Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-08
ANNOYANCE OF SHIPPERS
PRACTICALLY STOPPED
British Eyewitness Attributes This to
craftsmanship of English
SharpshoOters.
ONE MAN ACCOUNTS FOR SIX
Party OF Officers Has Narrow Escape.
Recent Incident Shows Nature of
Underground Observation-Disclosures
Tells OF Trip Through Belgium.

correspondence OF Associated Press.)
LONDON. February 2o.-The annoy
ance of snipers. to which the British
| troops have been subject over since
they began operations I'm France. has
! now been practically stopped. accord
Ing to eyewitness accounts from British
general headquarters.
rho activities OF tho eneny's snip-
ers. no writes, have diminished OF
late owing TO the workmanship OF cur
| sharpshooters. These snipers frequent
~ cover themselves with ferns or
straw so as to render Themselves less
easily distinguished when crawling on
grass or Stubbie. AT one place on Thu,
mad crowded out I'm front OF their
trenches and were trying to annoy Us,
three were promptly shot dead At an
| other point one OF our marlSSmcn re
Gently accounted for SIX single-hup,od
similar rounding UP OF snipcrs by our
patrols liz taking place on other part>
or the front. and ls an encouraging
indication that this nuisance Is heinz
effectively dealt with"
He adds two other Interesting nara
graphs:
4 party OF our officers had nm extra.
ordinary escape on this day They were
on the point OF sitting down 10 din
ner in dug when a bomb from :,
midst When the smoke and dust OF
the explosion cleared away. the dinner
hhd completely disappeared. but not n
single man was hurt
An Incident recently occurred on tho
left which serves 10 show the nature
or the present underground nKhtinE.
An old disused communication trench
which lea from one of our trenches to-
wards those OF the enemy had been
blocked by us with Larbed-wire en-
tanglement. One night party Of
Germans cut the entanglement When
this was discovered one OF our men
repaired II. and on the next night Law
in walt in the hope that the enemy
would come again. They were not dis
appointed Six Germans came eau
tiouoly up the marrow trench to tho en-
tanElement and were all shot dead at
point blank range The endeavor to
get the better OF the enemy In all sorts
or little ways such as this makes up
the daily life OF the soldier"
VIRGINIAN TELLS OF TRIP
THROUGH BELGIUM
Everywhere I went there was cry
or more. more" said James NJ Ben
nett. OF Roanoke, Va, who has ius,
arrived In London after a motor tour
through Belgium TO see for himself
the manner in which tho American re
lief was being rendered.
Don't think the poor Belgians arc
unErateful," he said I'VE flew a littls
stars and Stripes on our motor and
hundrcrs OF women came up and kiEsed
it, Little children fingered IL lovingly.
In Brussels they are talking of put
ting up monument 10 mark the graft
tudc OF Belgium TO America. They are
already at work on the design.
Il saw box after box containing thou
sands OF little letters waiting TO Eo TO
American children. All OF them were
quantity pathetic expressions OF thanks
from Belgian girls and boys for tho
Christmas presents sent in tho Jason.
The children in Ant~rep have printed
an artistic card which reads: With
the cordial thanks OF the poor chill
uren of Antwerp to their kind hearted
comrades Of the United states for their
nice Christmas presents Underneath
are the scrawling little signature OF
waits who have seen war
In LteGe | saw a trainload OF sew
enteen cars bring In relief supplies all
the way from Virginia. ! saw these
same supplies given out In the bread
line. and was proud and glad to be a
Nirgininn.
The Germans are not taking q crumh
OF the food which the commission is
sending in. So far as l could see. the
Germans are honestly helping The
work OF the commission is wonderful
It's simply clockwork. didn't dream
that anything like 1t could be set 60
ing In SO short time"