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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, .OCTOBER 31, 1916.
m POSH", IS ONLY
MINOR PART Or PLAB
French and English Fighters
Meet Death to Gain Ground
i 1 -At.- From Germans, ..- , . '
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MANY TEUTONS , CAPTTOED
'"cmnrondenM of Th Associated Press.)
French Front, Oct. 12. The tactical
offensive of the Franco-British forces
on the Somme, although it has en
tered its fourth month and has at
tracted widespread attention, is in
reality only a part of the entire
scheme of strategy,, of the allies'
armies, hut its success has given them
the initiative in the war operations,
wnicn naa tor a. lime siippcu m.".
their hands. . V. . ; '
A general purview of the theater of
operations in this region, shows that
the, Franco-British front on July 1
ran directly from the west of Thiep
val, a strongly fortified German posi
tion, to Fricourt: There the allies'
line turned sharply east-south-eastward
and passed to ,the north of Car
noy to beyond" Markdiirt whence H
once' more turned" directly' south of
Maucourt, the extreme, na.of ,the 6f
fensive movement
This was the front, somewhat over
forty kilometers in length, chosen by
the allies for their forward push. The
French were disposed along about
half of the southern-end-of this Hne
. and the following details deal solely
with their part in the operations. ,
' v 9,500 Prisoners.
' The first phase of the battle lasted
. j - j j..... .!- :J 1
rive aays ana aunnK mis penou lour
lines of German trenches, and in some
places five, all constructed of rein
forced concrete, were carried by the
French troops. ' Numbers of villages,
including Curlu, Becquincourt), lom
oiefre. Bussus. Fay. Feuilleces. -Bus-
court, Hcrbecourt, Assevillers, Belloy.
en-Santerre, Estrce, Hem and Harde
court, were captured at the point of
the bayonet, after terrific bombard
merit which left only the outlines of
the house foundations , still standing.
lhe attacking rrench forces were
compelled to fight from cellar to cel
lar, in which large numbers ot ma--,
chine guns had been mounted by the
Germans, who had taken shelter in
stronar force underground and had
connected the brickwork caves by pas
sages. In view Of the 'nature of this
combat the French losses were very
small. . On the other hand, the Ger-
' mans suffered extremely heavy casual
ties owing to the buildings crashing
in upon them while they were crowd
ing in large bodies below.' Nin thou
. sand live hundred officer and men sur
rendered, h ,
During the second phase of the of
fensive; which lasted from July 6 to
September 1, the French progressed
, still further eastward and at tha. aame
time extended northward and south
ward the hole" they had made in the
v German line. Biaches fell into their
hands during the night of July 9 with
1,300 German prisoners, ' Around this
village, occupying a very strong posi
tion of which the Germans had taken
every advantage, the ..fighting con
tinued for many days.;-After its first
capture by them, it passed twice out
of French hands,' but was finally and
definitely occupied by them on July 17.
Germans Desperated
A lie ucuiiaiif iiibniiwiui j itau
brought ' up ' -strong reinforcements
from other portions of the front and
I made desperate efforts to prevent any
further advance, lhe , french, notf
ever, had acquired the taste for for
, ward movements and in the middle of
Aueust. after brilliantly carrying sev
(ratlines of intervening; deep trenches,
captured Maureoas.
' All this fighting was carried oat tin:
der most unfavorable weather condi
tions for the assailants. The first
fortnight of August was foggy
throughout and during- the second
fortnight rain fell almost without
cessation. . .-,..,'."
German prisoners were1 captured in
v large number during this second phase
of the operations and doiens of can
non and hundreds of machine guns
,wefe taken1 or ; destroyed ' by the
. French.; ' ' : -
The third phase of the offensive
opened cut September 1 with an artil-
Kiy preparation more violent ana
concentrated than had ever been used
in warfare." The French infantry be.
gan their work only on' September. J
when the German positions had feen!
battered out of all semblance of their
first condition, although In the deep
ougouis wnicn roe uermans naa Deen
able to construct During their long oc
cupation the riefeaders still had good
shelter. Their, first 'dash' gave' the
French possession of Le Forest and
Llery with over.2,500 nrisonerat thirty-
two, cannon and ad ammunition depot,
stormed and took1 Soyecourt, Verl
ffianddvillera and. Chilly with 4,64!!
