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THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1914.
FIGHTING SMITH-DORRIEN! '
"KING11 OF SCILLY ISLES
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n, r. n M.it ri:-ii:..
Ill T HUITAIN'M oulpost on the
i.int,.-. tho llrst bit of Kng-
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I ii ii i rritm y that meets tho
c '. f tln Atnciicun visitor
to I'royi ho entrance of tho Chan
nel t '-n.n. i by that group nf Islands
l,u i tlin-o modern d.iyii us the
s ' 'it which nro generally re-
Kaei.a the f'tuy remaining unsub
mer' port inns of that l.yonneuno
wh. n wii-i the w'f-nn of so many lnci
uerr.s .n thi Arthurian romances, and
esr t'ia-ly ui the lcgeniLi of Tristram
and Iseult It also played an Important
part In a I Cornish traditions and folk
lore, white early Engilsh chronicles,
such or, for Instance, those of Florence
of Worcester, who died in 1118, describe
minutely the flourishing Uto of the
lovely country of Lyonnesso nnd Its
sudden dlsaiv. nance beneath the sea,
all e"ept nf tho highlands and
roclty pe.it i now forming tho Scllly
Islees.
It srm v ilia'ii flt'ltig that fi com
rounder w o ha 11 in ri'Wil more
deeds ot ' t hit and of h-mism tunn al
most at ' otlu g.m ral oitt.i-r nf tho
British "nn and wlui lia ii! fi-.itiy won
lastlr.t; ' P" fur alniH, 't In Hi - present
- , , , , . , I
Mr Horcc t-tp !li-I).urlcn,
war. ndrr
sh uld ha fmrn theKO l.tH. irnm this
tenia. 1 ' "f I,otii""-'-, hallowed
by Arthur an lustory and li g ti-l, nhoiild
have been reutvel among Its traditions
and in what may be dwribed as the
very atmosphere of tin- epoch of tho
Knltfhtu of th' Hound Table and nf the
Ho y Grail, and tthould form part of tho
"reigning family" of the archipelago.
For his eaier brother, Thomas A. Dor-rlen-Smith
-note tho transposition of
tho surname Is the nm t owned king of
tthat Is left of I,ynnnivr. subject, of
course, to the sovereignty of the Hrltlsh
Crown, nnd holds h'. la-'.u's under an
ancient lief from the Duke of Cornwall,
that Is to say, th' I'llnee of Wales.
Ho rules over lib- miiih 1!,(i00 lieges
with des-potlc sway and in patriarchal
and feudal fashion. Ttue, he no longer
fnjeys the right of life and death, as
did his Oodo'.phln predecessors In tho
owners; .p of the islands. Hut as a
Magistrate and n a deputy lieutenant horse and was galloping away with the
of tho King he has the power of sen- , enemy after him when he, came upon a
tenrlnsr offenders to prison and of In- i fellow oftlcor on foot, who asked him
fllctlng upon them the punishment ' to let him hang to his stirrup so as to
which t'icy dread even more than de- help him nlong. Smtth-Dorrlon con
tention in Jail, with or without hard sentfd nnd they covered tamo ground
labor, namely, banishment from tho
fldlly Is in.l.
If G.-.i S.r Horace Smlth-Dorrlen Is
bo much In the public eyo Just nt pres
ent It 1 because of the masterly manner
In wh.i'h he saved tho Ilrltlsh army In
Fran -e fruni virtual annihilation In the
early stages of thH light against tin
Germans Ow.ntr to som hitherto un
ac. i n'.'lile failure of the Trench to
not Vtn In time that they had fallen
Ni k f ..ni th" r poflt.ons near the Hel--,a
' i ! :. t'ie troops und. r his eom
m i 1 w r.. 'eft at the men y of a Oer
x.u'i ' ' i'i!e or four times ns numer
e'l! Mml"1 lien, von KlucU. who was
oen' a ..n-otr.'pilshlPg the Ka.ser's re-ni--.
1 i ii preM-lug lh'hestM nt all costs
'o " - i and exterminate what he de--r
.t "the contemptible little Eng-
my '
Sir Horace thus found himself
atan.i. net! vithout warning by the
Knii and his light w ng ui: upimrted.
