South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-20
GERMAN PRINCE
MADE PRISONER
Gives Imperial Eagle to Man
Who Aids Him Reach
French Hospital.

LONDON. Aug. 20.-Two interest
ing letters from French soldiers have
just been made public here. In he
first an officer in the medical service
describes the bearing in captivity OF
a distinguished German prisoner. He
writes. IN part:
Yesterday one Of our drivers was
sent with a motor ambulance TO fetch
wounded man from the first aid
places and was told he would bring
back a German. orr driver being a
Partisan started talking with the
wounded man. We'll, 50 you're a
Bochei" he said.
A freezing silence from the German.
The driver helped to lift him into the
ambulance, and spotted under the
great coat the Imperial Eagle which
the officers wear as a decoration.
oh" said the driver, you are an
officer also" No reply.
You ought 10 give me that orna-
ment as a souvenir"
The German 5sicer remained dumb.
Don't you spelk French then ?" said
the driver.
Probably better than you do" at
last the officer, in pure French accent
and with great dignity, and he. added
"Can yOI give me cover? L am
cold"
The driver took off his own coat and
the wounded man handed him che
Imperial Eagle which he wore.
When they reached our depot they
asked the prisoner his name. prince
d'Aremberg" he replied lieutenant
os Hassars," and as the secretary wrote
"Haremberg" the officer said You
Ougt TO know thare is no IN" in my
name. There are Arembergs In
France"
Everyone was OF the opinion that
this man certainly looked a prince,
and was a perfect gentleman in his
manner.
When the doctor said to him We'll
now you can rest awhile far away
from the cannon" the Prince replied,
'aThe cannon is nothing but the sad
dest thing in the world lis for an Off
Ger TO be a prisoner" All this time he
had been standing I'm spite OF the but
let in his cheek and the blood still
pouring from the wound, and yet he
went on talking as if he were quite
well. A piece Of shell had also struck
him under his right eye, which was
terrible TO look at
The Prince belongs 70 one Of the
most distinguished German families.
The second correspondent is in the
French aviation service, and says:
During a month I have done %
hours fight over the enemy, which
IS considered a good average. The
German anti-aircraft guns are very
numerous and they shoot very ac-
curately. They waste a lot Of ammu-
milton against us, as every time we go
out they fire sometimes 800 and 400
shells on each Of usi And mind, they
as a rule place all their shots within
100 or $50 yards CT our machines.
Lately the Germans have had better
machines and men, and yesterday a
man from one Of the escadrilles here
came back with his observer badly
wounded in a fight with a German ma
chine armed with machine guns. So
now we are going to have some sport
and some real aerial fights. All our
aeroplanes are armed with machine
guns, and we have q strong hope of
bringing down the BOches.
During my last flight which made
in conjunction with one ~ our bat
series OF SIS and one of 95, I had my
machine struck 10 tG1es by the enc
my shells. had t-~o ribs broken
and propeller cut. / remained two
hours above the ''Boche'' battery. to
which I directed our fire. exposed to-
the attack Of the special and most
dangerous anti-aircraft batteries
which the Germans possess.
I only returned when our guns had
made their Are effective, and before
descending I had the satisfaction of
seeing the German battery annihil-
ated by our 75's. My machine was
immTbilisc for two days to repair the
damage done during this expedition.