pruontrs and much. r:war.. material,
i JJsxt day Ommiecourt was captured
and on the 6th Berny with a further,
'.large group ot prisoners.. . y,
V:"'?.i:'H : French Hold. -
, German counter attacks failed to re
cover" any territory and were followed
. "by a long uerind 6( artillery' 6reDafa
,tion by the French lasting four or.fWe
nays. , un mt Kin. tne frencn.. in
fantry once more went "over the too?
ajjd in a brilliant dash 'captured the
large village of Bouchavesnes, whence
.thFv rnntinnrH Ihiir imrph ti,.rfl
uu ine utn, taxing in tnese two aays
' over 2,000 prisoners, ten cannon and
forty machine guns. : ' ' (
. In the meantime.. the British' troops
in the north were advancing parallel
with the French and the oatroti of the
two allied armies joined hands to the
east of Combles, which w thus sur
rounded and taken on September 25
wun mucn war material and several
thousands of prisoners. .
On the last .day of September the
offensive was still going on. The
.French and British troops were then
engaged 'in consolidating the ground
thev had gained with a view to pre
paring a starting' point for a further
advance. i i ,
jv. The territory capture by the aUies
' during the first three months of the
- offensive when a line ia drawn round
it has the appearance, of a huge pear
with a long stalk. It contains between
209 and 300 square kilometers "of
ground. 1 At its .widest part in ' the
north the advance measured about ten
" miles, while 'at the southern end" the
tram, was only about a mile in depth.
French military experts are unani
mous in the opinion that the united
effort on this portion of the front, be
side the enormous losses inflicted on
tne uermans ana tne gain in territory,
naa bad toe eucct ot caupsag ttte tier-
DEATH HEAD HUSSAE NOW
An exhibit of war trophies, which
includes over 400 trophies picked up
on the battle fields of Europe, is on
display on the third floor of the Bran-
deis stores.
The exhibit is nrobablv the largest
one that has been brought to the
United States since the great conflict
began. The trophies were collected
by Captain Barker, an ex-officer in
the Australian arm vl
The feature of the collection is a
British scouting aeroolane. It is one
of the Caudron models used exclus
ively for scouting. It is a high-speed
machine, capable of a speed of 110
miles an hour. t v
- All kinds of bullets, from the small
rifle cartridges to the big artillery
shells, are included in the display,
as are hand grenades, rifle grenades,
aeroplane darts, incendiary bombs,
gas bombs, bayonets and all the other
impienieniB 01 war.
FhotosrraDhs and documents of ex
planation add to the exhibit, and. a
lecturer accompanying the display
explains -the history and use of the
trophies. -
V
SHOWN HERE.
WHEN ARCHIE SENDS
UP AN ONION, DUCK
English Airmen Tell of Perilous
Flights in Bomb-Swept
-, , . Clouds.
HOW BBAVE MEN THINK
siorf as to whether you would rather
have a shell right ahead of you, right
beneath you or right over you. There
tftre those who contended it was
kill. a , kr.,l rlerUt in
front, for 'then the explosion would I fjj re
mans to abandon their long and un
successful effort to break through the
French lines at Verdun, while the con
stant advance of the allied troops
despite the desperate opposition of the
dermans hat contributed to lower tne
morale of the troops of the central
powers. ,
China Doesn't Know
What to Do with Army
(CorrMpondeiict ot Th Aiaoelated Prna.)
Peking. Oct 3. Chinas greatest
problem atbresent is -how to disband
the Itremendous army -which has come
into existence during the revolution
now drawing to a close. The latest
figures compiled by the government
indicate that there are 800,000 soldiers
under aims in the various provinces.
At least $30,000,000 silver will be re
quired to pay. off these soldiers and
secure their peaceful return to their
regular occupation, . . ' .
Unpaid soldiers are always a men
ace in China, - Each province has its
own military governor and a distinct
military organization, presumably un
der control of the Peking authorities,
but actually ' quite independent in
most cases. Consequently, the Pe
kinar Government is forced to deal
yery diplomatically with the military
organizations in the provinces, par
ticularly in the remote provinces
which lack adequate means for
speedy communication, ,-,.' I
Chihli province, in which Peking
is located, has a greater number of
Idlditrs than any other. At present
there, are 114,000 men under arms in
this Drovince. Kwanetuna province.
of which Canton ia the capital, comes
second, with 96,0UU troops. 1 his
province has been inyconstant state
of turmoil for six months, but Gen
eral Lung has finally consented to re
tire from military governorship and
take most of his soldiers with h inf. to
the island ot Hainan. This will make
it possible for General Lu, the newly
appointed military governor, to take
charge of affairs in Canton and bring
the revolutionary movement in
Kwangtung province to a close. - '
Chinese coolies regard military
service at a very desirable billet. Once
they are enlisted in the army, it is
very difficult to persuade them to re
tire. ' Consequently, they riot and be
come extremely troublesome if an at
tempt be made to disband them with
out liberal payment.' The command
ing officers are frequently as mercen
ary as the soldiers, and civilians .have
a great dread of disgruntled troops.