:nd wh'.n his menage" to t'n French
or r enforcements remalnol unan
swered he did the only thing that was
left for him to do under t,'ie circum
stances If he Wished to preferve hi"
forces from being completely enveloped.
That Is to say, he ordered them to fall
back nnd to retreat until they could
come In touch again with the main
Precch army. Ho conducted the retreat
In so masterly a manner throughout an
entire week that he averted any undue
loss of life, guns and materia'., and pre
served the moralo nrrd the Mlrlts of his
officers nnd men under his orders to
such an extent that when he got Into
touch onco more with tho French he
was ab to assume again the offenslvo
with unimpaired strength and to drive
the enemy back, step by step, almost to
the Iielglan border,
The great Field Marshal Moltke was
wont to Insist that to conduct a mas-
terly retreat was even a groater man!
festatlon of clever generalship and of
military genius than to make a victo
rious advance. According to tho stand
ard set therefor by the celebrated Ger
man Field Mnrshal, perhaps the great
est mllltnry expert In scientific warfare
of the nineteenth century, Gen. Sir Hor
ace Smlth-Dorrlcn's retreat, prepara
tory to his resumption of tho offensive,
has been perhaps the most brilliant feat
of tho present campaign, a view borne
out by the unstinted praise of Field
Marshal Sir John French and of Earl
Kitchener.
It may bo mentioned hern incident
ally that tho French General responsl-
HOW MODERN WARFARE IS WAGED
rr A. AMHHICAN AHMY OFFIfKIl
The Defence of the Chateau.
WHILE yet tho dlstnnt booming
of the artillery came rolling
faintly over tho blueing hills
and forest tops, from far to
tho front, evidences that the fortunes
of the day wcru not with tho defend
ing llt.e l' ame apparent.
Th mads were filled with great auto
tf.i its bearing supplies rearwurd. H
uni ammunition columns left the
r'-- . nnd sought position In tho
! i'1 Is on the far Bide of the little
i - panned by tho concreto arch
tv .1.1-
I' x in! the stream, tho reserves,
In.! anil caps discarded for tho mo
il v. w i le. pick and spado under
" i ti'i , of waflu'iil officers of
iii.-r .imI red hears of fresh earth
w .1 wliri-o tho new trenches grow.
Groups ot men riime dragging newly
r tir. lies of trees and armfuls of
i nr nbery. to be planted as a mask be
'"re in. p.ii.ipetH of the Intrenchments.
H. -ervn batteries took up positions
ns ,.,r.t,y masked us tho trencnes,
while tiie pun teams, leaving limbers
n''.d .i'ipihih with their steel shields
on either eld of tho guns, wero led
'o iim mi,, 'nn to be watered eri taken
to rover on tho reverse slope of .a
neighboring hillock. Small clumps of
serious men sighted through range
finders to various points In thn front
by whu.l, the enemy must pass, while
telephone rec' trotted along thu
lines, in. era i j n.m front to reur,
pinning off tho cicndur copper strands
General in Command of England's
Forces Belongs to the 4 'Reigning
Family" of All That Is Left of
King Arthur's Lyonnesse
bio for tho failure to warn Sir Horace Field .Marshal to reorganize the Indian
Kmlth-Dorrlen of the French with- army. Ho Is married to a daughter
drawal and who left the English com- of Col. Schneider of Furness Abbey, a
mandcr'a subsequent demands for re- very charming woman, who, alike when
enforcements unanswered Is reported her husband was In command of tho
to have been quietly court-marttallcd Quetta division of tho Indian army and
and shot. I afterward at Aldcrshot, endeared hor-
Slr Horace hoa been on several occa- wlf by her kindness of heart, by hor
slons recommended for the Victoria i consideration, tact and hospitality, to
Cross, the last time during the Iloer , all of his subordinates,
war at the battle of Doom Kopje. His1 Sir Horace styles himself "Smith
brigade was moving forward to attack j Dorrlcn." whereas his brother Is "Dor
tho main Doer position when his Cana-, rien-Smlth." Asked to explain this dls
dlan corps and tho Gordons, being eager ' crepancy In the order of their surnames,
to get to close quarters with the enemy, sir Horace declared that tho family was
dashed forward so impetuously up the not quite sure in which order tho names
hill that they got out of touch witii tho came, and therefore rang the changes
remainder of the brigade and were on on them so that nt least one branch
tho point of being .surrounded. ! f tno house mPMt no correct. Tho two
Iteallzlng this, Smlth-Dorricn, utterly , brothers owo the addition of the
rtarnrriJfflM nf th Vi p n vv fl r rf th t rt nnmA ri . . .. . ,
--
expert marksmen all, sot off as hard ns
nia norse couia gauop sirntgni across
tho English front In order to turn the
Canadians and Highlanders back, Tho
onlookers gazed with amazement a.i the
lmll of bullets ploughed up tho earth
all around tho gallant rider. He cam
through, however, wonderful to ru'.atc,
without a scratch, and having succeeded
in his objoct returned to his position in
the rear of his troops to direct their
further operations. In answer to pro
tests aa to the risk he had Just run ho
made .tho characteristic reply:
"Well, some one hnd to Btop the Can
adians and the Gordons, and I could not
ve ry well send any one elso to faco that
lire, could I?"
