ANOTHER MASSED ATTACK 

 FOILED BY THE ALLIES 



WITH the Blister Rust Army at Rush Lake. (De- 

 layed). A phase of the great war now being 

 waged in Europe to make the world safe for humanity 

 is just drawing to a close in the vicinity of Rush Lake, 

 Minn. 



On August 8th the advance army of the Huns began 

 to arrive and immediately attacked our front line 

 trenches. It was thought at first that it was their 

 mosquito fleet, but it turned out to be a larger type of 

 plane, known as the heavy Myriad (Ephemerid). It 

 was a monoplane, somewhat resembling the Fokker, 

 but with a peculiar upward turn to the tail control. 

 The machine guns were harmless, but the method of 

 attack seemed to be an attempt to smother the enemy. 



It was a surprise attack, prepared with wonderful 

 secrecy. There were literally billions of them, as the 

 name implies. They covered tents, buildings and ttrees 

 until the original color of those objects was almost 

 obliterated. Everything immediately assumed a yel- 

 low tinge. The American forces were completely over- 

 whelmed and helpless. The buzz of the great swarms 

 of planes was like an approaching storm ; the sky was 

 darkened. 



The Americans' Allies were scattered over a vast ter- 

 ritory, and it was not till August 14th that they began 

 to concentrate in sufficient force to make any impres- 

 sion on the enemy hordes. Then began one of the most 

 sanguinary battles of the war. 



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