The Glenwood post., 1914-11-07
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0eeo 0Ud Thirty-eeur Neurs
Uatn eeeusaas cama
WAS SOAKED Al.o FAl1ssaeo
cs@pssse1 - orses Me oua N1sasNl
U~tii eaetwesd Freaeh 0ssesrs
Wers 0rsW0ht iW-ereiees oHp-
ply Service - ttis owa Army.

O'Clock in the morning, I am left in
the rain and In mud SO deep that
am obliged to lean on my elbows to
keep my head out OF it.
THE battle continues to rage. l am
between the two camps, and, without
| exaggeration, more than one hundred
and fifty thousand bullets pass over
me. Some strike at my sides, and
expect each moment to receive one
which will cut short the spectacle. !
remain thus helpless from six in the
morning until four the next afternoon.
and the rain does not stop. 1t u then
that l appreciate the need of an um.
brella, who never carried one. un.
button my coat. but am unable to de.
termine the gravity Of my wound. for
there is - much mud ~ blood.
Toward two O'Clock there 10 . lull
in the firing. await the stretcher
bearers, but, like Sister Anne. they do
not come. The hours sesm atrociously
long. although l NO longer pay aay At
tsntioa to the rain, which ooatinues.
Finally, toward four O'Clock n ths att
sfnoon / 80 coming IN paaes Of the
looksA-for strsteAsf bsafsss-the
Germans. .Els
,Trss - GN1 lss. -...
This tine II - Ssr 0so1." I say to
myself. r an done for. 4 ba0v non
si1s bstt sr tArsst q ~ ba1ssst
and thsy would A1isA ~, 4 hst
thought of NJ fa01H - ~ = tAks
ny oWn HE md eD0 Z. r = Uoooooa.
The SuA7 10 n DO0 tAaD . AOO ee
mud. of sticky etsy.
There ass avO bong 01ButO 1Wlng
which I exist with . salnss0 thst
surprisso -. 4 0R-0 49, - h
Freseh: How srv yoG?
II showed him ne Dsaee whss0 sD
wouDdsA.
"'Reassurs yoarNk - ssy1. 1Aat
wifi perhaps amount 10 ustAiaG. II
any csse yoa will get we'll
Il larn that they are h00 Lsr-
raine. which b lucky. They arc elaA
in gray. which makes them aRo0t u
visible In war. speak q this -
them. They answer:
"In4eed. with your red trousers
we can see you = long distance Yoa
make superb targets
The Germans went On their way,
promising to return to look for me, a.
well as others. who, like myself, lay
on the battlefield. l take hope. I6
seems good to be alive, although am
in a sorry plight. gpa
THE hours pass; night arrfvea II
still rains. Day breaks. No oo4;
neither stretcher bearer nor ny Ene.
raines ef the day before. II b nok N.
til four o'clock in the afterns16 6f4hs
second day that the Gernans euos
back. I have passed 3E.hs1k1 Hf4'
nection IN the rain, with n No9aA
which eaused - much, ssAsstaE
0&rse1 to ., HsIIi1Ak
The Germans put ~ - u Aaova1
with two pieces Of wood -, aDahsk 90
They carry ne to "A. .haalae shast .
kiloDster and eA hAl1 AaAapt. ysAA
strsteh me eat. tHess iQ tls apsa 81.
stin in the rain. bdt 6u, Yrasf sTUanl
Then they 20 bScfs ssSfs4 tot III.
err. Theynt aRing svaut f7ee GSf'S1ee
wounded. 1eWhiaiA0e - Frencheld,
Il am soAheA.ts.A.aD l83aheag-..l
MUNICH With 10y AIT ~ Aspy4bissHaa.
which nnA 1snet,s. UDea N
urgent entreaey . German .coe9%eta =
give me gisss q wins iron his Aasf
which hs has Just nff91.i 1 thRkk Iii.
That warns ne. The German b %.
ing away. wAea hs eAaagss ~ miI6
and AsnaAAs pAyDsat for Ais slan u
wine I o1sr . httls sou Diece, .the
| only money I have left. He takss
himself OF eoptent
"Some German o0csRs come to talk
to ~. Oas Il tAsa says to ne:
"M b yosr eovefnment's fault that
you are here
They an spsak French. note IL
remarks Of this o0eef. because It ap.
pears to ne to indicate q Curious nsn-
tality.
The third day oe this calvary they
put u In barn On the hay. We have
a. yet received no care. I beg the
Germans to take OF my elothes-
have been able 10 snare . blanket
which happens to Be there. don't
know to whom II belongs, but neces
sity stiles scrupaes. They are quite
willing to do what have asked. Ny
coat, my vater-soaked trousers, which
were little less than packages of mud
are removed. My falling shoes, my
underdrawers and socks follow the
same route.
0sooeoa HE Own Wound.
NY foSt and my wound make me
suffer. ] take oat my -l1ttje- pochs(
scissoA I cut ny shit sd asaus|
belt frse q ny wound wA5eA havl
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