The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
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LoNpoS. March s-Juler Liaudat. a
'wentyrwo-yea--oid Belgian soldier. has
Just arrv~d ~ Nc> Rrt.r erecting a
daring ESCAPE from Germany HIS jour
Roy across tho enemys oounrry into
Switzerland and Italy 10 one 81 ~. most
striking stories that have coma To hand
since the wal began.
A. tho time nj the outbreak ~ hos
~t'l'ti'vs ILtudst was doing his m ,tary
service IN tho Firth Line regiment At
Antwerp lie took part In tie nYhtlng
Ground Aerschot. whence after n
splendid resistance Tie Be,giAns were
obliged to ret 70 toward Malines Later
the Germans bore down upon the Drps-
porous litt.e town. famous Tor is lpr-.
making trade. and q WAS during their
successful sttach on that place that
lAdudAt and some htty Of his com
rades became separated from the rest
Of the BelG1an forves and were obi Ged
% give themselves w.
Sent tho next day 70 Aix-la- Chapelie
Tho prisoners we're placed in d com
pound formed Of wooden plauks with o.
quad Of five mon ~ the L.iudsturm
They had only a small quantity Of
hAItN W ts'f1l pA anu Nflf IFHl 'i N''..'
ana pottto.s. They were put O. Wpr,
at road intH!rg and repairing. the l4t-,r
bong hard and the hours long Nttl-
rally the little time they had TO talk az
night was spent I'm planning To escape
ono idea after another Mas discussed
and ~aht,doned. but nnally ii plan wa,'h
prumis,d go Il chtuces OF success WAS
formulated
The prisoners uad noticed taat they
were left u%uC1Iarded by tho s@1t'Hels
for a few minutes each day white the
guards went t., get the soup ON Va
rcnbcr ! the Belg!ans lay IN watt fpr
tho return NJ the s~ntlnels At the en-
trance to the compound
As one ~ the Germans cam" Nact
with the customary Caldrou OF soup
he was set upon and straugled he was
able 10 utter a cry. however, and hts
comrades came running o. see what
was wrong. one after the other they
were shot down by one OF the B"leans,
who had picked up the revolver Of the
s~,tginglcd soldier,
Then began "A Wild dash for liberty
under the bullets Of a company OF Land
sturm, brought 20 the scene ny the
sounds of the shots. TIE B.islans ran
In zlgzaRs 30 avoid being hi. Almost all
of them made toward the Dutch frontier
Not 50 Liaudat. who id not wish to
lie Inferred IN Holland until the end OF
the Wal. He had conceived the more
desperate plan OF CROSSING Germany and
reaching Italy To tN!s holiness ne
probably owes his NE, ~ tho Land
s,urm men. feeling confident that he
would be caught later, Hred only y few
shots after him. whereas in tho oppost 10
direction almost all tho runaways were
brought down.
Once we'll on hts way. IiAudat GAINED
IN confidence and succeeded IN walking
10 McrostTet without being questioned.
lie went round TIE outskirts Of the town
and on 10 LiTburg. whore he found
some old clothes m an abandoned house,
This allowed him to discard his Rel
sian uu!f rm. row all tattered and tom.
Thus disguised be continued his tour
neg as q tramp, without papers 81 any
sort and with 20 money lo was
obliged to pose as a deaf mute when We
met people ard beg food ny ans. lie
slept in d 'ches. behind hedges and In
old tumhledown harms. TIE wrrth-r
VAS extremely bad and his sufcrirgs
were great. hut the co~urt-".u7 Belgian
kept on and with the aid - |siCnppsts
along the roads found MIS- way through
Bonn, cohlenrs. Mayeuce, Mannheim.
Carlsruha StraSsourg and Erstuin.