Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-13
WRECKED AWAT0RS
TELL OF SUFFERING
German Air1nen, Hunted by
French Peasants, Wander
Starving for Days.

Berlin. Oct; :13.-That war has not
lost all Its romance and excitement
the accompanying translation OF a
letter sent from the front proves con-
oausively. 1t gives an excellent idea
OF the dangers which-the officer of, the
dying corps must face to bring back
the results Of his reconnaissance
Last Friday" writes the officer.
my friend o X. and I had already
enemy, and had brought back good in
formation. When at S o'clock in the
afternoon we again received orders
Tor flight, after ascending in a spiral
under very uncertain weather condt-
lions We few in the. direction indi-
Gated over the enemy's country. We
made the best possible observations
suddenly there was'a loud report and
the motor stood still! We realized in
alarm that a shot OF the enemy had
Hendsred-it useless There was noth-
linz else Tor us to debut to make a
landing in this hostile country, hiIly
az sc " =:
when we were about fifteen me-
tors above, the ground. a number Of
peasants with. lifted scythea and PITCH
forks. came running toward us with
loud, cries. We landed, however, and,
jumping from the machine. managed
to held them back with. our. pistols un-.
til We reached tbs. wood behind us,
where we found abiding place in the
cofn brake and .underhrush. Here. We
ny: until darkness. came on: -.
ride Fire Sweeps Ravine.
:skftsr !. hurytng all our maps and
papers ,%excepting one we. though Wa.
walked to the edge OF the woods and
had stepped outside. barely a pace
when, two. figures leaped UP a. YARD
or. two before US, cried out and fred
peint- blank the same moment. We
1eaped sideways into the thicket and
! stumbled into a steep ravine abou,
forty feet. deep. My fall was broken.
however, by. thorn bushes. so that. al
though shaken up, I reached the bot
who saw the precipice, sat down and
slad..We sat there. leaning together
Inc listening to the voices calling on
all sides, The entire woods appeared
to- be surrounded on all sides by men
and women. Suddenly a voice called
Attention and Immediately a terrific
voIley blazed out. Bullets and shor
The calling and shouting. lasted, near
~ two hours: = at the end of which
time the peasants appeared to be
Withdrawing. We waited some time
and then. walked along the ravine un-
til we found a place to crawl out. Up
above we went a little BIT farther, UNI
tia terrific ivolley blazed out again.
when: we threw ourselves. fiat, In : a
nearby cernf1eld and cfept along. !:
when it became light We hid OUR
G~elves"once more In the underbrush~of
the Wdod. The day passed terribly
slowly. Tho ne1t night, we walked.
eight hours. but when Sunday mora.
ing broke we saw that he had walked
in a,circie:and had only advanced two
kilometers, as we had lost the direc-
tion under the .clouded sky. Still we
DIR not"-fose-eur- courage, but under
cover of the woods walked toward the
rising sun.
Chew Unripe Blackberies.
Driven by. hunger and thirst we
licked the due from the leaves and
cheWedy the unripe ~bfackberries. After
an hours: :Yafking we came to the
edge: oe-theope country n saw be-
Tore us, the campfires Of the hostile
troops. WE were now compelled to re-
tur1f 3nto the shelter of the woods.
Later I climbed a tree and observed
the army corps which were advancing
from south to north. Under the as
sumption that our men had been de-
feated, we lost virtually all hope and
finally the strains and hardships-