Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-19
AMERICANS TELL
STORIES Of BATTLE
IContinued From First Pagel

were in Carlsbad when war was de-
clared between Germany and Russia.
They left for Nuremberg in an auto
mobile and arriving there were taken
to the guard house and rigidly cross
questioned before they were allowed to
continued. They boarded crowded
train for Ostend but got no further
than Boulogne. There they found
themselves in a vortex of mobilizing
troops and marching citizens which
choked the streets. After long delay
they managed to get aboard another
train for the border, but got no further
than the little town of Herbstahl, near
the frontier which they reached at
night in downpour of rain.
Slice of Bread Apiece
I'VE managed to make our way into
little cafe,' Mr.. Patten said, and
there we got one slice of bread apiece
our first meal for the day. Next
day l hired a horse and cart to take
us over the Belgian frontier to Yer
viers Three other Americans were
with us.
"On the road we passed the most
pltitul procession of German reguees
heeing from Belgium. Some were In
vehicles, but the majority were trudg-
ing in the dust, pushing or pulling
their baggage in carts. Women with
babes at the breast were walking un-
der the noon day sun.
Front Verviers were proceeded by
another cart toward Liege. We had
not progressed three miles when we
came upon party of Belgian engi-
neers engaged in mining the road.
They had great piles of dynamite
stacked there ready to plant in the
trenches they were digging across the
1wvgr i
better go to Liege another road; we
hastened to do so.
5000 Germans Killed
Two hours later another party of
Americans We're halted at that very
spot by skirmish between the Bel
| gians and Uhlans. They were forced
to file in ditch while the Belgians
hred over them. Next day 5000 Ger
mans were killed by the mines we had
seen the engineers planting.
We arrived at Liege at l o'clock
! on the afternoon of Angst 4 and man
aged to get train for Brussels two
hours later. But we did not leave be-
fore we heard the thunder of the
first onslaught of the Germans. The
town was cold with fear"
Other passengers on board the Fin
land said thSt Mr.. Patten had bought
steamship tickets for nine stranded
Americans.
! Fortunate Passengers
| Mr.. Patten was able to obtain only
steerage accommodations when he
boarded the vessel at Antwerp. On the
way over however, he exchanged his
accommodation for berths in the
cabin. He said that among the Amer
leans left in Carlsbad were Theodore
P. Shonts, president of the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Company, and
Alexander H. Reyelle.
J Mr. Patten said that he would have
surrendered half his fortune rather
than remain abroad few weeks long
| er.
One of the most fortunate passeng-
ers aboard the Finland was Mrs. l.. f.
Redwood, of this city. Mrs. Red
wood succeeded in bringing her maid
/ her automobile, many trunks and a
lPomeranian dog all the way to New
York from Zurich. At Metz she said
she was arrested as spy. but was re-
leased after a three hours examina-
! ton.
Ulrich Eek, of this city, said that at
! Dieppe he saw Chauncey NJ. Depew
sitting on fiat car in a down pour
of rain from four o'clock in the morn
| ing until 1 o'clock in the afternoon.