Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-25
DARING EXPLOIT
OF GUARDSMEN
Two British Soldiers Ira
verse Enemy's Country in
Making Escape.

Folkstohe, England, Sept. 22.-How
two British soldiers captain and a
corporal, of the Dragon guards
escaped FROM convent hospital,
where they were held prisoners by
wcundd, was told by one of them when
they arrived here from Ostend.
They had crossed fifty miles Of
country occupied by the enemy and
got safely by their outposts. The
colpcral told the story quite causual-
ly, as if it were an ordinary adven-
ture.
I After fighting at Mons and Tournai
ne was wounded at Andrasnies. He
took refuge in peasants house,
where he found about twenty other
wounded comrades. "The Germans
started to shell the place." he said
and We all took refuge in the cellar
The old Belgian woman to whom the
place belonged would not keep quiet.
lPresenly the Germans entered the
village and cam straight to tn house.
"They broke in the door with their
rifles-I saw the butts coming
through the panels, nd as they burst
in the door ! held up my hands
there was nothing else to do. A
German soldier came at me, and
though he must nave seen that | was
wounded he lifted his rifle by the
breech and came for me. l received
the blow on my forearm-it was
meant. for my head.
'"Then the old woman made a bolt
fer the window. One OF our chaps
tried to stop her. He got a bayonet
through his hand. The old woman
was shot We were all taken prison.
crs. They searched me and took away
all OF my money. | have seen dead
Germans On the field with bags OF
money round their necks.
With the rest of the wounded | was
taken to a convent irside the Ger
man lines. found my own captain
there. He had been found unconsci-
Gus on the field. A sharpneI shell
had exploded in front of him. and the
fumes had sent him off. He had a
slight wound on the forehead from
the charpnel.
"They left the convent ungarded,
being confident l suppose that we
could not escape through their lines.
We had been there a day or two when
we saw them sending up guard.
This is the time to escape if we are
going to- said the captain.
"We got out without difficulty, and
lay for ten hours in ambush behind
hedge. Then we set out to get
through the lines. The captain had a
map. of the country, and a damaged
pair of compasses, which we patched
up with dough. The map enabled him
to know exactly where we were.
eve lay low all day and Travelled
by night covering II miles OF ground
each night by crawling almost flat
and running bent almost double when
we found cover:- We had no sleep for
As hours. Often we had to make a
long detour to avoid their outposts
or swampy ground. We went over
railway entertainments and through
outings and twice we had to cross
canals.
"Once we attempted 10 swim but
| found our clothes too heavy to carry
SO we made for a bridge. 1t was
| guarded by % Germans. We crep
up to within ten or twelve yards, and
then the captain made kissing
sound. We lay and listened, but there
| was no reply.
Creeping nearer we made the sount
again. Still there was no response
We came still nearer and looked I'll
very carefully. The sentry On oul
1 side of the bridge was asleep. we
crept past him and over the bridge
The whole guard was asleep. The
:, second time we crossed the canal wa