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uTATHEIt FORECAST North Carolina Fair v tonight!" Tuecday partly cloudy and slightly warmer. - .; South Carolina Fair, continued cold tomgnt; i uesnay Tair, .sugntiy warrtici VOL. XXIII. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MON Y AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 26, 1917. : PRICE FIVE CENTS. y . T; ' FUJ-L LEASED rWIRE SERVICE ; i - ? " ' ' V 7 . ;f "j J' MRS. DE 3 A ULLES. TELLS HER SJ OM1 IN MURDER TUIAL CQMPSKFIMS g L: scfl , i.k FFi mm n r Gives Testimony of Events Leading Up to the Fatal j Shooting DEFENSE FLAYING ITS STRONG CARD Mrs. De Saulles Tells of Early Married Life in Effort to Secure Acquittal for Killing Her Husband SPECIAL VH SMOKED FOR lit BF IMS TORETilvlTO Striking Clerks ' Presented Themselves at -Ofnces This Morning HAD ORDERS FROM FORRESTER TO WORK This Last Victory Accomplish ed Only After Severest Kind of Fighting FRENCH SCCESSFULLY ! ATTACK AT VERDUM URGES THAT 1 First and Second Line Trench-: es Captured On Two Mile Front Diaz Still Holding hvadc BE DECLARE GERMANY iers Oil '5 SttlES (By Associated Press). Mineola, N. Y., Nov. 26. Mrs. Blan- ca De Saulles, on trial here for the murder of her husband, John L.. De Saulles, today from the witness stand, told the story of her life. It was a story brimming with dra matic interest. Her childhood, spent in Chile, her meeting there with D3 Saulles, 'their marriage in Paris, and the return to the United States way the first and happiest part of the tale. Then came the defendant's detailed narration of the change in her hus badn's attitude toward her of. the trickery to which she claims he re sorted in order to get possession of Cabarrus Court Recessed Noon Today Untilf Tuesday Morning at GREAT CROWDS WERE AT TODAY'S SITTING Senator Stone Says Such Ac- i the $100,000 which she inherited from ' TN IVis-t -rrt liz-i- Tncif onnan r F li i n oil rrr cr h rroops have captured the oiind in Bourlon wooa and tion ry Congress is Advisable ninatc the region about Cam-! success came alter two ULtLAK A i lUlN WUULU ..is B: : h IC.i no'-v ,; t ;;!. day- 1 it- ii,-by the ! " ') :'b':l!ty being that the civil j Pnpi:. : '".1 of the town has been re- niiv. SIMPLIFY MATTERS fho most vicious fihtinj nd' . . 1 utance is indicated, in pi-. 1 act that German traffic south- j Y ; Pf MM VV 1 XX 111 M. 1 V T Ui Cambrai has been heavy, p F: i Dj-ng'siatest triumph was ;. i r.nd heroic endeavor. In t '"'r.: to to the Third army, iaihal Haig declares that the With Germany's Allies" Stone Harmony Is Advised her father. Instances of his allegert infidelity were related by the witness who spoke in a calm, unimpassloned manner. , Letters which Mrs. De Saulles wrote to her husband were introduced by her counsel with the purpose of showing the jury that she had suf fered from neglect. The pathos of some of them drew tears from the lis teners in the court room. The most dramatic chapter of the story, the tragedy on the night of Au gust 3 at De Saulles home, was e pected to be heard this afternoon. Mineola, N. Y., Nov. 26. Upon the physical ability of Mrs. Blanca De Saulles to face a gruelling examination when she is called to the stand today depends the success of her plea for (By Associated Press). "Washington, Nov. 26. Declarations of war against Austria, Turkey an- I T?t1 rrr Kin Vv r i TV rV Qf Ar A nP Vi -V O r (,r the Bourlon nosition i ""6", ai t oCU- 'c:,,- n. ;, most cuccessful operation , V . - acquitiai or me muraer or ner iormer ... . i10 wiv trt tho fiirthpr pt 1 i uusuuiiu, juiiu uuiigGi jmo oauiice, uuc a., way to me iunner ex- visable to simply a situation now an-, time Yale football star and club man. amolous. Mrs. De Saulles, it is said, will tell in "We are in fact," said he, "'now at 1 her own way a dramatic story of in war with Germany's allies." i dienities and Dersecutions. Doubts only reservation that Mrs. Da Saulles would be able 01) an pxitatien cl" advantages already gain el." Apparently the British com r ar.rler will push his advantage still further : :ul " go Cambrai, three riles to the ea.it. Gaston Means Pleaded Not Guilty to Murder of Mrs. Maude King When Ar raigned Today Pending Return of Labor Lead er the ' Coast Line ' Strike Remains Just Where it Has Been Acting on telegraphic instructions from Grand President J. J. Forrester,;' the clerks of the Atlantic Coast Line i railroad who have been out on strike j this morning