Some twenty years previously he was
llkowlso recommended for tho Victoria
Cross. It was In tho Zulu war. Ono
day, when out studying tho lay of the
land, he was suddenly eel upon" by a
body of Zulus. He put spurs to his
In this fa.hlon, when the olllcer, thor
oughly fagged out, begged to get on his
horse behtnd him.
Smlth-Dorrlen got down in order to
ind had no sooner landed him In tho
saddle than the horse straightway
bolted, leaving Its owner to the tender
mercies of the fast approaching enemy,
Xoth ng daunted. Smlth-Dorrlen. who
4t Harrow had taken many prizes for
running, kprlnted ahead, with tho Zulus,
,vho are among tho swiftest nnd longest ar'i ureimuc nnu I'rinro ainunce or
wlnd. d runners in the world, unpleas- 1 Hohemla. the nephew of Charles I., con
utitlv close upon his heels, until nt last , lui-tc-d many a bold buccaneering ex
he spurted. Into enmp nnd safety. Ho j l'lf't in bt half of the iiyal cause, until
ke ps to this day tho pair of boots driven out by Oliver Cromwell's great
wero In perfectly good shape when he - V to the cloto of the Godolphln era,
started out in tho mowing on horse-1 that Is to say, until the beginning of the
back. Rut when he got back Into the reign of Queen Vlctorln, tho Islanders
amp on foot tho soles were entirely ! lived by tlshlng, nnd particularly by
gone. wrecking, regarding themselves ns cn-
Slr Horace Is a fine rider and nn all I titled to all flotsam nnd Jetsam by vlr
rotind eportsman, tiger shooting being tue of tho royal grant to the monks of
his pet hobby; and while he may when Tresco Abbey In times of old, of nil
provoked lose his temper occasionally. 1 wreclrs, except whole ships, nml whaler,
which has caused h.m to be regnnb'd Thero Is every reason to believe that
as irnsclb'.e, he Is warm hearted nnd owing to thl wrecks were, promoted
generous, nml never forgets a friend, rather than guarded against by tho lsl
Above the medium height, he has a , anders. For the Sclllys In former times
strong, well knit figure, and Is a born . were nn object of dreaa to all mariners,
lender of men. I Dy rcaHon of tho extraordinary number
His soldiers accord to him an ex- ( ot vessels wrecked on the rocky norm
traordtmiry degree of popularity, while beaten shores, among the beM known
he on his side never fails to express his Masters of this kind being the loss , f
warm appreciation of the many good tne ,IaKshln of Adm,rn slr cioudrley
qualities of Tommy Atkins. Thus when Snnve, aml of four oth(r mi,frH of ,llM
appointed to tho command of the great ,k.Pt , n 8lri .lo nlRht TnPrp SMm.,v
r.TJ1 Cnt?P , ' U rV i cottaf or 0U8 on the Inland that
nfp.l talLTl, .1 2 r,?,V 'Vo not contain In tho materia! of Its
roT.oV. construction and In Its furnishings or
regard to the men vuitlng Inns nnd . . ., . , "
public hemses, that Is. saloons, during "rP,Z?XJ? ,r'J , f t,T
tho summer army mano-uvres. Tho " 'Itimo disaster, the very bt-11 of the
men were free to go wherever tnpy , Churoh of St. Agnes, the principal place
in,.! nnH t .lrini, ...i,n. h.v i..i "f worship on tho archipelago, ennstl-
but were expected to behave themselves !
and to keep sober
And well they re- I
yponded to the trust reposed In them.
