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llrealau, capital of Sllefla, the stately ctty hall of which la here abowu, Is Id lomi danger of being besieged by the Husalana, and has been prepared for a stubborn defenae. FRENCH MITRAILLEUSE IN ACTION flj m j*. ■■ \ W 'sSl Ibsl lifl jfl M *p* RUSSIANS BEHIND BARRICADES '' "\j) ' BRITISH CYCLE CORPS WITH COLT GUN . m ♦ K* : >J BRESLAU MAY BE BESIEGED BY RUSSIANS ——, — V' ■- - ~— THX EKTZKP&IBE, WILLIAMBTON, IfOKTH OABOLDIA. CAPTURED A GERMAN COUNT ii * l /§ w» 11 4 // ' ffcf" ' ■ I*. Private J. J. Rousseau of the Fourth regiment of Belgian chausseurs ch«*al is one of the heroes of the war by reap son of his capture of Count von Bue low, son of the German chancellor. In the photograph he Is wearing the Mil- Itary Gold Cross, presented him by the Belgian king, and Is to be the re cipient of the Orde*,of Leopold. Rous seau was Injured by a kick from Von Buelow's horse. He took from ths count his dispatch box, his uniform and 165,000 francs which he turned over to the Red Cross. Four Sons of Rival Arms Die. Bordeaux. —A Swiss woman living at Basel married a German. Two sons were born to them. Afterward she married a Frenchman and had two more tons. All four of her sons were called to arma, two on each aide. The mother haa Juat received newa that all four have fallen la battle OFFICIAL BRITISH REPORT SAYS GERMANS FIRE ON OWN FORCES. London.—'Tbe official press bureau Issued a descriptive account of the operations In France of the British force and the French armies In Im mediate touch with It, communicated by an eye witness present at the bead quarters of Field Marshal Sir John Frencb. "Sept. 25, 1914—For four days there haa been a comparative lull all along our front. This has been ac companied by a spell of weather, though the nights are now "muph cold er. One cannot have ever, and one evil result of the sun shine has been the release of flies, which were torpid during the wet days. "Advantage has been taken of the arrival of re-enforcementa to relieve by fresh troops the men who have been on tbe firing line for some time. Several units therefore have received their baptism of Are during the week. Germans Fire on Own Men. "Sfnce the last letter left general headquarters evidence has been re ceived which points to the fact that during counter-attacks on the night of Sunday, the 20th, the German Infan try fired Into each other as the result of an attempt to carry out the dan gerous expedient of a converging ad vance In the dark. "Opposite one portion of our P°" oltlon a considerable massing of bos tile forces was observed before dark, and some hours Ister s furious fusil lade was heard In front of our line, though no bullets came over our trenches. Many Dead In Trenches. "This narrative beglna with Sep tember 21 and covers only two days. On Monday, (tie list, there was Uttls rain snd the weather took a turn for the better, which has been maintained. Tbe sctlon was practically confined to the artillery, our guns at ons point shelling and driving sway the enemy, •bo were endeavoring to construct a redoubt Tbe Oermans for their part expended a large number of heavy shells In a long range bombardment of a village. "Reconnolterinn parties sent out during the night of September 21- 22 discovered some deserted trenches, and In them,*;- near them. In tbe woods, more thßi a hundred desd snd wounded were 'picked up. A number of rifles.,, ammunition and equipment also were found. There were other signs that portions of the enemy's forces had withdrawn for some dis tance. "Tuesday, the 22nd, slso was a flnq day. with lens wind, a* id was one of the most uneventful days that has passed since we reached the Alsne uneventful, that Is, for the British. Th«»re was less artillery work on either side, the Germans nevertheless giving another village a teats of the 'Jack Johnsons.' Bodies In "No Man'a Land." "The spot thus honored was not far from the ridge whwe some of the most severe fighting In which we have taken part hns occurred. All over this 'no man's land' between the lines the bodies of tlerman Infantrymen are still lying in heaps where they have fallen at different times. "Espionage plays so large a part in the conduct of the war by the Ger mans that It is difficult to avoid fur ther reference to the subject. They have evidently never forgotten the Having of Frederick the Great: 'When Marshal Soublse goes to war he Is fol lowed by a hundred cooks; when 1 take the field I am preceded by a hundred spies.' "Indeed, until about twenty years agrv ttiere was a paragraph In their field service regulations directing that the service of protection in the field' —outposts and advanced guards should always be supplemented by a system of espionage. Many Spiee GJve Signals. "Though such instructions are no longer made public, the Germans, as Is well known, still carry them Into ef f£gt. Apart from the more elaborate arrangements which were made In peace time for obtaining Information by paid agents, aome of the methods whlclv are being employed for the col lection or conveyance of intelligence are as follows: "Men In plain clothes signal to thsu German lines from points In ths hands of the enemy by means of colored lights at night and puffs of amoke from chimneys by day. Pseudo labor era working in the fields between the armies have been detected conveying information and perspoa in plain clothes have acted as advanced scouts to the German cavalry when ad vancing. Officers Remain Behind. "German officers and soldiers In plain clothes, or In French or British uniforms, have remained In localities evacuated by the Germans In order to furnish there with Intelligence. "One spy of this kind was found by our troops bidden In a church tower. His presence was discovered only