"His undaunted attitude at----" (This time ten lines more disappear.)
The article proceeds:
"She cried in a trembling voice, 'Oh daughter, cruel----' (the
woman's speech is all excised save the words 'the devourers fight
among themselves,' although the passage appears to be taken from
nothing more modern or harmful than a famous tragedy).
The writer makes a last effort:
"The adversary's position was now very serious. Throwing himself
upon his knees, he cried, 'Our Father, which art----' (Even of the
Lord's Prayer the censor allows only this beginning and the final
'Amen.')"
"HOCH DER CZAR!"
During a fortnight's sojourn with his armies in the field the
Czar spoke to thousands of wounded, according to a Petrograd
correspondent. His Majesty visited the Germans and Austrians in
field hospitals, addressing kindly words to them. In one ward,
entirely occupied by wounded Germans, the men, who were unable to
rise, spontaneously greeted the Czar with a three-fold Hoch!
The Czar inquired about the identity and direction of a column
passing the imperial train. He was told they were officers and men
recovered from wounds returning to their respective regiments. His
Majesty alighted and asked where and how they had been wounded. It
appeared they all had participated in the early battles of the war.
They were anxious again to go to the firing line.
A HOLOCAUST.
A wounded English officer describes the following incident of the
German attack between Dixmude and Ypres:
"A German regiment with the flag flying approached our trenches to
about 300 yards. It was met by a heavy discharge of our machine
guns and rifle fire, and fell back in disorder. Immediately it
reassembled some distance away. Once more we saw it advance, with
the ranks already thinner. It came to within 100 yards of us, when
it was received as before and again beaten back.
"This time the order was sent through our trenches to let them come
on to twenty yards. We did so; then the order to fire at will was
given. Two-thirds of the regiment had already fallen in the first
two attacks, and now the remainder was wiped out. Not one of the
assailants got to our trenches."
FIGHT WITH SHOVELS.
Soldiers who have been fighting near Roye say that the hostile
trenches there are only fifteen yards apart at some points, so
that the enemies can hear each other talking. Last week a company
of sappers were misled by the darkness right into a German trench,
where a squad of Teuton sappers were at work. The men fought in
the dark with picks and shovels until rifles also began to crack,
whereupon each side drew back.
French cemeteries, with their strong stone tombs, sometimes play an
important part in the hostilities. Thus the Germans have intrenched
themselves on a cemetery height near Roye and have made it a strong
position. The vaults offer a safe shelter against rain and shrapnel,
while metallic coffins have been placed along the edge of the
trenches as a protection against rifle fire.
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