Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-31
ENGLISH AND INDIANS
EFFECTIVE MARKSMEN
Rain Of Shells md Bullets mt In Bas.e,
"iHes German Onic~r Thrilling
ENperIcnce.

Especial Cable TO Tho Times Dispatch
REisLlN January 3o.-The follow ing
account OF hghting with the English
and the Indians in the ncighborhood
OF La Bassce is given by German Off
Ger in letter:
turned out at 40 in the morning
I" ind that the field kitchen to which
was attached had already started, and
ran all alone through the unlightcd
town or La Bass"e. which is now ONLY
"A heap OF ruins. until ! reached the viii
rage OF Niolainc. There the echo OF
cannon and rifle fire sounded louder n nd
louder. soon reached The Ruo
bouvert, when she'll fell with n loud
report about twenty raccs behind M,
AT last we reached a ruined hons.
AT the end Of the village. and were told
mat our men were digging II com,uuni-
cation trench in the meadows But the
bullets We're hopping over the street,
and we had 10 run to get into the
trench II was raining. and the trench
wan t"'i or waIer up, 10 our knees
what did 1t matter II we were rro-
tected from the bullets?
'!.t a sharp bend IN the trench A..
met man who had been shot in the
mead. and as one OF his boots had stuck
IN the mud he could not DO got ont
we had 10 leave him. while some ON.
80, n.'h ~ 'ht fue Marais to fetch
''"'' 81 :. at1er struggling
through the mud until We ware 49,.
iered with II we came to our ,narhine
section. One Of my men WINS shot
through the head. and still lived. moor
devil 4''''
The trench was about four fee, bjcb
ana Twice as broad, being protected bv
board. and WAS covered with a ,,io'a
or English shectinH some s,r,,,
served Tor our feet. which we wrappcd
in mating
AZ ! o'clock wen, the round The
rifie-fre had slackened, and OF tho
Indians herc) there was no firihnr
news AT 7:3o dawn broke. bu, th,rc
was not drop Of coffee and NV nask
mad already been emptied. The peonI,.
Mh" were bringing the coffee came
under hre. and threw themselves Ia
the ground, coffee and all. All oC,och
The English We're throwing shell af,cr
smell INTO the trenches. Every one h,L
crept as we'll a. he could into his hnI,.
ana made what jokes he could about
the result
But the English shells we're ,o,
4
iIne and was firing at an Indian snin.r
when the nrst shell came II l,nL.d
ven or twelve PAGES in front OF me. ana
NE cry, Doctor on the right" tnld -.
mat some one had been hit Two GOV .
Seahts ana Lance corporal were stand
mi taxing together when the bullets
icll IN their midst; The only sur
NiN"r WAS the seriously wounded cor
poral WI
Later, received the order to taxa
through the ,rcnches w. went NJ,
We could not remain there. ana 70.
"cived the order again To movn ~,
fN"tdi nays past nothing has been
icard of our artillery. and every ono
WIS ASKING where our guns were 10,
ne EhHIsh were sending Shell .ftc,
shel on the Rue Alarais and IN.
tfhchesD, when suddenly our I5-cc,.
metre hoWitzcrs came into ac,io,
German Christmas Fit landed
pop in farm, aud we qtlchlv dirsc,sd
our rlNe-fr" on The same spot. rnu,J
no' resist rising 80 my feet to have ,
Shot AZ the Indians and the EngIisn
mao only moved away pace or ,uc
"hen snoi hit the protection shield
or my rtfe. If had been s,audInp
nfhihd H. ~ must have gone throurr
my hehn or hodY. The dnmag" WAS sG6r
fectined Telephones and reserve ,,t,
ierial are wonderful things. i, ia,
Hot my release, II was n uerilo,,
ROAD back. but OH! the JOY OF wasi
ana II meal a, a table. and NATURES,
10 sleep on. even IL one can only hal
undress, You want four DAYS in IN,
trrnches 10 rraiizc how glorious tines,
things seemed"