For although there were more than 10,000
men engaged In tho manoeuvres there
wire but four charges of drunkenn. ss
during tho whole time that they lasted,
a remarkably good record, which will
be appreciated by those who really
know the temptations to which the sol
diers are subjected and how ready tho
townrpeoplo are to treat them on such
occasions.
Smlth-Dorrlen Is ono of the mnit
trusted lieutenants of Kitchener, under
whom he occupied several Important
commands In India, where he helped tho
which wero to beenmo tho nerves nf
tho defence, the almost Invisible lines
of communication from all parts of
tho position to headquarters.
Tho rattle of nn aeroplane's exhaust
stunded ahead, and under the levelled
glnssrs of a score of officers and the
toady muzzles of a thousand tlrearms
a monoplane, bearing on the under sur.
face of tho wings the identification of
a friend, dipped to earth and came to
a bouncing rest, while a heavy hel
meted officer unstrapped himself and
leaped from hia seat, to report to the
General the result of his observations.
"Wu are falling back, fir," ho said.
"It will bo about four hours before
they reach this line,"
Tho General nodded. Tho close
cropped head, bared In the grateful
shade, of a spreading tree, drooped in
thought, and tho grizzled mustache on
the senn'd face rose nnd fell with the
abstraction of concentration as thin
Hps compressed nnd relaxed.
Ho glanced at the bi Idge. at the dls
tnnt hills about two miles away, then
turned to thistaff liastcrod about him.
"This bridge mut ! woured ut all
hazard. The hills yonder must tw held
strongly. Hi-re" -ho turnrd to a map
In tho hands of nn aid "from lien to
here. Go forward and turn the Infantry
off to tho line. Hind tho leading bat
teries to tho east. They can clear nut
tahl!y when nccesMiry. Hive the coui
mamlinir oflbvis report Immidl.itely
upon taking position. Send tbr Four
teenth Rcjrinietit to oevup the stout)
and brick hoiihcs west of tho road,
Hurry now, my boy I"
tmuiw ui uuiiicii iu em.r uncesirui
patronymic of Smith to the fact that
their mother wan tho only child and
heiress of Thomas Dorrlen of Great
n.-rkhumtntpnil on e u -r,.,,. tom-i.
torlal magnates of the countv of Hrrt.
ford. The elder brother, that Is to say,
the "ivlNg" or tho Scllly Isles, now
owns Ashlyns Hall, the old country seat
of the Dorrlcns, In Hertfordshire, but
makes his principal home at Tresco Ab
bey, on tho largest of tho Islands of his
archipelago.
Tresco Abbey is a most plcturesqtto
mansion, built on tho foundations, and
to a great extent with tho materials
of the ancient Abbey of Tresco, which j tattle of Sadowa. In tho Franco-Gor-datos
from tho time of King Athelstnne, man war. four years later, ho won tho
who In 930 granted it to the great mon- iron Cross and was twice wounded, be
nstcry of Tavistock. In Devonshire, for fore Metz. while serving under the or
use ns a branch establishment. Among , ,i.rs 0f Prince Frederick Charles of i
the relics of the monks are tho ancient . Prussia, to whom Bazalno subsequently
Abbey fishponds, bountifully stocked, ! surrendered Metz. ,
nnd which run to some fifty acres. His promotion was slow. Of txmr
After tho Reformation the Scllly i pools parentage, ho had no family In-1
Island were leased by Queen Elizabeth tlitenco to exert Itself In his behalf,
to Sir Francis Godolphln, and remained nml imi t0 make his way wholly nnd
in the possession of tho Godolphtns entirely by his own merits. Indeed, X
ns a lief of the Duchy of Cornwall unq nrC until h Viflrl rtwn t r tin
untll 1835, when the lief passed Into tho
possession of a Mr. Augustus Smith,
uncle of tho present "King," who on
his demise without Issue left the prop
erty to his brother, tho father of Oen.
