The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-25
ONE OF THE DAYS BEST CARTOONS

SAT under our foremost gun during tho
whoie or tho battle. and waen't fright
encd at all. only when we irst started
hrins. But afterwards she rat and
,'chcd heraelf' we all kissed her afs
forwards" writes Bishop.
Before we started Hgb,inp We wcro
All very nervous. but after we ioined
In We were all happy. and most OF ,is
! laughing TN II was finished Then "a.
all sobbcd and cried
Even II never com. back. don,
think I've died painful death. Evcry.
'i'hs Yesterday was uuick as light
ming"
we were in action on Friday morn
ing OF iclisoland I had Il piece OF
shell as big aS tho palm or my hand
go through my trousers. and. as my
tr"user legs were blowing In Tho
the breeze. think WAS very lucky'
Tom Thorns. writing 10 his mother
at Crawlcy, Sussex
punoom officer in "A battle cruiacr
writes:
The particular ship We were an.
snee" WIN WAS In i pitiful plight
when we had nnishcf with hcr-Iei
tunnels shot away. masts lettering.
great gaps OF daylight In her aides
, smoke and flame bclching from, bo,.
'N.rNWhe She speedily kccl.d ove,
ana sank lil" stone. stern frat. So
lar as Is known. none of her crc,c v,.s
II be said; her ilas dying tin shc s.nk.
nor GUNS barking till Troy could bark
no more.
Anhourh We ourselves suffered no
i"'s' We had some very narrow cs-
c'tpcS Three torpcdoca were nhsorv,d
to pas9 us. one Within !, fcw rcn,
iour. Inch shells. too. fell short OF v..t,
"hcad OF us. Tho see was aIiv, vim
IA" euemy's submarines. which. how
ever at" ns -" damage Thov should
no, m"' b' "ndcrrat"d. those Gcrmuus
They've got CUTS THAT cruiser .Ijd
not mink, apparently. or SURRENDER.
am out or II with a whole skin
'h"ugh we were all beat M ns YOU
might expect, after four ,iavs .f ,h,.
hardest s"ldiorimg you cN"r .lrcarnt uf
h"H our aharc o; III" fighting. and
ain s'ni (" say Nc accounted Tor our
snare OF the German trash who arc a
poor lot when IL c"me~ to "A COM
square ructluu In tho opcn.
we 'ri"d hard to get ct them many
Times, but they never would wol, rn,.
us when they saw the bright Iit,t al
steel at the business end Of our riilos
some or them suuctl likc pigs on kin.
iHS DAY when they see tho steel rcpdy
some OF our finest lads arc nov,
stepping their last sleep In Belgium,
but. mother. dear. Won can take vour
sons word for it that FOR ever SON
OF ireland, who VIII never come back
there AFRO at least three Gcivnans who
WI! never he heard OF again
bciore leaving Belgium VIC ar
ranged with a priest TO have masses
s"id FOR tho souls OF our dead chums
an" We scrapcd together what 3dd
money We had. bu, his reverence
wouldn't hear OF II. taking our money
i"r prayers for the relief OF tho brave
lads who had died so far from The old
ihnd TO rid belgian soil Of the unmsn
nerly German scrubs
some of the Germans don't under
stand why lrIshmen should night so
nara Tor ENGLAND. but that Just shows
now itflc they know about us"-y,ri-
Eatc i. McGlade TO his mother in Coun-
~ Monaghan.
Most OF The IIighlandcrs arc hit In
trews ana hose. which arc more visible
at distance than any other part OF
,hcir dress Bare calves also show up
III sunlight. ,'-privatc r. Rradv
one or our men holding his water
nottle TO a woupdcd German was shot
"cith close to Mons on Sunday An
othcr stopped under IRE to light a
cigarette, when a bullet struck him on
'he hnrcrs. and one hand win have TO
como OF Private s. Burns
Most OF the Germans vo canture arc
fa'nishcd. not having seen food. eycen,
what theN could steal, for DAYS They
seem surprised when we share rations
win them. Their wounded horses are
Killed off and eaten as quickly as nos
Slo''. corporal l.. Hanna.