The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
WOMEN IN THE TRENCHES
ONE OF THE DAYS Bl

| LONDON, October 3.-The women or
| France. more especially the peasants,
| are little afraid Of bullets and are Wis
| tting the trenches of the allies nightly,
carrying food to the soldiers and help
ing to care for the wounded, according
| % letters arriving here from the front
| Sc me of them follow:
The French women seem to think
| that the bets cure for shrapnel or bull
let wound Is bottle of wine and a
| raw egg. On the Wednesday fight the
women brought hot potatoes and new
! Tread right Into the trenches and firing
line. can assure you they are the
| bravcst women have ever met
! Rifieman Cedric Fischer
! "a woman said laughingly TO me, IF
| you Kill the Kaiser you shall have my
daughter ] replied that I could do
that all right. and she could have a
hair OF his mustache."-Private r.
| Coombe.
"If singing could wipe the Germans
| out. they would all be dead by now
! +. Rannison, II. A. 81. C.
! Il have had the narrowest escape of
my life. The horse | was riding got
knocked out altogether by shell. and
| wnile was getting another one to nut
In It's place. shell came and put three
OF US out OF action. I managed to
| scramble out of 1t for about two miles.
| when dropped unconscious. and the
next place ] found myself I'm was a
French hospital with enough bandage
around my head to make a girl a dress.
| You ought to see the sight OF a battle
held; 1t Is just like the crystal palace
on fireworks day, but for the horses
and men dropping."-Driver T. Tyler,
f. F. A.
Just these few lines to let you know
that ] am quite safe after our battle
! with the Germans. IT seems an ordi-
1 IN hnu hot
shell dropping all around you. We
have just sunk several of the German
destroyers' and cruisers. This ship
sank two--a destroyer and cruiaer
The destroyer we sunk with aun-fre.
but we torpedoed the cruiser Just as
We were finishing the engagement i've
OF our battle cruisers came up and sig
| nailed TO us to get out of their way
They put me In mind of five big police
men telling crowd of boys to go away
after giving crowd of boys and men a
good hidnE."-Fred Lock. II. NJ. S.
Lydiard. to his mother at East Mole
sey.
we saw one of the German cruisers
practically blown out OF the water.
saw one funnel and one mast shot away
by our light cruiser squfd ron While
their SHIP the Man1. was sinking our
commodore went alongside to save as
many as he could. We were twenty
yards from her when she hceled over
onto her port side and sank My word
IL was close enough."-Lcadine TeIc,
Sraphist f. Hobbs. In II. NJ. a. Lurcher.
First class stoker Barclay Roberts,
sends the following laconic message 10
his brother: I'VE met the Germans yes
terday, and they didn't get the chance
10 run away We met with great sue
cess. For more details see the daily
| papers"
/ In letter which has just been re-
ceived In London. an officer in the
Cavalry Division now serving. in
France, pays magnificent tribute to
durancc OF our troops. The following
are extracts from the letter, which is
dated "On Service, August 3d.:
II am writing this by the road
side. SO excuse writing. We had the
HI of a time. All by ourselves-thc
English against force of Germans
five times as big. Our troops have
been wonderful. Beat to the world,
tired and hungry, they have fought
grandly. but they are we'll worn out
| Ihe infantry was grand. and the cav
/ airy saved them again and again, COW
erins their retreat in magnificent
manner. l. am coming back all right,
never fear. Have been In such tight
corners. and under such fire. that IL
was meant To go 1 should have gone
by now, i am sure. 1 have just found
my kit. I haven't changed anything
for week. or taken off my boots for
five days. I look too filthy for words,
and have been looking after my own
horse, and have ridden one all the
time. as could not get the Others.
He is rather heat. but he is a real
plucky one and refuses to go lame. He
keeps his condition we'll. too, consid-
ering. 1 hope I shall pick up the
Others to-day.
II hear our navy has done well. and
also Russia. We've fought rearguard
actions now for week, and | don't
/ think any troops in the world could
have done 1t except us and perhaps
! the Japanese. The infantry are too
pitable for words in some cases, but
~ met straggler laboring on. but he
has had his file still. and forced a
smile, whether wounded or not
81 am so dreadfully sorry for the
Inhabitants. Their villages set on fire
by shells. and they running about
knowing where to go. Truly war is a
most awful thing. 1 never realized 1t
| before. All the people are awfully
good to us. -. I've been very hungry
at times! Never had more than three
hours sleep at night last week, and
| things will look up soon.
| II hear the SiNtfeth Rifle Brigade and
Guards have covered themselves with
glory. I haven't seen them. y. The
converts, arc grand and the nuns
splendid. We were done awfully we'll
| by them. We subscribed to one be.
tween ourselves.
Later have found my horse at
the town, where all the cavalry was
supposed to be concentrated. My SER
want says he heard was dead. and he
never thought to see me again. That
all comes from the squadron being
split UP the other afternoon under a
! heavy fire. Awful affair. So. .if2I am