Sir Horaco Smlth-Dorrlen nnd of his
While the Islands were in the posses-
pln ot the Oodolphlns they underwent
many strange vicissitudes, Charles II.
i"unu sncner mere nner tne nisastrous
,If fon' ' loyalists nt tho battle of
Worcester. ! rom thence, too. Sir Hich-
ultln,T P'irt nnd narcel of thl rr of
a "re.R.
, 11 ,v:,s ,ne nr,,t or ,n hnilth lynnsty
wno' fPallzIng the evils of this form of
i livelihood, succeeded In diverting tho
, nctlvltlps of llls subjects into lc.s nc-
i farlous und at the sam? time more prof-
ltable channels. Taking ndvantnge of
tho wonderful climatic opportunities of
the Islands, which In spite of their ex
posure to thn wintry blunts of tho At
lantic enjoy an exceptionally mild tem
perature, almost tropical In character
during the summer, he set the popula
tion to growing Ilowers, and thanks to
thts the Islands export nowadays rhlp-
load after shipload of beautiful ilowers
Ho glanced nt his watch.
"You have about three hours," he
added. "This, of course," Indicating
.he line of the stream, "is our real line
of defence, but we must delay them
u advance until tho retirement Is com
pleted." The aid duahed away, and In a mo
ment tho blare of bugles rnng out and
a Ilnt of dusty men became erect at
lie eilne of the woods. There was a
.' winging up of Held packs, a clatter ot
iMles us the stacks wero broken, another
bugle note and an Infantry column un
wound from tho shadows and started
across the flelda to tho front.
Thero were no flaunting colors with
ibe nglment, for two slender b'.aik
'. itici s dipped buck at a sharp angle and
howod tho standards encased. The
men were spnro and bronzed, where
faces wero not hidden by unshorn
beards. Tho uniforms, dull In their
m utral tint when now, wero of an eivon
mni-i nondescript color, Tor days nd
weeks In sun and wenthcr and sloe ping
whero the night came on had made It
a blend of war. llui tho rltles were
splik and span, and In the dull scab
uirds, from which no glint of betraying
cunllght could glanco, tho bayonets
wire blue and epeckless.
When the rldgo was reached the regi
ment scattered by battalions and rout
P'inli'.s. At the crest of tho rise, a few
i ir M yards to westward, thero arose
i miuat two storied house of s'.or.e and
brick set In n garden of ilowers nnd
tr cs. The r nf, of quaint Ehupc, wns of
a newer period thnn tho s.neky walls.
ana fr 'in thn fiirlheimosi corners or tne
building n pla.'-tered bilck wall made an
enclosur for the carden, tho wine
to tho London market weeks before they
bloom on the mainland.
Once upon time the islands were
fortified, and thero are still to bo found
tho remnants of a star shaped fort
bearing abova Its stono gateway the In
scription, "E. K. 1588," which carries it
back to the days of Queen Elizabeth
and of tho Spanish Armada; while
Giant's Castlo, a precipitous headland,
b still adorned with tho easily distin
guished remains of an old Danish
stronghold, dating from the period when
tho islands still formed part of Lyon
nesse and were connected with tho
mainland, Many ancient weapons of
that epoch are bolng continually turned
up during the digging operations inci
dental to tho increase of the area of
flowor cultivation. i
There is nothing that suggests the
Arthurian hero, or the legends in con
nection with tho Holy Orall, in Gen.
Alexander von Kluck. the near septua.
genarlan adversary of Sir Horace
Smlth-Dorrlen, and wl.h whom he is
still at the present moment lighting for
tho mastery, with a doggedncss and
obstinacy that Is absorbing tho atten
tion of I. he entire civilized world. Von
Kluck. unllko Sir Horace, is a man of
obscuro origin, entirely slf-mado ana
so little known outside tho military
caste of Oermany that It is dllilcult
to find any one, oven among Germans,
who Is In a position to furnish any
Information concerning his career.
He Is a Wcstphahan. son of nn Im
poverished nrchH.ect. who was In busi
ness nt Munster and who died when
Alexander was only 18 years old. Tho
son had his first experience of war In
1S60. in the neven weeks campaign
of Prussia against Austria, nnd ns a
lieutenant of the Fifty-fifth Regiment
nf Prussian Infantrv took nart In thn
of Colonel and was stationed for a tlnio
nt Berlin, during tho years Immediately
preceding th American war with
Spain, that he attracted tho notice nnd
won the good will of the Kalsor, who in
1S99 advanced him to the rank of
Major-General, then of Lieutenant
General, nnd finally to the command
of the First Army Corps, at th same
tlmo raising him to the rank of n 'hie.
