The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-30
Adventures of Lost
Soldiers

FAIRS. September IA corrcspon-
To -da!. how lie found two lost" British
soldiers ana succeeded in sending them
ltcis TO their base at Saint Quentin. lie
said.
While dining at "a hotel was sur.
ptiacd to SEQ IA British artillcryman and
Il private ~ the Bclfords walk solemn
- up 70 the manager, take out q small
card. and point silently TO au iuacrip-
Non on II
The manager addressed them in vol
cole French, tn; they only shook their
heads ana said Farley pas y waiter
was then instructed to give them a
sont and fetch them food.
After had madc friends they told
nl" a strange tale Of adventure Both
mad fought ~ Namur had taken part
m the gradual retir"mcni from the
French frontier. ana wcro present .tt
IA" battles Of Mons and -. quentin
In tbs latter engagement tho Bcd-
forusnircs suffered terrible losses. ana
'"mraics. his riho and his equipment.
ara Az unsuccessful effort to save "a ma
chino gun.
I'm the course OF his Subsequent wan
derings n met a gunner Qi tho n y 4
also lost Tho two found That the irit-
a
that they were Ia the midst OF Cor
mans. The gunner suddenly ramcm
tered that 10 had card on which V:,~
" rittcu everyday phrases in English
with their French equivalents. Armed
with this. they went 10 "a farm. and on
entering pointed 10 the sentence 4 am
lost Tho kindly housewife hid them
~ loft, ana gave them food and
drink.
Wien the Germans had left the ats
irlct The Tommi"s We're placed IN a cart
under some straw and driven away
twenty miles further south. rhcy were
then set on the road ana given dircc- /
tons by tho driver. although as they
10 French they we're no, +
much wiser. Feeling hungry they went
to Z, way sidc inn, and pointed to the /,
three items Oh The card: am lost I
ain hungry and E! am thirsty
Again they received "A substantial
meal for nothins, and this time They +
wero given "a lit TO (, plac.. they could ,
not remember, where they were pu, II, [
4 train. after = free meal At the sta
':on hotel They had 10 change twice
Icl"re arriving at iioucn. but cach time .
IN" magic card was AN open sesame to /
tot'ls cafes and ngst-class railway car /
ages.
"'rhcv reached Roucn at dinner time.
ana. following; their usual custom. en-
cred the mos, imposing hotel they could
&C. which proved to lac tho ops where
was staying. tooh them back to
h" station, and set them in train for
- fIavrc.
Before leaving. the ar,tlleryman
said that when lac received n pecrar.
he was going TO make hts arms our
Of the words I ana lost 4 am hun
gry.' i am thirsty surrounded 10y tho
French and British colors.
This man also told be Of clever
ruse bE tue Germans, whereby they
we're able To pour deadly artillery nrc
on 10 the British positions Two or
three German aeroplanes went up. 10.
,atcd the BEitish trenches and bat
cries. and dropped from Immediately
,hoNe kind OF himsy shining paper
= htch iioatcG about. and by It's rcDcc.
non EaN" 20 German gunncrs their
'anSc and direction. =
This same man told me that almost
lie whole OF his battcry-the One Hum
lrcdth and Twenty fourth Of Il. T.. A.
vas left dead at Nanur. While the
guns were II. position with gunpits or
ne right, greatly superior body Of
German artillery came up and shollcd
!cm from the left. They were Obliged
@ swing their suns round ia tic open {
While under heavy fire. knowing that ;
'ui iow could escape The gunnors
houh hands and got 10 work.
fliaiiN the major III command was .
'hliScd to- order the few rclnuinin.s ,
ltH 81 me Hd'ttrN Ia make their guns
Useless and save themselves. He him .
elf was Killed almost immediately al
EDWARDS, as was the captain attached .
o ihc battery j shook hands with
ny pal Nobby Clark said my inform I
ut. and u minute afterwards he was 4
cnI We made the guns useless and. :
Nth four or five others, I managed TO
scapc Ia the rear !. I.
The outstanding point OF tho Cor ,
nan advance Is ITS rapidity and sud .
enness. Some Of the West Is ents were .
ctuaIiN OH bathing parade when the :,
cr!nais surprised them. In this con-
iiion, with towels and soap instead Of I;
tues and bayonctS they fell an easy =
rev, and from zoe to 300 were Killed or
'in@ wounded i'm the space of Il few :,
liHutcs :,
That the Gcrman* lad been commit -
NJ atrocities am certain huviu:: !;
tcn and talked with F'rcuchmcn who's /
1T cars w. re all cut Off on the hai-
chcld; bit there are other stories told -
y the w'undcd soldiers Of which no Ii
rst hand continuation can he ubtaiued. =,
Il cav soino terrible scenes at the 1,
alton. when trainload Of wounded h