The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-25

A few of these stories follow:
How he was captured by uhlans and
escaped from them at night has been
related to an Evening News CORES
pondent by Drummer w. L. Parker of
the Royal Inniskiling Fusllliers.
lie was present at the fighting
around Mons, and after the retreat was
one of Il picket of Innsklllings sur
prised at night in the neighborhood of
Cambria.
When all the others had been killed
or wounded Parker was seized and dis
armed by four Uhlans, who rushed AT
him, shouting in broken English,
prisoner. prisoner
With his captors he proceeded in the
darkness toward the German lines. and
at "A point where the progress was slow
by reason of barbed wire entangle-
ments Parker decided to take the
chance of escaping.
They were in single file, Parker be-
ing fourth, when he suddenly seized a
rifle and shot the nearest Uhlan. The
rest, he said, were so startled that they
holted without any attempt to modest
him.
Parker got away i'm the darkness. but
his troubles were not over, for he was
in strange country infested by Ger
mans, and he had no knowledge of
French.
lie made toward a light which prov
nI 4.
the occupants were friendly enough
when then recognized the British uni
form, they were not disposed to en-
courage him to stay for fear of Ger
man vengeance.
However, after some hesitation they
gave him some clothing, and advised
him to hide his uniform, which he did
Then news was received of the Brit
ish retirement, and the occupants Of
the farm cleared off, leaving Parker in
possession. He remained hidden in the
attic, only venturing out at nightfall
or in the early morning, to reconnoitre,
and on one of these expeditions he
stumbled on u German picket.
Rushing back to the farm, he had
only time to conceal himself under the
mattress OF an old bed in the attic
when the Germans entered and search
ed the house.
He was not discovered, but this ex-
perience made him realize the danger
Of his position, and under cover of
darkness he left his hiding place After
wandering about for hours and having
many narrow escapes from prowling
Germans. he found refuge with a viii
lage priest, who wrote him a letter
commanding him to the care of the
French populace as a friend of France.
With this he set out on the road to
Boulogne To find the British lines. He
reached Douai, but found that the
Germans were i'm the neighborhood,
and then pressed on by night 10 Arras,
where he produced the priests letter,
but was disbelieved. and finally he was
arrested as a German spy.
lie had every prospect of being shot
at dawn, until he thought of his regi-
mental Identification disk, and, after
some consultation this was accepted
as proof that he was n British soldier
What They Think Of Gen. French.
Private @. Busby writes:
Gen French is very popular with
his men. There's no side about him,
and when he passes along he's just as
ready to smile on the ordinary Tommy
as on the highest officer. He takes a
keen interest i'm our life in the trench
10 tho
man To turn to in trouble, and there's
not one of us who wouldn't go through
fire and water for him.
He never asks the impossible from
MS, but always acts as though he could
rely on us to get out of tight corner.
lie knows we're doing our best for him
and the country in this war and he
always gives us credit for it,"
From Private Edward Strong:
"The Germans don't seem To care
how much ammunition they waste.
Yesterday they kept blazing away for
nine solid hours at a position when
we had left the day before, and when
some OF us visited the abandoned
trenches after they had discovered
their mistake we were astonlshed TO
find the ground covered with bullets
that had done absolutely no damage
IF IL wasn't for their artillery
really don't know where they wouid
be, for they are little use at any other
form of fighting.
II don't know what is the experience
at other points. but we find the Ger
mans are less inclined to fight ana
when we approach them they surren-
der rather than fight us. ] think they
have been badly shaken by their nara
marchings and harder punishment
from our troops since the war began
Private J. Eustace writes:
Fighting by Searohlight.
ION Sunday. Aug. 20, we came IN
contact with the enemy unexpectedly
at Mons, not knowing they had been
victorious at Namur. IheE
outnumbered us by about 10 to l. For
three hours their shells were terrihc'
but toward evening our artiller'
checked their murderous fire. ana we
were digging trenches when received
my littIe LOT along with others. III was