When the government fails to give its
soldiers what they regard as adequate
Say the troops, frequently become
andlts and loot until they have
gained the' reward they feel i they
should have, from the government.
British Learn s A
UvToJinEgyp;
tCorrMPondsnc of Tho Aaioelattd, Proas.)
Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 20. At a place
which can be designated only . as
"sornewbere in Egypt" the .British
forces-ar'establishing what will be
one of 'the largest and most Com
pletely equipped aviation schools in
the world. . An. Associated Press cor
respondent who recently visited the
site, found the school was nearing'
completion, and he was told that at
least seven thoroughly qualified pu
pils in the art of flying will be grad
uated each week so long as the war
lasts, for service not only with Brit
ish forces in Egypt, but elsewhere if
their seryice was demanded. .
; This part of the world was chosen
for the school mainly because it is
adapted climatically to flying the
whole year round, and because it is
handy to the various theaters of war.
Incidentally an observer here might
remark that the sands' offlie desert
also furnish a soft bed for the inex
perienced to fall upon.
.The school will accommodate, in
addition to the pupils, fifty officers
and 500 mechanics and other work
ers. Each student will require from
four- to "bt weeks' training. A large
number are already receiving instruc
tions. -''X-t': , ,-' ' i - -
Mothers and Wives. .
Of this - country those who after
irion.ths. and, even years of suffering,
have been restored to health and
strenath by that sood old-fashioned
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink-
ham t . Vegetable .V-oumpound, are
the ones who nave spread the good
newt of health restored, until today
there' ia hardly a town so small that
the women who suffer from female
ailments do not depend upon Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Coumpound
to. latere hcilliiAdvertiscnicnt.
(Correspondence of Tho Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 2t "It's all right so;
long as you can't see 'en or hear
'em," said "Tommy" Brennan, of the
Royal Flying corps; "but any man
who tells you he can fly over an
'Archie' ' and get a 'flaming onion'
right ahead of him without ducking
and wishing they wouldn't come so
close or make so much noise, -has
never been up in an aeroplane. Take
it irorh me."
'Yes." out in Gilray. "and every-
time you duck your old winger ducks
with you. As 'Bren' over there says,
it wouldn t be so bad it you couldn t
see and hear 'em. Generally speak
ing you don't hear them unless one
happens to break within thirty yards
or so of you. It's when you get down
close to them and look right down at
them spitting fire at you, that's when
you have got to have every nerve in
your body tuned to the minute."
''I'll nvr (nroft th first tim
they got close to me," declared-"Boy"
Tylie. "My only thought was that
1 would never Jhoot a pheasant
again. , I knew exactly how a bird
must feel when a hunter opens fire."
Brennan' wore upon hir left sleeve
the gold stripe of the wounded"Gil"
had been on the official list of the
killed in action some weeks ago, but
somehow or other came back to life.
When Brennan was "hit" and finally
came down safely within his own
lines, it was found there were no
less than eighty perforations in his
wingt. " '-
: Geta Too Low. ;V
V "I was so interested in- looking
over their trenches I guess I -got a
little too low," he explained. ,
- There is nothing more interesting
in all London than to sit through aj
long autumn evening talking to the
youngsters of the wonderful aviation
service Great Britain has almost mi
raculously built up since the war, be
gan.'" ;
"We ve got the Germans nowi
where .they have to fire blindly or
shoot by the map," these intrepid
men of the air will tell you. "Of
what use are their . wonderful guns
if they don't knciW what they are
shooting at? They don't dare send
a plane over our lines. They don't
even dare approach. , The minute
they i show themselves we have an
overwhelming number of machines to
send after them and they beat it
for home again as fast as they can
go. They can't j take a photograph
of our new positions. Their batteries
have been driven from the heights
and they can't observe. It is a big
difference from the first days oLthe
war." -
Associating - much with Britain's
flying men one will soon learn that
an 'Archibald,"' usually called "Ar
chie' for short, is an anti-aircraft
gtn.V.'..- ; - , ;
', ' - ;'-;. Archie Barki. . V' ;.. '
' "'Archie' barks at you," said Brcn
h.an. "He goes 'woof, woof, woof.'