presented themselves at ' the offices of the company ready to ; resume their duties. They met with the information from the officers of: the company that they had not been re-instated, and that the company was 1 - - i mawM IK Till ROUTED GERMANS FROM BOUREOA Solid Ranks of Infantry, Artil S : lery and Supply Trains : Have Arrived not in receipt of any Information with! regard to the settlement of the strike.! The Wood and Village Half , Telegraphic advices reaching the! fWlJ R L r'' r city last night indicated tnat the! 1-Ciea tfy the British strike was over. Information came' Forces from Norfolk, on authority of the f . ' (By Associated Press.) Concord, N. C, Nov. 26. Adjourn ment of the case against Gaston B. Means, chargod with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, was taken at noon today until 9:30 a. m. Tuesday, to allow a special venire of 150 men to be summoned. dered to return to their desks this 1 Tk o' D i any of the 36 veniremen called with i mornins I 1 "e Opposition broke Down the special term. Means pleaded not) From Washington came tli3 state ment that officials of the Depa.tment of Labor felt confident that the strike would reach an early end, and it was even hinted that President Wilson RE-INFORCEMENTS Lo6k Hl I TO RE IN GOOD TRIM ? French and British Reach 'V Sound of Battle After Marching Eight Days, But for Work . guilty when arraigned after his in dictment a month ago, and other than a formal announcement of ready by striking clerks there, that all differ-1 TPPJJIRI C mMCl U""r ences between the clerks and turn IJJl-l! V-.vyiir L.1L 1 company had been satisfactorily set tled, and the clerks out would bo or- Before the Terrific Fire From a Swarm of Low Flying Airplanes both siaes, no action -was taken to- was taking, a hand in the matter. day. There was a rumor current locally j (By Associated Press). Italian Army .Head Northern Italy, Sunday, Nov. 25. Sol- id ranks of Franco-British infatitrvv . . vith artillery and supply trains wero . . IN HAMLET'S STREETS ! l?lUh,ZIell t ''4 I northern line. They had been on -an ..j- - eight-day march. The corespondent was on a tour of " the northern fighting front, where tho .J- ' great battle is continuing. Malor Gen-V ' eral DeGiorgio wa3 found command-' J -:ng the extreme left of Fourth army " ' at-the point where the fighting was " -heaviest. , (r.y Associated -Tress) British Ai-my Headriuarters m Means' trial drew a crowd that fill- sterday afternoon to the effect that i f ranee, feunday, Nov. 25. This morn- tho ProRirlAnt Tiarl sent, n messfiS'A tn'. ins fmmrl tho lino -f i-., i t u ea tne court room seats, lne defend- TQ;QT,f ironiw nf"nio nwot r.mo in , wm hut ,i0tnj t:;:i. x oned in a stesdv r.norflssinn nf vioatm formality of which the request was made that the stretched in a semi-circle about Rnur I attacks and counter attacks with oc- Throughout yesterday and today ue Daiue in the mountains has derel- Senator Stone's Bourlon ! was that .such action by Congress jto bear up under the ordeal were rais-'bim should be in, harmony with the policy ed following the visit of her physic-, Mrs. Anna 11 obmsonof " Af ant came in after the drawing and charging the grand iurv company recede from the position. Ion wocd and Bourlon village, which called at the special term of court had T15? has heretofore maintained, nestles at the northeastern edge of been concluded. He smiled as he r i but thls could not be confirmed to- j the forest. Inline had been estab tered and seemed in an even more daTy; , . , A . ,u J. ' lshedKin faee of dogged resJs cheerfui mood than he wp nt hie1 is also stated that through the. tance by the Germans who had-fallen prelimainry hearing. ' His, wife joined intervention of President Wilson the ; back step by -tep fighting with the . Vi.l. ...T -1 t WUU1U casional brief intervals for reforming tne lines and re-organizing new posi-' tions. : ( $ Twelve diffeernt enemiy assaulP have been made within a few hours,' but the Italian lines had not yieldeda -pot ana uenerai DeqUorgijras vcalmi village changed hands of the, executive branch of the .oy- ian tQ tlioSai last night .when. H .wqji- thred times in the desperate battling , , ""5" "c s"- , , the declaration of war on Germany, for the posses-ion of it and the ad-Senator stone hag reiterated that thp joining wood, vcrc fighting con-' war once begun has his whole sup tinu? tho. e, anj the Germans, mass-port. His statement today was taken ins their besf troops in efforts to re-j as indicative of ..the agitation for war trieve t!:o r i,;cn wnich means all ion Germany's allies, which will far- Congress when it convenes a week from today. "There should be an underst to t::e of Cambrai, pressed back tho B.