The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-22
HOSPITALS FULL OF WORK,
FOR FIGHTING IS Fierce
Germans Reported as Firing Indis-
crlminately Upon White Flag
and Red Cross Alike.
CONTINUAL NIGHT FIGHTING
Weather Desperately Cold, but Men
and Horses Arc Well Protected
and I'm Best of Spirits and Health.
Calais Remains Placid.
ny HAROLD ASHTON.

CALAIS. October 21.-IIospitals both
I'm the field and at The base arc full
OF work Just now. for the lighting that
Is going OH is fierce and reckless
Three times recently tho Germans
( have tired indiscriminatcly upon the
white flag aud the Red Cross alike.
while We respect the Red Cross and re-
taliate by giving Atlfe white. flag short
shrift in this district.
Some troops upon entering n small
village held strenuousl:. for some days
by the frassians, came upon the body
iot Prince Max. of Ilesse.- He had been
lying dead three days. The body had
been stripped Of everything but tho
tunic and socks, and was marked with
! FIVE revolver wounds made from behind
The iaic Is whispered that he was The
victim Of hie own soldiers
a rough coffin of deal boards wcs
made for tho boy--.he Was little more
than that-and then FOR. three long
days the body lay in an outbuiIdinr a +
a small farm house. The body now has
been sent into the German lines.
Continual night fighting has been
gong on. The nights have been des-
pcratciy cold. but tl,c, men and horses
have a splendid supply OF blankets. and
good. hot food is turned. out sr,okint-
from the travelling field Kitchens
Tho troops have more than enough
OF coHce, Jam galore, and cigarettes
by the tens ofSthousands. Their spirit
Is eNccllcnt,tthc health good. their
nearts high, and they arc still singing.
The: are looking forward cheerful!y
enough to n tempestous Christmas Day.
LIVING POPULATION
ON FISHING BOATS
Calais is taking II all placid enough.
In the harbor. where hundreds and
hundreds of fishing boats from all
along the coast lie thick as their own
packed fish after Il spell of great haul
ing, there is living population al
most equal TO the population Of the
town at normal times.
| Whole families are herding together
In an intolcrable atmosphere. Down
below ere families in rags and tatters,
with all their cherished household
goods, while clustering around them
are families OF the well-to- do, fat and
we'll fed, with furs to warm them and
living hobnob with the very notsam
| of humanity, and present an almost
unbelievable sight.
They are waiting for .~ething to
happen-what they do not exactly
/ linow-just living in Il maze. They
cannot believe that what is going on
really is true.
Every day hundreds of them are
marshalled off to the quay. where they
wait in long, patient lines, In rain or
shine. tempest or torrent, for an Eng
lish boat to carry them away.
And yet we all take this as q mat
ter Of course after living with II and
among It for u few days. Nothing
like 1t In the whole history of the
world has been seen before, and there
never will be anything like it again.
HEART-BREAKING STREAM
OF INNOCENT VICTIMS
| We arc numbering one another as
hard as we can, and in the wake of
| 1t all comes this pitable. heart breaking
!; stream OF innocent sufferers. crouching
submissively to the lash. Surely the
angels in heaven. are weeping ut the
sight
The patience of the women, the en-
durance OF them, is astonishing. The
children cannot understand it. There
is weeping or laughter among them.
just as the weather turns. When rain
ceases and the clouds open to show
heaven still above us, serene and fair.
the tiny ones comes toddling along,
not sure whether this is II dreamland,
fairyland or fogeyland.
Never mind, tomorrow 1t will be all
right, and you will be warm, snug and
comfortable once again. But to-mor-
row is a long way away. What his
tory are these little historians weav-
ing unconsciously in their tumultuous
travels? What mothers and fathers
Will TREY make. the baby Spartans?