through the erratic movements of the hands of the church clock, which be was using to signal to hia friends by means of an improved semaphore code ' "Hsd this man not been seised tt is probable be would have signaled to tbe Oerman artillery at the time of thetr arrival the exact location of the headquarters and staff. A high ex plosive shell would then have mys teriously dropped on the building. "Women spies also have been •aught; secret agrents have been found at the railroads observing entrain menta and detrainmenta. "It Is a simple matter for spies to mix with tbe refugees moving about to tbetr homes; difficult for our troops, who speak neither French nor Ger man, to detect them. v " "Tbe French have found it neces sary to search villages and also casual wayfarers on the roads for carrier pigeons. "Among the precautions taken by us to guard against spying is tbe publica tion of the following notice printed in French and posted: " 'l. Motor cars and blcyclea not carrying soldiers In uniform may not circulate on tbe roads. , . " '2. Tbe Inhabitants may not leave the localities where they reside be tween 6 p. m. and 6 a. m. " 3 inhabitants may dot quit their homes after 8 p. m. r " '4. No person may on any pretext paas through the British lines with out an authorization, countersigned by a British officer.' Value of Secrscy Shown. "Events have moved so quickly dur ing the last two months that anything connected with the mobilization of tbe British expeditionary force Is now an cient history. Nevertheless, the fol lowing extract of a German order is evidence of ths mystification of the enemy and Is a tribute to the value of secrecy, well and loyally maintained at the time In England; " 'Tenth Reserve Army Headquar ters, Mont St. Gutlprt, Aug. 20, 1914, 23:40.—Corps order, Aug. 21: The French troops In front of the Teqth army corps have retreated south across the Sambre. Part of the Bel gian army has withdrawn to Antwerp- It is reported that an English army has disembarked at Calais and Boul ogne, en route for Brussels.'" DEATH COMES SWIFTLY TO GERMAN SPIES London.—A\ story received from a point In Kranie It Is not permitted to specify says: A soldier comes out from behind a pine tree with rifle and fixed bayonet: "Ou allex vous?" he says, stepping before me and dropping his bayonet point a little toward me. "Je vals me promener," I reply smil ing, and anticipate his next demand by pulling out my case and display- Ing my special permit, also various other papers and an officially stamped photograph, which proves my Identi fication with the name-upon the spe cial permit. "Monsieur, permit me." says the sol dler suddenly In very fair English "Monsieur is ze man that writes. I shake you by *e hand with ver' great pleaaalre. !t Is to me an honor!" We "shake" with enormous empress ment and I compliment him upon hU English. He smiles, gratified, and disclaims with great modesty. He beckons me back among the trees. "One comes!" he says. "Ssh! Ze woods here have been many times set la flames. We have suspects these Y»e done with intention." See Spy Among Trees. He ceasad his whisper abruptly and we both bent forward together. A hundred yards down the narrow path among the pines a man in a work* .man's blue blouse is standing, looking quietly in every direction. Suddenly he takes a couple of steps Int among the trees, stoops and lifts a stone. Far down the hlllsldg at the end of the narrow vista among the trees, a second man was suddenly seen. 80 utter is the silence that I can hear him plainly as he coughs. He begins to haul on something, and I reallae suddenly the meaning of the whole In cident that I am watching. The two men have located the underground private telephone wire going up to the fort. They have been tapping It for any news they might pick up. Death Is Palnleaa. The soldier U methodical. He take* the distant man first. Kneeling thera behind him, I watch with a growing thrill and tension of tragedy and sick ness his sunburned cheek cuddle 'against the stock of his rifle. Than rery slowly it seems to me in that quiet, dreadful moment his stubby cigarette stained forefinger crooks back gently, gently on the trigger. "Crack!" cornea the sharp, snapping bang of the weapon, and the man down the vista of trees gives a queer little jump and then turns right around quickly and looka behind him. And thus looking, and aeemlngly unaware that he is the person who has been abot. his heart stops and he rolls over quite easily snd gently on his side — a merciful enough death, as these violent deaths go. for some of them are so dreadful. Shoots Second German. And then, as'l stare, the rifle goes "crack!" again, and I Jump; for 1 am still looking at the silent figure down tbe vista of trees. But tbe soldier has been attending to his business and has snapped off a second shot at tha nearer man. for the man had started to bolt. And be cause the shot was hastily aimed the second death la as cruel as the first was uierciful. An examination of .both bodies shows that the men were German spies, in possession of "ciphered" In* ■si&jrmation that would no doubt prove to our enemies. IN STERLING LIVES X GIRL Who Suffered As Many Girls Do—Tells How She Found Relief. Sterling, Coon.—"l am a girl at B year* and 1 used to faint away «nrj month and was very weak. I waa also bothered a lot with female weakneea. I read your little book 'Wisdom for Wo men,' and I saw bow othera bad bess by Lydia E. Ptnkham's Vegeta ble Compound, aad decided to try it, aad it bas made me feel Hke a new girl and I am now relieved of all these troubles. I hope all young girls will get relief as I have. I never felt better in my life."—Miss Bektha A. Pkloquin, Box 118, Sterling, Conn. ■lessens, N. 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