-.t . h froui parts of the vihz; Say. General Byng's men said she had steadily lost cince her trial began. also mean that the! ..A1 ;V-M,tav iho ni and cohfident that -the; defenslyo'-ilaarr bargemen out atthatVf r,T. .i,AJL-L'WC - tO WOrK. 11 lsiaukrt.erR fflf nnRBPW nn nf he Villon riYQ ivfc .: ,.' 5 toke tieTtaS. aordmg TrV. M. said that ek Mrs. De Saulles, her attorneys say, , Duff ie, of Atlanta, an attorney who suZTfr Tw tv, e orfr will tell the story of her life, briefly, has represented her. Mrs. Robinson's wlt.fut .J fi,Q ic ,,o r. tifi hiH, i, ; tarily, and without pay, moved a num- would be the only bar to her appear- u" Ul ua16 Ui "ajr ance, the attorney said. T. j ,t, 'fantry surging back and forth through 1 L IB UUUCliSLUUU lUttl icpicocuia- her marriage to De Saulles in Paris in 1912, following with details of the indifferent attitude of her husband, which it is claimed, eventually led to the divorce. quarters, for possession" of the village from which the British were forced Friday, after gaining a footing in the rush that took them through Bourlon wocd. Nightfall still found waves of in- Trial of Means charged with the tives of the Department of Lahor have i tle sheets of the hamlet and among urderof Mrs. Maude A. King, set for said ttmt the reason the strike is not Ith. houses, their crimson bayonets ;?:VKa 5?rT There I S?V f T6' T01 .T' ances of De Saulles' alleged un- hundreds of Spectator from CabVrrus ; are unreonabie and 7t is un- flict- Gradually the Germans fell ::10 as recorded in the di-Uunty today to Concord, where a I JStin the British pressing forward ?su ua" uolv "5"""s - governiuem owuie uy -aiuu is int.- vorce proceedings which will be intro-kr-nrp nf nMB0l, nawenonr mn ---VJ.". I with -erim nersisstenne. whir.h the en. a theast or Quent. 'en. But we are, in fact, now at war L,,, in pvMpop will nkn ,nnRntntP ' : irZ v3I nave enienayiea iuis uy mon I lr1 ' f roith.t,;,, OT, t, The situation'- i-- .. : r . r . suue umc. out wudMuUuCi .ui.co-, In .- -TiK . - Of pqu.-.! i:i lii'St. Ii; Vpri'. : f'l'S, (j;if Hi. Mr: Field gratuhuiM Aim the (; ttIP on ;i 1 1 th(; first , tant l; ..,! From 1 the ltal-i vatlin- th" ft. ;., stror.. :;! at;: , ir-- i,. .- r,'--; .. General Byng and the with Germany's allies. . havo broken the Hinden- is anamoulous t 'ken ;i score of villages, ; ion simplify matters greatly, if we (t'i.ii:i.it;i.g position west should formally declare war against It would, in my opin-, attornevs have indicated. An agreement effected between the sions they have asked 'the officials ofet was fmally cleared of most of the the company to mike is not known, i uerman troPs- fimnH PrPsidPnt Forrester, of the To.day som of the enemy still 'clerks' union, is expected to arrive to-! remained in Bourlon but all the main Both N.w York and Chicago officers investigated the case and turned their narentn suhseauent to the divorce' Pn.li , ; ..nd overrun tr-rmorj i Germany s aines. ic ..iub Lu ui iujs- hearings whereby custody of their son. The State previously had lost its from Norfolk and the local clerks i Greets of the place had been cleared to that gained in t he ically advisable I John L. De Saulles, Jr., was to divide 'plea for a change of venue, and boHilJ to 1,00 it was surrounded- by a strong 11 nth:- ot uio drive in tne 1 1 unaerstano mat wine, 11 noi i time. between them, the husband's al- sides set themselves today to the task see.rly ltt.OuU prison- large numDer or Austrian iroups nave. le2refi violations of this asrreenient. and'o? coWtinV tnrv with tha ovnrtntinn lastly, (he tragedy on the night of that it would be a long drawn out af- August 3, when Mrs. Saulles fired the . fair and the special panel of 36 jnen ! . (! machine guns and been on the western tront. - l li ne been enptur- "They may now or soon be actu- ;till. probably, is ally fighting against the American ( revoiver shots in her former husband's ; aulomatically summoned with the :;p.o.tauon to wmcn . torces. Any way, me Autiniis cllc LonK Island home will also be narts : oallins of tho snecial term of court for 1: rerers in nis con- aesperaieiy eugageu wiui uucj YqV story. ..g;.. of our allies, just as much as France, The