He- isn't comfortable to listen to,
either, but its when you get down a
little nearer -to earth and the machine
guns get to working that1 you feel
you have got to do what you set- out
to do right quickly and get started to
tome quieter spot just as fast as the
air Wilt get out of' your way and let
you through. You can't imagine how
much that old atmosphere gets in
your way when you are really in a
hurry." ,
When you get on speakirg terms
with a machine gun you k.iow that
it talks with a "putt, putt, putt." The
ordinary hand rftle, whicm . often
takes a shot at you when you get
too close to the trenches, goes crack.
crack, Wirack, just at everyone ex
pects a rifle to no. ' ,!
"A flaming onion? Well, that looks
for all the world like an eight-candle-power
electric light bulb-coming at
you. - Then all of a sudden it breaks
into nice little ribbons of fire that
-dart and float through the air li.e
so many Dialing serpents, tneyxare
very disagreeable, these onions. Their
one desire Mn life is to-set you ablaze
and explode your petrol tank." One
thins- the American always has to re
member over here is that gasoline,
or just plain "gas" as the motorists
and flying men call it at home, has
no place in the English lexicon. - It
is "petrol," just as lieutenant, al
though spelled lieutenant, , is pro
nounced leftenant.
When Shell Bunts. ,
Several -of the young "wing" sub
alterns were waiting' for the "Hi'ckey-
boos" to come over the other night
when they fell into a heated discus-
-spread the fragments and let you
pass sately through the spot where
"the blooming beast cracked." ,
' The others contended that a shell
breaking on the level with you in
dicated that '"Archie" had his fuses
timed just a bit too accurately for
pleasure flying and that it was safer
to 'take c"hances from the fragments
coming from beneath or above. This
was one discussion in which the in
nocent bystander had no part. He
learned, however, that shrapnel from
an "Archie" jumps at you with a
"bang;" that it looks like a white
fmff ball as it breaks in daylight and
ike . the starry shtawer of a rocket
as it explodes by night.
Might Capsize You.
When a "shrap" explodes beneath
the tail of your machine you feel as
'f you were going to loop the loop in
the 'wrong direction. When it breaks
in front, yqai feel as if you very much
wanted to do a 'flipflop" backwards
in the most improved style. Whaa
you get it under the wirrgT the con
cussion almost capsizes you and you
feci as if the old '.'joy stick," or guid
ing lever, never wjll put her back on
sn even keel. - '
The "Hickey-boos,",it developsjn
the course of the conversation, are
the Zeppelins. Where they got the
name no one seems to know. It is
the exclusive language of the flying
corps. "Archie is the name of the
home defense aircraft "runs as well
as those of the Germans, for, gener
ally speaking, all such guns are the
natural enemy ot th airman, whether
he -be chasing a "HickeV-boo" over
London or taking observations at the
front. They are always threatening
mm witn an unpleasant end.
Night flying it no easv task at
best. , .
"You feel like the man in the song,
said Sammy Sampson, a midget of
tne corps, you are all dressed-up and
no place to go," . ' ,
It is simple enough to go up at
night, and simple i-enough to sail
away, but it it tomething else again
to come down without taking off a
Chimney pot or "strafing" a big oak
tree. In ordinary times there is a
flare to guide you safely back" to the
aerodrome, put on , raid nights.
when all is dark, and when'the
"Archies",are barking at the "Hickey
boos," and the "Hickey-boos" are
"putt, putt, putting" at you with their
juaiuuic guiiST men nigni nymg is
surety enougn a real man s Job.
' , Many Pilots.
The Royal Flying corps is proving
mostattractive to voune Canadian
officers. They are qualifying as pilotsJ
uy inc score, oome wno came over
from the dominion in khaki are now
in the deep blue of the Royal TJaval
Air service, but the great majority
who have taken to the air are still
in khaki with the Vhite insignia oi
widespread wings on the'left breast
ot the lunic.
"I had my first real thrill the other
day,"'said one of these young Cana
dians, just back irom the front. "1
was "way inside the German lines,
having the time of my -bright young
life, when suddenly I heard a miss-
tire. No matter how many cylinders
you. have got whirring in front of you
uisiBiii une misses your neari
bucked and finally stopped. And me
miles across the line. 1 knew ft was
something wrong with the carburetor
or the ignition, for I had enough
etrol to go a hundred 'miles or more.
er altitudes water., ptun
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25c at all druggists.'
