The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30

heroic measure. In spite OF the support
of the King and Lord Kitchener. was
almost stillborn. The second plan was
scarcely less heroic. IL was. as H. well
known now. Government purchase and
presently began shaving operations with
cold water.
Before I had finished lathcring n bell
from another room had sounded thrice
aud succeeded In getting a maid to an
swer.
L b!en! Is 1t that one cannot OBJ.
tain hot water" asked a lady's voice In
"a dissatisfied but very calm tor
But. madame. the shells
What about them? To refrain from
washing Will not stop them"
The lady's insistence resulted In a
promise OF hot water at once. and l
seized the opportunity Of obtaining a
supply myself.
Taube Ignores shrnpnel.
All this time the Taubc was flying
around over the town directing the gun
fire and ignoring the shrapnel and shells
which burst below him. making pretty
little white clouds against "A clear blue
sky At last II flew away and the bonn
Iva seemed to have ceased, so We
were allowed to breakfast.
After breakfast Col. NJ appeared
and with a thousand charming apologies
cancelled his lunch Invitation.
II am sorry. gentlemen. very. very
sorry, but | must tell you what | told
the Prince of Monaco when he was here
during the irst bombardment. ran
not undertake the responsibility OF your
staying longer in town. The lombard
mcnt may begin again at any minute.
so, to my deep regret, ] must ask you to
leave"
lie appealed to our captain. who was
Just as strongly Of the "a me opinion. so
yalises we're packed and automobiles
boarded for a visit to the hospital At
Zuydcoote. where the "Eassed" soldiers
lay. and to the hotel at Malo-les- Bains.
where some 'Gassed' officers were con-
valescing.
our petition to proceed further nor;h
in search OF Maine Elliott's hospital
barge being rejected on the plea OF lack
Of time. we proceeded south in an in
land direction. After some six miles
we reached n charming little village.
Bergucs. which. as We approached.
- emed a smiling. ideal. happy sweet
Auburn, loveliest villaEe of the pl0n,'
but scarcely had We entered II before We
were stopped by debris on the road.
Before us was a space that had been a
happy home. or perhaps two. OF which
now nothing hut a heap of small frag-
ments remained. II was easy to re-
ognize the trade mark. This quiet little
village had also been bomba rded.
Peaceful Village sheIIed.
Eleven huge shells had hurtled
through the air upon II, killing a dozen
Inhabitants and woundlng as many. be-
tween $3.50 and $40 that morning
(after we had received ours at Dun
k,rk), a Taube as usual arriving be-
forehand to regulate the firing. Four
houses had been completely demolished.
II Is probably impossible to accuse the
Germans when firing a big u at more
than twenty miles distance OF aiming at
any particular house.. yet the fact re-
mains that Just az a hospital was hit At
Dunkirk, so a house next door to the
Fourteenth Territorial Hospital was
\ wiped out OF existence at bergues,
81. - CT nearly slipped OUT has
become avite an English town notices
10 automobiles declare In plain English
Speed limit ten miles an hour. lorries
six" and English cakes and candy
abound IN the shops. The war does not
seem to have driven prices TO any great
height.
Bailleul. not ten miles from Ypres, was
the limit OF our journey. Here We found
the ''gassed" victims had had TO be
transferred to more distant points. owing
to the pressure OF the continual arrivals
of newly wounded men from the severe
fighting the going on throughout the
Ypres district. Some of the most dis
tinRuished physicians and surgeons that
London owns were working AT Bailleul.
and after giving Us full information on
the gas victims they showed us a typical
casualty clearing house.
The building had been a convent and
was now a front line hospital Of which
the military staff was proud. ] dare say
no other such hospital has ever been
established so near the fighting lines,
vet for a layman who had never seen
wounded men In wholesale quantities.
Just as they are brought In from the
b attle, whose experience has been linn
tied TO the wonderfully fitted hospitals
OF Paris. with every perfection OF mod
ern science to hand. No. 5 Casualty
Clearing Station appeared a CHASTITY
charmed house.
The floors were covered with stretch
ers side by side. almost touching one an
other. each holding what a few hours
before had been a vigorous man. In
one room, the only one ! could bring
myself TO visit. some forty lay. all quiet,
| not uTCOHstious' puN iu'''' "Sh -
everything. The quietude and calmness
OF even the severely wounded was most
striking. One only kept up an incessant
moaning, sometimes one could hear. "My
poor wife, o my poor wife but gen.
orally Il was a heart tearing continuous
moan. He had a bullet In his spine
and could not live many hours
more. In the yard a covered form lay
on a stretcher. motionless, his head
bound up. He had asked 10 be placed
out in the sun. but ! think any request
he could make would have been granted
as he must nave been beyond aid.
From Bailleul we motored 10 Bou-
logne. always a markedly English Town
but now that II Is a British base even
more so than ever. At night no street
lamps are lit to guide the German
aviators In an air raid, hut as W.
wandered round we were attracted by n
strong light toward the port. We went
toward II and found II was a hare III to
allow a newly landed Scotch regimen
to line up and march away. Hundreds
and hundreds they appeared, in the dim
light, each n fine, stalwart kiltie, hut the
gloom Of Bailleul receiving hospitals
was upon me, and instead of picturing
them marching to victory. as their
swinging gait and cheerful faces would
nave warranted. ] could only wonder
how long II would be before they reached
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