The Sentinel=record., 1914-11-01
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 1 The Germans went on their way promising to return to look or me as well sothers who like myself, lay on the battle field. 1 take hope. 1t seems good to be alive, although i am in sorry plight.
 The hours pass; night arrives. It still rains. Day breaks. No one neither stretcher bearers nor my LOT. raines of the day before. 1t is not un. til four o'clock in the afternoon of the l second day that the Germans come back. l have passed 34 hours in re- flection in the rain, with a wound which caused me much suffering.
 The Germans put me on a canvass l with two pieces of wood at either end They carry me to a hamlet, about a kilOmeter and a half distant and stretch me out there in the open air, still in the rain, but on firmer ground. Then they go back to search for oth- CTS. They bring back thus 700 or S00 wounded. Of whom 400 are French.
 | dltA HOdhtus dlli AdAllANnbhs munch with joy bit of army biscuit whicl l find delicious. Upon my ur- gent entreaty a German consents to give me a glass of wine from his flask which he has just filled. thank him. That warns me. The German is go- ing away, when he changes his mind and demands payment for his glass ot wine. l jabber a little German un- derstand and give him ten sou piece, the only money nave left. He takes himself off content
 Some German officers come to talk to us. One of them says to me:
 "'I It is your governments fault that you are here.'
 They all speak French. 1 note the remarks of this officer, because it ap- pears to me to indicate curious men, tality.
 The third day of this calvary they put us in a barn on the hay. We have as yet received no care. beg the Germans to take off my clothes. 1 have been able to snare a blanket which happens to be here. I don't know to whom 1t belongs, but neces- sity stiles scruples. They are quite willing to do what l have asked. My coat, my water-soaked trousers, which were little less than packages of mud. are removed. My failing shoes, my under-drawers and socks follow the same route. My feet and my wound make me suffer. l take out my little pocket scissors. l cut my shirt and flannel belt free of my wound wnich have not seen. 1t is distressingly long, but nothing astonishes me any longer, after what 1 have seen. make, as good as it is bad, a dressing out of the first aid things in my pouch Then I roll myself up in my blanket. have no longer anything military ex. cept my blanket and l am almost naked Fortunately my jersey keeps me warm. This operation completed feel a great relief.
 They sort the German wounded from the Frencn. Some hours after they bring in the sanitary service of the 203rd, which has been taken pris- oner The French doctors get to work with first dressings. They make one for me with tincture of iodine. But at the moment they are going to put on the bandage, the Germans take away the French doctors and the wounded Germans. We, in our turn, are transferred to Libecourt.
 We are now at the end Of the 4th day of this exercise. They havp warned us that We are prisoners. To- night We learn that the Prussians are retreating What is going to happen? Wih they take us along or leave us 70 ourselves? For there are not LOT raines only in the German army. All night the troops march under our win dow One hears the noise of trampins feet and gutteral commands.