ASTHMA SUFFERER
Writ ttxUr. I will toll jov. fret of charge.
of Implt horn trtatmvnt for asthma
which cured mo after phrilolana and ehanto
of illmato failed. I am ao vrateful for my
present good health, after year of utter
ing, that I want everyone to know of thii
wonderful treatment. M re. Nellie fivana.
B. uee jeoinea. lown. aov ,
'Complexion Secrets ' '
V Of An Actress"
in a recently teeuM volume bearing the
above title, the author aaya:., '''Contlnu-
quo uae of gremoe palnta, rouge -ind the
like, had rained my complexion. 1 My akin
wm colorlvaa, wrinkled, ooane and puno
tured with large porea, While abroad
I heard of the virtue of meroollied wax;
my first experience with thla marveloue
ubetance oonvlneed me It waa more valu
able than all eoemetloa combined. Now
whenever my complexion ' beglna to go
wrong I get an ounce of mercoiUed wax
a't the neareet drug atore, apread on a
thin layer of It before retiring, washing
It off neit morning. The wax. after a
few eui'h treatment, eeema literally to
absorb the worn-out cuticle, when a bright
er. healthier, younger-looking akin up
peare. ,,..-..
"for the wrtnkica and enlargtd puree I
begun using a solution of saxollte, one
ounce, dlsaoivea in a nan pint wucn nasal.
Bathing the face In this every day for a
while apon relieved tho condition moat won
derlully. UvertleemonL ,
- i '
the -
hears it even before your ears do.
mat oiu engine ot mine jumped and
?:ets into the mixing cnamher. ,o,
irst of all, I joggled that alt car
buretor for all she was worth. Then
I gave the old boat a little tilt down
ward, she cranked herself as she
dipped and old Johnny Engine was
purring away m a moment yas. iiKe
a contented tabby cat in an old maid's
lao
that day and set sail for Jiome in a
line that would make a crow's- flight
look like a serpentine dance." v
Sloan's Liniment BeUevea Congestion.
As soon as you apply Sloan's Liniment the
congestion disappears and your pain is gone.
Bodily ucarmth is renewed, 2 Sc. All drug
gUts. Advertisement.
England Prepares v
- For After the War
- (Correspondenca of The Assoclatsd Press.)
,, Londcyi, Sept 28. England's de
termination to provide the best pos
sible housing accommodation for the
soldiers' on their return to"civil life
is reflected in plans formulated to set
aside as a beginning, $100,000,000, of
eovernment monev as advances to
I had enough of Germany for 1"' authorities and other agtncies,
W ltuviuc iiuukb iui hie numiii.
classes at reasonable renf.' Mr. Long,
president of the local government
board, told a deputation that the plans
actually before the board represented
but a small beginning. He added:
"It would be a black crime to let
our soldiers come back from water
logged and horrible trenches to some
thing little better than 4 pig-sty." He
had told a. deputation' representing
the housing and town-planning con
gress some time ago that the 20,000,
000 pounds asked for by them should
not represent even an index of what
might be required. He emphasized
that if the government came to the
aid of the local authorities in the mat
ter, it must be" on liberal lines. He
also said it was vital to the future
of the race that there -should be pro
vision for as many as possible in
those districts in order to keep the
land occupied.
The move is one of many indicating
that, in the estimation of the govern--ment,
nothing is to be too good for
the men who helped in the war ,on
their, return. It is a harbinger of the
social revolution that has been so fre
qently predicted and which affects
all classes. v
Omaha real estate Is the best investment
you could make. Read The Bee real estate
columns.
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An exhibitioifto be held in the Dress '
- Section, Second Floor,
, Tuesday, the 31st of October,'
at 10 to 11 A. M. and 2 to 3 P. M.
-Showing (he modes of the moment
for every hour of the day on
Living Models
from simple street dresses and hats
at little prices to elaborate cos- .
tumes by famous designers '
'. 1 - with hats to correspond.
You are invited to be present and
choose your apparel for . ,
' the winter season. .
Btirgess-Nash
Company
Revo. Titas Lowe
g;,tV"'-' r and '
Congressnian j, MfifikfiF
Will Debate:
:S "The ;;'Prosr r ; V- .
At the AUDHTOMUM
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Admission Free No v CoDections