Oh, look at me, kind men! 'Tis not a crown upon my head, 'tis waterplants, the greenish grass of ocean fields, with which the sea had clad me. What could I do? So once again I sought my dear, old sea, I knelt before its mighty waves, I prayed: "Oh, cover me, my dear, old sea, for nowhere else can I seek aid. The cruel stranger rules my home; my gentle children lifeless lie. And dost thou see those horrid flames, that rise where once my temples stood? Oh, cover me, protect me, my dear, my dear, old sea, for nowhere else can I seek aid!" 'Twas thus I spoke and wept in grief. And lo! the kindly sea gave me protection. And out of the sea I came again, I came to tell you that I live. Oh, look at me, kind men! For I am Belgium, and I live. My King, my Albert is alive; my Belgian people lives. No, these are not tears that glisten in my eyes. Enough of tears! A holy wrath inflames my heart! No, this is not a wound upon my bosom, 'tis a red, red rose, the quenchless flame of war, my sacred oath! Red rose! My terrible red rose! No, this wreath upon my head is not of waterplants, no, 'tis the crown of Belgium, the crown of a free nation! Where is my sword? In the name of Justice and of Freedom, in my King's name I raise the sword. To Belgium's aid, O Nations! God save the Czar and Russia, that gave her blood for me! God save the King and Britain, that shed her blood for me! Forward, fair France's children! Form your battalions, hasten, hasten! To Belgium's aid, O Nations! [Illustration: Map showing where the French were trying on June 20, 1915, to capture the German lateral lines of communications about Arras and Lens in their steady forward drive in the north of France. The "Labyrinth" appears in the lower left section.] Battle of the Labyrinth France's Victory in the Chief Western Operation Since the Marne The Battle of the Labyrinth, technically described in French communiqués as "operations in the section north of Arras," really began in October, 1914, when General de Maud-Huy stopped the Prussian Guard before Arras. Because of their great strength the labyrinth of German trenches and fortifications southeast of Neuville-St. Vaast formed a dangerous salient which the French troops had to dispose of before they could make progress eastward from north and south of that point. The decisive part of the battle--or series of battles extending over fifty miles of front--is described in the brief review of the French official observer at the front, and in the two accounts by Wythe Williams cabled to THE NEW YORK TIMES after a trip to the front specially arranged for him and three editors of Paris newspapers by the French War Ministry. By The Associated Press. Account of the French Official Observer At the Front