Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-10-14
Miss Jennie OHzu Tells Of nsr
Thrilling Experience.
~ss eisces Assinst ~sii 70 ss sns.
Are. LIVING " Cellar During
ssyisyres esftie.

NeS fort--Or the steamship
Tornsso oi ssrois there arrived Miss
Jennie Estss- yrsDd opera stsr dsusb-
TER " Alfred D9fsg. linsu merchant
" ssulxurss. l.ssos. Oh the way 20
cbirago after one u tie mos, thrilling
experiences tod b. . refuses from the
vss s0pes.
Miss Dgfsu. Who makes her home In
Chicago. described hes experiences q,
BAuIxsres. telling how shs and bsr sis
ter and father we're accused Of beng
spies and hov che vent out On the
bsttlsnsie and gave sgccof To the
wounded ,s 5 hattie whose dead. she
had heard. Dumtsped 10000
August 9 the German artillery oecu-
pied the heights on one side Of the val
ley overlooking the town Miss Dufsu
~ss visiting August IL the Germans
occupied the town Itself
Al that time there we're only two
French regiments near ssuixuYa-
the One Hundred and Ninth regiment
of foot and the Twelfth cavalry. The
French. howsrsr. opened ere on the
Germans. snd Mics Dussp. with her IA
thsS and sister. ., once re,rsstsd 20
the cellar IN al effort TO escape fying
shells
The French rsenfoscsmsnts, she
ssid, were eIossdinsly slo~ IN srriv-
Ing. bu, they finally came and occupied
the heights on the French sios Of the
valley. Then began a tremendous sr-
tillsry duel that lasted for days All
this time We were living In the cellar.
where ~e were caring for ten wounded
French oftosrt
i often went out over the battlefield
when the Gre sisckened and did What
] could for the wounded.
I received many mementoes from
dying French soldiers and recorded
their dying words ! ssw dead sol
disrs holding crpcihrss In their hands
and even 10 their issth-for some Of
them had an arm shot On and sppsr.
emily hsd drawn their erpcinyss from
their pockets. placed the crosses be-
tween their lips and then rererently
removed their csps
We improyiseo stretehsrs from
sunny sacks stretched between poles
and carried away as many Of the
wounded NJ We could 10 shelter
MY brothers, Paul and Daniel. were
drafted into the Gsrmaa army. OF
course they had sworn an oath not 10
hre q shot at . Freedman and their
creates, hope was that they would be
captured and permitted 10 put on the
French Uniform. You know the French
soldiers IN battle often ssy
They are firing In the air. they
must be- Alsstisni
Between August ~ and ~ the srtii.
lery duel RACED. and finally the oppos-
fight with the bsyobst First II Was
the Germans who occupied the town.
then the French. The Germans final.
Iy came 70 our house and accused my
sister, my father ard myself Of being
spiss because they found a telephone
there The soldiers lined uf up against
the wall 10 shoot W.. but We fell ON
our knees and besged them 10 spare
the life of our father. They gaye no
heed I'll a German colonel came along
and after questioning W ordered that
We b. se, free.
''BoOn after this the Germans we're
driven out. and then began a terrific
battle. In which II Was said not less
than 100000 we're killed The Ger
mans seemed 10 be advancing. and
after some trouble we managed to
procure an os-csrt and get to swiissr.
land.
y never will forget the scenes Of
that battlefield. with its wouAdsd and
dying under heaps sf solllsss already
dead"
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