long corridor leading to the fi-n, the pivot point of or England." ! court-room was jammed with persons r.,' in P'rance, there has To have war formally declared eag.er lQ gain a(Jmission lon; before iuiitiim in which the against the German allies also, Sena- court opened. h et victorious. After tor Stone thinks, would simply mat-! The crowtj was Ro dense that court : German attack on ters of domestic concern, sucn as iti" Meuse. neur llul measures to prevent espionage. the trial, would be exhausted before 12 men had been agreed upon. The long residence here of the Means Camily and the publicity given the death of the woman whose for tune arp looking forward to his comine with confidence that it means an al- force of British soldiers. most immediate settlement of the dir- j A lic' le to the southwest ot here, ficulty ! auotner intense struggle was being . i staged in the village of Moeuvres in- ggj kti?i DlCE'iri T 1 to which the British had battled theii CULUrHtXi ' lway witu rifle and bayonet and push- SPEAKS IN CANADA j ed the Germans out of the southern . ihalf. Elsewhere along the Cambrai ; 1 ; r icketl the enemy attendants, witnesses and others con- i sought, served to attract the attention nected with the trial had to be con- of the entire county today and speetat t 0 ir r t Y f; r-i: t ) ,..,,. umn fv miles In, BERLIN CLAIMS TO (;rf be holding bourlon ' t'.ar. S0-Lprisoners. -. LakH 0;ipi -to" the Adriatic, T,y Asswfuted Tress), hm. rrmtinnn to hold the in-' Berlin, Nov. 26. (Via London). Ac- Au :n-Gennans in check, cording to today's official announce- j . .,: :..-ib!e to break through , raent, the town of Bourlon, m the Lam-,-iv -,,-et of Piave river,: bra i avea, is still in German hands, n v b; he.on making very The -epuise of minor infantry forces f!n th" Asiago plateau, : which advanced against the, village is 1. v (1 'f.-iM-d last week, in i reported and nests of British behind j ;,,! to encircle the important' the German lines near Bourlon are ' '" 'a position. The fighting! said to have -been cleared up. On the '");:' severe, the Italians 1 southwestern end of Bourlon wood ,-,1)f r. nhtQPke 'nnd west, of Fontaine the Germans 1 '111 11 (llJl,ttll.-Ji r; : :.t plateau, between theigained ground, the statement says, as . ' " p l"-fave, only artillery ;a result of hand grenade encounters - , -l .lve. Along- the Piave, ; in the night. 1 -is r e showing signs of ac-: On the Verdun front between Sam 1 t !---;r efforts have not beenlogneux and Beaumont, the French at .' i nt s to cross the river backed on a front of four kilometres v e;e crushed by the Ital-; (2 1-2 miles). The statement says the i r (, attack broke down in the German de- ;'".u liritish troops ha.re now-fense zone. ; near the Italian north-J : " -,!. heavy columns hav- jq DEVELOPMENTS IN : ' r;iXntyanrrom ay! MILWAUKEE TRAGEDY i ; in northwestern Italy to the z Th-y pre reported in ' (By Associated Press). r-nd apparently are about Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 26. The po- ) rnfoe tbe Italians on the! ace ueyaiwucui :,r ; orihcrn line. ducted through an underground pas-iois again went over the details of sae way to the trial chamber. j the woman's death near here last sum- Most of those gained admission iner, where the defense contended at were women. A long line of automo- j the inquest she accidentlly shot her biles extended in front of the court .c elf. (Continued on Page Eight). (By Associated Press). Toronto, Ont., Nov. 26. Tremen dous enthusiasm greeted Colonel it has been contended Means Roosevelt on his arrival here today to assist in the great "victory loan" meeting tonight. Sir Robert Borden, After court opened much time was taken up with the formality of draw ing the grand jury, called at the same time the special term was ordered. Judge E. B. Cline, presiding, told tho grand jury that probably no bills would be presented to them. ' By agreement of both sides, a special venire of 150 were drawn. Selection of a grand jury of 18 men had taken half af the 36 summoned for the special term. The names of the 150 were a r- c drawn in open court. Among them A Busy Krogram tor Congress ( were: w. H. Bingham, son of Captain WhJch Begins Next w- Sk Bingham,' who was nearby, when LEGISlftTION WILL mi LEAD Monday Local Engagements Reportea. (By Associated Press). Berlin, Nov. 26, (via London). On- inquiry into fi""f t" ' Hko prohibition and woman suffrage o ( ambrai arena, Field Mar- eay wmcn rebiuwu i , be presge(J for consideration. fBy Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 26. Stupendous,' appropriation bills and other war leg-1 ly local engagements on .the Italian islation will feature the legislature j front are reported, m toaay s State I I Tin OTl T T PnTll . 