The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-02
Guardsmen' S Daring
Exploit

FoLkSTONE. ENG. October L.
How two British soldiers cap,ain
and u corporal. OF The Dragon
Guards, escaped from q conycu, hos
n'taI, where they were held prisoners
by the Germans after being scrio,Irly
wounded. Nas told by one az them
"hen they arrived here from Dstcn.i
Ihcy had crossed nifty miles ~ couu.
TRY occupied by the oncmy ana Go,
safely by their on,pos's, The corpo-
RAJ told the story quite casually. ~ II
II were az ordinary adventure
Att1r fighting At Mons and Tournai
u" was wounded ut Andrcgn!us. lie
TOOK rcfurc ~ PEASANTS house.
where he found about twenty other
wounded comrades. The German.
started 10 shell the place" he said,
and We NIL took refuge In the rel
lar, The old Eclgiau woman 10 whom
tho place belonged would no, keen
Guiet. Presently tho Germans enter.
Cd the village and came straight 10 the
house.
They broke III tho door with their
rifles; naw tho butts coming through
tho panels. and a. they burst In the
door ] held up my hands-there war
nothing else 10 do German soldier
came at NC, and, though lie must have
seen that ] Was wounded no lifted hi,
rihe by the hreech ana came for me-
received INC dow on nv forearm. "
was meant for my head.
Then tho old woman made "A bolt
for tho window. One OF our chaps
tried 10 stop her. lie got a byaonet
through his hand. The old woman
was stiot We were all taken prison
ers. They searched me and took away
all of my money. have seen dead
money round their necks. with the
rest OF the wounded, was taken to
Il convent inside the German lines. !
found my own captain there. lie had
been found unconscious on tho field.
shrapnel she'll had exploded In front
OF him. and the fumes had sent him
off. lie had a slight wound on the
forehead from the shrapnel.
They LETT tho convent unguarded.
being confident. J suppose, that we
could not escape through their lines.
We haa been there n day or two when
This is the time to escape IL we arc
going to. said the captain.
We got out without difficulty. and
lay Tor ten hours in ambush behind a
hedge. Then We set out to get through
the lines The captain had map OF
the country and damaged pair OF
compasses, which we patched up With
dough. The map enabled him to know
exactly where we were.
we lay low all day and Travelled by
night, covering twenty seven miles OF
ground each night by crawling almost
hat anu running bent almost double
when we found cover. We had no sleep
Tor forty eight hours. Often we had
TO make long detour 10 avoid their
outposis or swampy ground. We went
over railway entertainments and through
cuttings, and twice we had 10 cross
canals.
Once we attempted To SWIM but
found our clothes too heavy to carry.
50 wc made Tor = bridge. IL was guard
'cd by twenty-five Germans. NVo creDt
up to within ten or twelve yards, and
thch the captain made a Kissing sound.
We lay anu listened, but there was no
reply.
Creeping nearer we made the sound
again. Still there was no response.
we came siill 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
t'me we crossed tho canal was by a
pontoon which they had left unguarded
once we got clear Of their lines we
had no turther difficulty. The Belgians
assisted MS all they could 10 get to
pstcnd. We found everywhere indica
tons OF the German brutality. They
had burnt down houses wherever the
reople had no money or food to give
them"
The sergeant was going direct to
Tadworth TO his depot Flo wants to
return TO get his own back" The cap
tain went to the War Office to report.