Tho General has no fortune whatso
over of his own. having married, whllo
still a Captain of Infantry, n member
e t the Von Donop family, olmost ns poor
us himself, and both are entirely de
pendent on his pay. Failure means 1
for him retirement on the terribly men
cro pension of a general olllcer of tho
German army. Success spells for him
comfort and ninuenco for tho remainder
of his days. Thus far ho Is the ono
German commander In tho field who
has achieved military fame and dis
tinction whoso name. Cotnlly unknown
abroad until eight weeks ago. Is to
day on everybody's Hps and who when
tho history of tho present great strug
gle comes to be written will feature
therein ns one of its mofl: conspicuous,
most able and, ono may Hdd, ono of
its mcst heroic figures.
Stilt another commander to win a
grmt nnmo for himself In the present
war Is tho Russian Generalissimo.
Orand Duke Nicholas Xicholalovitch,
perhaps the most martial tiguro of tho
entire Muscovite army, standing, as .
he does, over six feet six in hln stock-!
;nged feet, broad shouldered, deep j
chertcd, slim walsted, spare (Linked nml
long shanked, with an air of supremo
mllltnry distinction, and retaining a ,
wonderful amount of physical elas-
ticlty, despite his sixty years. Although
ha took part In the Turco-Russlan war ,
of 1S?7, winning tho Cross of St.'
George for a feat of conspicuous gal-,
lantry ns a young cavalry olllcer, yet
tills present International conflagration j
has furnished to him the first opportun-'
Ity of his career to win laurels as a vie- I
torlous commander, having had no
share In tho conflict with Japan In ,
Manchuria, nor In any of the trans-"T-plan
cnmpalgne. '
His youth was very unhappy. For .
his mother, to whom ho was devoted,
was rendered Intensely unhappy by her
husband's eornpleto neglect nnd flagrant
ir fidelity, especially In connection with
tho English wife of one of his English
stable employoes, a woman upon whom
ho lavished vast sums of money In 'he
mcst public fashion, leaving his wife
and children In flnnnclnl dltllcultles, In
walls Interrupted by the back of tho
house, which, In the same line, fronted
he expected enemy.
A company about two hundred stront.
took possession. There was no need for
posting sentries, for troow wero pour
ing down the road from the dlrectlot
of tho tattle. Itllles wero flinched, kits
uns'ung, nnd, taking tools from the ac
companying wagon, preparations were
mnde for determined resistance.
A few yards to tho front stood n row
of Lumbat dy poplars, closo together.
Axca swung until tho trees wero cut
a'.most through. Then they were pulled
over toward tho expected attack, the
branch tips chopped off until they left
a bristling row of natural lances, and,
trunk still nherlng to butt by n few
strong splinters, each tree formed s
..ectlnn of abatis, to check a closing
enemy under fire,
A portion of tho company entered the
house and In a moment, with a tie
mendous clatter, overy pane of glass
was thoroughly broken out. Glassware
and framed pictures sailed through the
gaping windows to tho ground below.
Flying splinters of glass, sot adrift by
tho smash of a bullet or shell fragment,
niako nasty wounels.
Within tho house there rebounded the
thud of pick points, crowbars nnd
.-.ledges. Here and there, nt regular in
tervals, the points of tho tools broke
through tho walls, muklng extempo
rized portholes, which wero splayed in
ward, leaving but a Btnall aperture
through which thn barn muzzles could
poke and leave a free lino of sight.
Higher up, near tho celling of each
room, other holes wero made for the
escape of smoko In case tho flooring
should be set atlro by the bursting of
a 'hell. Men cannot fight and sight
when blinded and choked by wood
fumes.
. :
iBSsjWW N-
t ,m wniiiiiina . miiMa iwm i MMjfg iMgrnia p IWI mm I m i MWi I rTll rn TfT f H
fact, the old Grand Duke's conduct was
such that it excited tho bitterest sort
of enmity on tho part of his nephew.
Alexander III., who, on his nccesslon
to tho throne, Immediately proceeded to
relievo him of nil his military com
mand, and to banish him from St.
