Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-10-27
EXPERIENCE Of
FRENCH SOLDIER
WOI NbED AND LAY ~ MN FOR
MANY liOIRS RESCUED HN
GERMANS
ENCOURAGED BY THE ENEMY
Germans Dressed in Gray, Almost
Invisible While French Clothes
Make Ideal Targets for
Rifles

NH f".NHIN. "f Nrf"H
PARIS. oct 2G These extracts
from the letter oi an unnamed
French soldier to his father in Paris
are published by the Figaro.
Wounded Boo the stomach about
% o'cloct Boo .he morning ] am left
BOO the rain ana boz mud so deep that
J am Obliged to lean ON my elbows
to keep hs head out OF it
The battle continues 90 rage !
am between the two camps and,
without eNaggrcEaton. more than
10000 bullets pass over me. some
uruck at my sides and expect
each moment 90 receive one which
viii oHf short the spectacle. re-
main lhUs helpless from six iu the
morning until four the next after
noon anl the rain does not Htop. u
is then taai appreciate Che uoed
oi an umbrella. ! who never carried
one pnhuttou my coat but . ann
unable to determine the gravity ol
my wound for There o. as much mud
as blood
Toward tWo O'Clock there is lull
u the firms ! await the stretchcr
bcarcIs. hHi IiFe sister Anne. they
do not come The hours seem atroc
i0usN louF. although uo longer pay
uny attention t0 the rain which con
unues Finally. towards . O'Clock
m the afternoon see coming in
place OF the looked for .tretcher
bearers The Germans
This time it is for good ] say
TO myself % am done for. \ blow
from q rifle butt or thrust OF the
bavouct and they would finish me-
a at Thought OF my family aud
try 20 tafe my own rifle and end it
Il is useless The gun g. no more
than a lump of mud, on sticky clay
"Thcre are five long minutes dur
a. & which ] exist with caimness
fnat surprises me s German asks
me IN French "How are you2'
II showed him the place where
am wounded.
a Reassurc yourself, he says
Ahgt vu rcrhare amount 90 no'N
u In any ease you viii get Vet.
= Il learn that they are from Lor'
laine. which is lucky. They are clad
In grey which makes them almost in
visible ln war ] speak of this t'
them They answer
Indeed with your rel trouser.
ue can see YOU long distance. lou
mako superb targets
The Germans went pu their way
promising t1 return to look tor m'
a- we'll 90. others who like myself
las 600 me battle field take hope
If seems good to boz alive. ALTHOUGH
am In sorry plight;
Tile hours pass night arrives J.
,uH rain. uay breaks SO one
neither 1I.tchor bearer nor mE Tor
uuos of tho day before % is mol
un.I four % clock loo the afternoon
o. t1o o,0nd lay that the German
com. back have passed hour,
boo reelection u rain. With wound
which caused me much suffering
ThD German. uut WD ou a can
ta.- H.fN tNo piece. UI wood a'
either uni The, carry w" Zoo .
hamlet about kIlomoter and 90 h0l
distant. and stretch me Uuf there DO
omen air fII m the rain. uut Or
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