1 (111 V MIMriH N I w. r- ! AAlt'iJ.l' LlVili CJ.XiJ iiw.'.w. j. which is to open December 3, and probably run on until autumn, in the opinion of leaders here today. In the -i,ke of these right-of-way measures, 'lost of others of domestic concern t- v in,.( v, nnnt, lot. I n me memuers m yvu av i!jAwn i 11 the violence of their re- twp pio r w"c "I ' oped- among representatives already! in -fvdr. 0 a declaration of war POST T'r, Tnilcrl in. rcnpqt last.lfOr tUC SUOpOScU urouutuuu m- futile "attacks on the Brit-i Italian Evangelical church, exploded ons on the Bourlon sector. The Germans are sai dto have achieved successes in these operations. Teutons Repulsed. (By Associated Press). Rome, Nov. 26. Strong Austro-Ger- man attacks; on the northern moun- Canadian Premier, who was leaving thp nitv. had his train held so that he might shake hands with the former j session of one of the most important front there was no infantry action oi importance. Prisoners continue to arrive at the British" cages from the front. Nev-ly 10,000 captives thus far have been counted, including 200 officers. In the capture of Bourlen wood and village, the British have acquired pos- President of the United States. IKE noints thev have secured since the i great drive last Tuesday. This high ground controls a wide, sweep of ter ritory and its occupation holds out jthe possibility that the Germans ; eventually, will be forced to withdraw their lines to the northwest. The Bourlon position also overlooks Cambrai but this city might be a hard nut to crack because the central part is walled and many suburbs radiate ! from it, forming natural barrier? , , ,Y7, . , . 'against an advance from the west. It Agreement Reached Which isjseems possible that Cambrai might ultimately become a sort ot JNo ManT Land, dominated by the big sans on j both sides and that this ancient town, J with its old cathedral and picturesque walls, would go the way of so many RFOLK'S STH COMES TO AN END Believed Will Settle the Controversy (By Associate! Press). Norfolk, Va., Nov. 26. The strike othfir niaces inaugurated by the clerks and. long a large amount of traffic in the last horemen in the employ of the trans- davs nas been pouring out of will be a thing of the past within 24 hours, it is believed. While the strik ing employes, of the Norfolk Southern, Cambrai toward the southeast; ind; eating the ..probability that the Ger mans have evacuated the civilian pop ulation and are preparing for eventu- Chesapeake and Ohio, New York, Phil-1 amies adelphia and Norfolk, Virginian, and That the Germans attached great the Belt Line railroads are tillout, ! est importance to Bourlon wood and General Robert, McWade, chairman of!the village was fully evidenced by the conciliation commission, is in Nor- their strenuous resistance and the in- jfolk today or the purpose of bringing tense counter attacks hurled against tain front between the Brenta and;about k settlement of the trouble andthe British lines. Piave rivers were repulsed yesterday, it is announced officially. FCMTTE INOUIRY ; AGAIN POSTPONED in the Dolice station According to the police, nothing has been uncovered to indicate the bomb planting or the explosion has connection with any anarchistic . anti-government activities. rft Assorted Press). l.-ll li'-tnn Jnir OC A Vonnno nf riiiilois on the snh-omtnittfio an- nllf!t. f fiv. U "'11 111- -..,,J f,r u" inquiry probably until after which he headed anved home today, to investigate Senator La- Japanese Commission at Home. (By Associated Press). Tok'o Not. 26. Viscount Kikujiro against Germany's allies, Austria,! Turkey and Bulgaria, There is ex-j" pectation at the capitol that the Pres-1 laenc maj utsai witu Lixtj buujci. 