Petersburg, to spend the remainder of
h.s days In a sort of gilded captivity
on his estates. Ho died In disgrace,
and on his demise hl long suffering
wifo took tho vows of a nun, and re
tired for tho remainder of her days to
a convent at Kleff, renowned for the
severity of Its rules, to pray for the
n poso of his soul.
His pons shared, very unjustly, the
prejudice which Alexander III. had en
tertained toward their father, nnd as the
latter had left nothing but debts, nnd
Alexander IH.'s purse was to a great
extent closed ngalnst them, the Grand
Duko and his brothers experienced
great difficulty In making both ends
meet. He, however, nt length escaped
from tho pecuniary trouble which had
so embittered his llfo until then by con-
tnc::ng n mnrgnnntle marriage with
a very wealthy and fascinating widow
of a tea merchant of Moacow, of the
Pen Pictures of Evervday Scenes on Europe's Battle Lines Which Tell
How the Opposing Armies Meet and Struggle for the Crown of Victory
Boxes, barrels, trunks, valises, pillow
ruses, gunnysncks, nnythltig which
would servo as container, were carrlei
.nit and filled with earth, freshly dup
.or tho purpose, then taken to the varl
ur rooms onco more, to rcenforce the
.veakest plnccs nnd the windows. Cur
tains, blankets nnd hangings were
draped across the windows to obscure
iow of tho posts of tho defcnilers from
tho enemy.
A small barn nnd vnrlous other out
buildings of boards were torn down nnd
ho planks carried Into tho house. With
he adaptability of the various trades
i presented In tho company nnd the
rough expediency of the practical sol
dier, carpenters, professional and nma
. ur, hastily erected Inner walls to each
mom where the masonry was not of
- ifflclent thickness, and the space f-
wten the now' wall and tho old w.v
ll.led with dirt, stone, brick anil rubble,
or greater thlcknebs,
Hetween the rooms tho walls wen
broken out and the bricks went to the
now false walls, or wardrobes were
moved Into position and llllod with
them In addition the gups gnve freer
communication between tho rooms with
out seriously exposing an ndjolnlng
room to devastation caused by shell
explosion in nnothe r.
Ui'ams from the demolished outbuild
ings wero dragged In nnd sawed otj
mocked until tne celling or racn room
was shored up, to sustain the aililltlon.il
weight to be put upon It and resist the
shrck of shell detonation. The wheel-
barrows enmo Into play once more, and
sand and earth wero brought in, to bo
mattered about tho floors to prevent
splintering and fire, I,oosa earth was
piled In the corners, to bo thrown upon
any small blaze, whllo wushtuUs, boilers
and even urns from the garden were
General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien.
name of Mme. Bouturlln.
Although sho had money In such
quantities, It was a lovo match, In thi
best sense of the word, nnd .he lady
was so devoted to him that her affec
tion obliterated nil personal nmbltlon
that sho may havo enter allied of so
cial advancement, nnd sho was content
to remain entirely in the background,
and In obscurity, without public recog
nition, oven ns Ids morganatic wlt'e, and
without any tltlu or honors, provided
she retained his entire affection The
union wns a very happy one, In spite
of Its remaining childless, nnd when she
died It was found thn .ho hnd Iaj
quenthed to him her entire fortune.
Several days later the Grand Duke
fell In love with Princess Stnna of Mon
tenegro, the brilliantly clever sister of
Queen Helen of Italy, and daughter of
King Nicholas of Montenegro. Sho was
unhappily married to n good looking
nonentity, the late Prince George lto
manoffsky. Duk of l.euchtenburg. a
grandson of Eugeno de Iie.iuharnais,
and great-grandson, therefore or l-.m-press
Josephine ot France. After the
'nfatuatlon had lasted some time th
present Emperor, who hnd developed a
laced In each room and tilled with
water In case of lire.
Prom some of the windows beams
ivero run out nnd loosely platform"!,
while at the tops and steles sandbags
w.ro piled, heaeler and stretcher, to a
sufficient height to protect men who
would be posted there to lire directly
i. low. Should nn enemy succeed in get
t.ng closo under tho walls there would
b a dead space In which they could not
bo reached by rifle tire, except from
:ho machicoulis galleries thus ereoteel.
