedo within :
what seemed fifty vards of us. I didn't
know whether it had been seen from
the bridge or not. But there wasn't
time to think. I just leaped across to
the steering gear aft?In tills ship It
happens to be connected up with the
bridge?and stopped the port engine.
The ship swung around just enough
for the torpedo to miss us by a few
feet. If it had hit us it would have
gone clean through the wardroom?and
you wouldn't havo known anything
about it."
No Purther Sight of U-Boat
There was just a chance coming back
that, unhampered by transports, we
might see that submarine again. I be?
lieve some people on board were Just
we might. If ?.
ir periscope for ? "
?IonI Never ?-, ?
praying that we
would show her p
or this occasiom .-ter?? ?a?*fc__
waves so eagerly scanned. ?S
But it was not to be. By tk?,.
we arrived on the scene a rr*??? e^1
of ships of all kinds was on th, **
They were hoping the ???bmarin? ?f*1'
come up for an instant about du !***
get her bearings. But she knew k?.*
than that. They cruised aroaj-T
many hours, but never another ?
of her. She probably was palaSSi!
makln? her way homeward. ?4*2?
forty feet below the surface! ^"
This incident is just an Illurt-ftjL
of th* tremendous task confroit*?V??
British navy in their continuo? C
with submarines. Just two or B
seconds' sight of a pertaco*?* ibJE
a torpedo. Down goes th* suba*j?
again and the chances of (tttaWS
are about one to a million ?
It is folly to talk of the nb?***.
peril being ended. It is kein? l2'
fought down and h I'd in cheeiTy
ticiently to prevent its star-'-.. <*Jr
Britain. But the people who ?22
its seriousness most are the Os?, *L
fght it day and night uncewl-Jr
fghtin-f a game where th* ad??,>L
holds every card the men who ??9
tute the British navy. mm*
S i
U-Boat Captured by
Belgian Cavalrymej
Crew Fail? to Destroy S*4
mersible Stranded on tat
French Coast
Paris, July 2S. The Genau txi
marine that ran ashore or? ths fyyaA
coast west of Calais on Tht.rs<is** ta
not destroyed when its crew set la
to the gasolene tank, but was apttn*
by a troop of Belgian cavalr?, j^ji,
ing the exploit of the French h.uta
who in 17i?4 captured an \tyhetn
Dutch fleet, according to s dii-atd
from Calais to-day.
The stranded submarine was Ira
sighted by a customs officer. Rt-aSa?
i upon come Belgian horsemen ?a
were exercising near by to tometih?
j help. They rode down the bei*?, ?.
! message reports, surrounded U? .'.
boat and made prisoners of tH?->??
while the astonished coanttrsia
watched the accomplishment ?( ta
' feat._
British Danger Zone Alt-md
The Hague, July Z*?.?Announeea***
| was made to-?lay at the Nethsrlua
i Navy Department that the botudi*i?
J of the British danger ion* had Wt
shifted temport.n'y to facilitate tU
voyages of home-coming vessels.
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white (ir tan fine ribbed. Si/.es t? to 10.
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6 pair
for
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with fancy tops. -? i ""
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for
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