The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-27
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 WOUNDED IN ! TRENCHES

PARIS, Jan. 11-(Correspondence of the Associated Press) hos tilities have settled down to a siege along the rivers and canals of the north, the average number of casual ties per day seem to have lessened But the work of the ambulance de partment is all the more hazardous Men who fell in pitched battles were often lost in concealed places. but what is worse now Is that that they often lie in >plaln sight obliged to wait for hours. sometimes for days before 1t is possible for their com. rades to pick them up. It is often too late.
 When a man is wounded in the trenches he is able to get back to the field hospital, if he can walk; if not he must wait until night because the trenches are so narrow that the stretcher berers cannot carry a wounded man through them; he must be lifted out and cared back above ground.
 When a charge is made between the lines of trenches and proves to be unsuccessful, the wounded, of course, must be left; and in too many cases they are actually sacrificed and their comrades obliged to see them lying helpless between two fires. Some times they see them raise a hand and occasionally they hear their despair ing cries, but to attempt to save them is out of the question.
 Cases have been reported in which men charging against barbed wire de- lenses and wounded in the attempt have been left for days hanging to the tangled wires,
 The chaplain of a French regiment, describing the work of the ambulance corps after a great battle, says;
 We had a long evening tour to make as we were obliged to visit the advance posts of Roselieres. Re menonville and Gerbvillers. With out lanterns in order not to betray our positions we advanced silently oy- CT roads gashed by shells and deeply rutted by heavy artillery. From the hilltop we saw the ruddy glow of burn ing villages.
 Here and there are flashes of light, followed by the explosions of shells and through the sky veritable fur rows of fire. It was all that revealed the sinister presence of hostile armies. The silence was impressive at times; cut only by the cawing of crows and the report of artillery.
 We found Rozelieres; deserted, ru- lned; only a few houses still standing and they were burning. Renonville was unrecognizable. We found thir- ty wounded. but we could take only ten of the worst.
 "The road to Gerbevillers. bordered by tall poplars, runs along the Prus- sian lines; in daylight we should have been wiped out.
 Tt was nearly midnight when we reached the entrance to the village the theatre of the deadly combat for ten days.
 "The little hospital there seemed asylum in hell: alone 1t stood in the midst of the collapsed town, saved thanks to the presence of wounded Germans. Built to accommodate 50 it sheltered 130 and rocked with the odor of blood, powder and drugs; we could take only thirty of the most se- rious cases. The task of sorting them out was heartrending. they were all in such sore need. As we started out the shells began to fall again thick and fast all around us and be- tween the roaring crashes we heard the groans and applications of the wounded in the ambulances behind; one crying constantly for Mother !"
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