Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-31
CORRESPONDENT WITH GERMAN ARMY
WALKS AMID BULLETS IN BATH

ABOUT tlree hundred yards -
backing out of town, as I said
firing as they retired.
Relentlessly pressed, the Belgi.
moved out of town, crossed the br' u
over the River Dyle and maj &
about eight hundred yards dow II
river, where they hastily took a -
ton.
Hides on Prison Porch
saw several fires started bv ID \
gian shells and l passed the -
cathedral of st. Rombold, which L,
been badly damaged. We crossed u
eral bridges, the Belgians firing ON E.
at right angles from down the Ri,
On the bridge the Germans advanos,
as fast as they could run, making E
keep ahead of them. On the j.
bridge l crossed found myself all I.
with German officer. He insnec4S.
my flag. heard my story and told &
to take refuge in the porch of N.
prison, which stood close by, and "A,
until the general came up.
Whole columns kept on coming Ii
crossing the bridge at a run in groun
of 20. After them came light Da ~
guns drawn by marines. The geness
staff followed soon after and also IA.
shelter behind the prison. Appareaf
ly, the Belgian artillery had IN
warned of this fact, for their shells E
gan to burst near the prison.
Several wounded soldiers wsrs
brought into the Office and | marveIAs
at their fortitude
l also was surprised to see the Ca
man officers expose themselves VIA
absolute disregard of their lives. Nm
ing all the street fighting they were al
ways among their men. command n
them to take shelter near the walls d.
behind projecting corners. / saw III
soldiers doing this while the ofics Il
themselves were walking right IN ia
middle of the road. The officer III
whom l crossed the last bridge eli II
ted with me, utterly Indifferent TO liz
fact that bullets were flying about hi
and fattening themselves against At
iron work of the bridge.
Given Staff Officer Guard.
/ interviewed Admiral Won Schrse
der, commanding the marine diyisih
He was a hearty old sea dog. smokin Il
a short German pipe and dressed like
a yachtsman He told me that mi HI
return to Antwerp and tell the Bal
gians there that he would be ia
them in a couple of weeks.
You also may wire London I'D
the admiral, that l will be there id q
couple of months" AS I had haa
enough of marching toward AntwKI
at the head of an attacking column
begged the admiral to let me go u
Brussels.
Granted" said the admiral No.
only this, but two staff officers "a
take you in their motor car"
They did so, treating me with ths
greatest cordially. The country pre
scented a shocking aspect, Every aE
lage church and farm building 10
been burned to the ground, ell 90 Rs
down before the tide of fire. The de as
were desolate and the inhabitants q
fed. AS we passed a village calea
Hopstade l saw four 46-centimet@
GS1-inch) guns being put into pdsi'
ton. l knew then that Antwerp a#a
fortress was doomed.
Charged with Being Spy
On my arrival in Brussels the Ger
mans consideration for me came to
an end abruptly for the time beng
was sent to the war Office buildlag
the upper rooms in which had be en
converted into a prison. Here ! w.
brought before a judge and subjec 'ea
to a drastic search and cross-exan. r.
ton. The detectives found some ea
war maps, with penciled indications q
the position of the German arriHeW
notes l had taken for myself, and Ise
a camera with undevelOped films q
military pictures that l had taken Y
the course of my journeyings VII y
both the German and the Beigl AZ
lines.
On this evidence l was chaT 81
with being a spy. in spite of the ao 8
dant proof of my position as a cor e
spondent. The judge bluntly told T.
that T MIGHT he shot the next m0W'
ing, and this suggestion was pTomp -
made to the commanding general y
summoned me to appear before q =
Again l stated my case. Unlike =
Judge, the general seemed more a u
ious to do justice than to shoo! =
legged spies.
Held Until Antwerp Falls
you have important informal e
about our dispositions before a u
werp." said he. This intorma. Is
you gained by passing through i'F- = 4.
den territory, and / see that you Ao e
down the position Of our heavy 6
tillery. You must remain DO s
guard here until Antwerp Is ID :.
hands; then you may 60 free
cannot say how I rejoice1 s.
the day of my release da"arl
how sorrowful I felt for ms
prisoners / left behind. As
Antwerp fell the Germans Sc.
repairing the roads between -''- 81