111 ma opening address to the joint session of Congress. speech at St. Paul last Sep- . IviV j. A OSO TTllKSIIJll IU UiO, w uivwu 1 Iiusiyuueiueni luuay oris,-, i c-convenes. after an uneventful trip. A Shortage of Coins. Manila. P. I.. Nov. 26 There is a ' ' .... i shortage of f-'-is throughout thej Philippine t--The Philippine National Bank is issuing paper bills of the denomination of 10 and 20 cen tavos as a temporary relief, f FOLLOW WE CROWD MOPE SHOPPING- JAVS TO iOJbu it is regarded as certain that his mis sion will be accomplished. As a result of the action of Presi dent J. R. Kenly, of the Atlantic Coast Line, in permitting the striking clerks to return to work without prejudice to their standing with the company, clerks and longshoremen of the South ern Railway, the Chesapeake Steam ship Company, Old Dominion Steam ship Company and the Atlantic Coast ; men, who paved" the way for the on- ?Line railway have gone back. rushing infanrty. A number of Iron 'Officials of the Norfolk Sputhern;j monitors led the advance to Bourlon the Chesapeake and. Ohior New York, wood Friday, with British planes cir Philadelphia and Norfolk and the Belt ! cling over the enemy at a height of Line Had declined this morning to take f from 30 to 50 feet and carrying on-a Several counter thrusts were deliv ered by the enemy Saturday. Some succeeded temporarily but the, British immediately pushed forward again and re-gained the lost -ground. The fighting over the woded slopes of this elevation has been among the most spectacular of the war, for the occupation of the forest' was due largely to the work of tanks and air- back all of. the strikers. (Continued on Pag? Six). vere taking the trip along the line " and the route lay straight-north, into , " the fighting zone. Soon there were t evidences of a bitter struggle just ". , ahead, for along the route long lines ' . of Italian infantry, decimated in " the last few days wer re-forming to re" Jo the fight. They showed effects . of the fearful strain, but there was no trace of wavering. In another zone a sight which stir- ' red the blood was when solid ranks of allied reinforcements crowded the ' ' roads. Already they were well with: in sound of the rumble of the guns ' V and the boom from the battle off In ' f the distance could be heard above the gallop of the cavalry, the tramp of the infantry and the clamor of the "V. batteries and supply trains. It was a dark day, with a gray sky, : -, but the whole scene seemed to light en up as the color of the Italian gray ' was tinted everywhere with British : -khaki and French blue. ..They .hadr' . " been on the march eight days, mak ing more than 15 miles a day. ' V , ' -. The French reinforcements were ' ' first seen in force. They were. sDlen- did looking young men. One of their ' officers with whom the correspond ent talked, said , they had Dost arr'v-- ed, after a hard forced march, with . others following. ' Nr Soon the others came in view and , for two miles ' the party passed through endless lines of French. There were squadrons of cavalry in the : road and? in the nearby , fields, and ' long lines of new artillery trains and supplies. Field kitchens had ' b'n set up at one point and a midday ". meal was being seryed.; The men look ed in the best of condition and did ; not show a trace of fatigue. Just beyond : the color turns from blue to khaki as long lines of the British came into sight. ; In the lead were cyclists and then came engineer trains. Following were long ranks of ' infantry, cavalry and artillery. At .one 1 ' time" 'headquarters had been tempor- . arily established along the road and ", guards were at the gate as the t off i-v. cers went and came. . , ; . 1 Farther, on a British general and his staff, all finely mounted, were cantering forward. , ' - The artilery horses were especially , marked for- their sleek, well fed con- . " dition and the . observers 1 noted how. all the brass work on' the guns and equipment glinted with the thorough care it had had. One engineer, corps, was rumbling to the rear with huge V pontoons on camions, as it had been " found these were not needed, but ' alf the rest of the force was moving for ward. ' - ' - " . The men looked hard as nails. Both officers. and men were eager to hear how the, fight . was. going, . and - were anxious to get forward. ' .' ' Talks wth these men along the , , road gave an idea of what they hri ' been doing. They had "been march-' ing steadily for several ,oays. The; . start was;; made. every day at 3 a. m . with an early breakfast' and with ra-' r, tions subsequently served at 11 sl m., and 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Along he route their headquarters were in village schools, houses, barns . and public t buildings. ' The men carried loads Vf- about 70 -pounds,- including . (ContiCiU: oa Fage," Eight) t ' 1 ,1 V , . . --