Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
WAR DRAMAS SHIFTING. SCENES
FROM GREAT THEATRE OF STRIFE

The name of Nine. Adrienne Buhet
head Of the Danes du Sacre Occur, ap-
pears in long list of names OF those
killed on a battlefield.
She was struck by bullet from a
German machine gun as she was rails
Ing the head of a wounded soldier
A ragged group OF eight arrived at
London on a ship from Boulogne. plainly
showing they had endured hardships In
the battles in France. They wore the
garb OF French peasants. One had a
corduroy Jacket, trousers much too short
for him and bathing shoes. Unwashed
and with two or three days growth OF
beard, they walked out OF the Harbour
Station.
AS they passed talking I caught a
broad Irish brogue and response in an
equally pronounced Scotch dialect.
"who are your" 1 inquired.
British soldiers, guv'nor!" was the
reply. Lost our regiments, borrowed
these ERE togs, came through the Ger
man lines, reached Boulogne at last and
now we are going to Shornclffe to re-
port. Then we are going back again.
How two British soldiers, a captain
and n corporal of the Dragon Guards,
escaped from q convent hospital, where
they were held prisoners by the Germans
after being seriously wounded. was told
by one OF them when they arrived at
Folkstone from Ostend.
They had crossed 80 miles OF country
occupied by the enemy and got safely
NH a Hl1 h..
story quite casually, as II II were an
ordinary adventure.
with the rest of the wounded I was
taken to convent inside the German
lines. ] found my own captain there. A
shrapnel shell had exploded In front OF
him and the fumes had sent him off,
and he had slight wound on the fore
head.
They left the convent unguarded. be-
ing confident. l suppose, that We could
not escape through their lines, We had
been there day or two when We saw
them sending up a guard.
This is the time TO escape, and we
are going to- said the captain.
I'VE got out without difficulty, and
lay for ten hours In ambush behind a
hedge Then we set out to get through
the lines. The captain had a map OF
the country and a damaged pair OF COM
passes, which we patched up with dough,
The map enabled him to know exactly
where We were.
I'VE lay low all day and Travelled by
night, covering 27 miles OF ground each
night by crawling almost fiat and run
ming bent almost double when we found
cover. We had no sleep for IS hours.
"Once we attempted to swim, but found
out clothes too heavy TO carry. so we
made for bridge. 1t was guarded by
% Germans We came nearer and looked
up very carefully. The sentry on our
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 was by pontoOn which
they had left unguarded.
"Once We got clear OF their lines we
had no further difficulty. The Belgians
assisted us all they could to get 10
ostend."
Former Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew's
side whiskers. long a familiar adorn-
ment, served as his passport on his rail-
way trip from the Swiss border TO
Paris. Frenchmen thought none but a
Brlton could wear whiskers like Mr..
Depew's and passengers cried "Yive
Entente Cordiale" when they noticed
the American. Mr.. Depew arrived IN
New York yesterday or the White Star
liner Baltic and said he heard the Kaiser
had boasted he would hang his hat on
the Eifel Tower on the anniversary Of
Sedan He appears 10 have been mis-