At tho ground level, where the half
'asement arose, pits were dug, fho nia
.iiiry of tho walls being broken nw iy
i permit communication from the
l ouso Interior. Parrels tllbel with
irth, tho crevasses between being
a -keel with earth In small bags or loose,
were placed around the edges of tlr
It, tluir topH rising about a font abovi
he ground, nnd boards were laid across'
hen earth was banked on top, untii
ip ro was a sufficient thickness to resist
rllle bullet or shrapnel ball. Thei roof
overhung tho walls- of the caponnlercs,
so that no dropping shots could enter
the portholes. The automatic guns of
tho company were placed In the capon
nlercs, whllo all tho ammunition boxes
belonging to tho gun detachment wero
closo at hind..
There was yet a little tlmo to soar,
although tho roll of the nrt'liery wns
coming closer and closer anil the roads
wero tilled with retiring troops, even
spreading out over the lie'ds on their
way hack to tho river. A party of sap
pers, under young otllce-rs, ran to thn
front nnd speedily dug mines and fou
gasses, to be exploded from the house
when desired, Iiarbcd wiro was torn
from tho neighboring fences and fast-
cried to hnptlly driven stakes, then al
wed to twist and coil loosely In en
Iclcntc, a wire entanglement to trip and
great affection for his cousin Nicholas
Xicholalovitch. yielded to tho appeals nf
I'rincess Stnna for a dissolution of her
union to Duke George of Louchten
burg, authorized the Issue of a decree of
dlvorct? in her favor by the Holy Synod
at St. Petersburg, nnd jfrantvd her pjr
mlsslon to marry Grand Duke Nicholas.
Grand Duohess Stana Is one of the
cleverest women In St. Petcrsbmg, a
mom valuable, counsellor, not only to
her husband but also to the Emperor,
who for tho pust eight or nine, years
has placed the most complete ami Im
plicit conlldenco In tho Grand Duke, en
trusting him with tho supremo mllltnry
command of the en': Ire military district
of St. Petersbuig nnd with tho virtual
direction of the armd forces of the
mpire. The Grand Duke has cooper
ated with the Minister of Wir, General
Soukhomitnoff, In the complete reor
ganization of rhe Russian military
forces, was responsible Indeed for the
general's appointment to the Wnr De
partment nnd is now lending to victory
n Germany nnd In Austria tho army
nf which he himself has Wn the prin
cipal cren.'or slnco the close of tho war
with Japan,
delay tho enemy's advance under th
lire of the honre.
A supply wagon was snatched from
the passing column, elrlven to the house
ami unlimited, Tho company might lie
impelled to hold out. Isolated, for n
lav or tw-i. and the men must eat. An
mmunitlnn cart was emptied of Its
'reight nnd the extra ammunition was
Ilstrlbutiil about thn vnrlous rooms.
Field telephones were placet! alsiut tho
house ami .paro lines of wire wero run
ii case of ae'cldent, whl'o a line was led
'o the rear to connect the chateau with
'he main position at the stream.
Then the buglo biew, and the com
'iimy fell in, took tho rltles from the
tneks, and, being told off, the subell
visions went to their vnrlous ports. The
unite was ready for thn attack.
Their work rompleteii tho men
'nighed nnd Joked. In the great draw-
ig ro m nn lil' iid grand piano wns
brown open nnd liround it gathered u
riniip of the soldiers, vhlle a comrade
seated hlmelf bfore tho keys. They
pliyed and sang together songs of tho
linn'e land, songs of Iovh nnd wings ot
.action, while tile Blaster which flrovd
"thei floor crunthed under shitftng feet,
I whllo watchers, with eyes upon tho
Heels and woods, leanesl ngalnst tho
I sandbagged parapet of tho bay wln
I elow.
f Jn tho midst of a rir there rami
crash, followed by a eljsh of shrapnel
balis In a leaden hall, A dingy ball of
nimke hung poised n moment whoro tho
l oplar tops had waved a few hours bu-
i feire, then vinlshed Into tho air, one of
the watchers at the window, unexpect
edly exposi'd. lurcheel and crump'-sl Into
a heap nt the foot of his sandl ags, while
the singers leaped to their jcats.
The fight wns on,
(Ccpiiriiiht, 1914, hij the Wheeler Syn
dicate, lie.)
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