The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-09

tereeptsd . message TO say that troops
were on their way to deal with the
ruueiny,
We had gone too far to turn back
30 we imprisoned the whole OF our Of
fcers and remained In shelter until
the British attack would give us a
chance of getting away.
\ Meanwhile the British Are was get
ting stronger than ever. and we were
soon relieved from anxiety regarding
our own position by the intense Gre
OK the British guns. which made Il
Impossible for the troops sent to quell
( the mutiny to reach us We hsd to re-
main for another eight hours In these
/ trenches under heavy fire from the
British guns, and when they found
/ they could not get At us our own com
mand turned their guns onto the
trenches and gave us much he same
dose OF she'll fire as they were giving
! the British.
Hold Trench for British.
So for eight hours at least We were
really on the British side holding out
against our own side In "A trench which
the British were ahle to capture with
out the loss of 8 single life u was
very anxious time for us.
The British troops could not know
what was going on. and they attacked
US as though We were still enemies
We had to go through trying time
uHtn the attacking British troops were
IN sight.
We put up white flag as the Brit
lsh approached and shouted out that
we were sick of the war. Seeing that
our gunhre was still dropping around
the British soldiers thought ii was
only another white fag trick. and
were unwilling to treat us as having
surrendered. However they were
soon convinced on that point and We
were all glad to get Ut the heu we
had been in. There we're then only
some 200 of the battalion unhit.
Bavarians Refuse to Attack.
ON the same part Of the front an
other Bavarian hattalian refused to
remain in the lighting line any long
er. and when the officers threatened
TO shoot them the men broke into
open mutiny and killed The whole OF
,heir officers. For sixteen hours after
hat they remained In the trenches,
but one day they managed to get into
communication with the British and
they surrendered
On another occasion a Saxon bait
talon which wutinied was punished
by being sent into particularly dan
gerous part OF the line. where they
had to remain under IRE for four days
Before the British attack this battalion
vas removed from the line and
Pruesisn regiment was sent In its
place. The Saxons were taken to the
reserve base and after being addressed
by General Won Armin two non com.
mfssioned officers and FIVE men from
each company were taken out and
shot with the intimatinn that eve
daY the battalion remained mutinous
the same number 81 men would bs
shot until the regiment WAS wiped out
IT was only after the men had each
signed written expression Of regret
for their conduct and expressed their
determination to fRht better In future
that they were forgiven by the com
msnd
The 2tsth. which is also p Bavarian
regiment. though bearing Saxon
name, broke into mutiny after suffer
inR heavy casualties in the front line.
Word was taken I'm time TO German
headquarters, and machine gun parties
we're sent out to cooperate with the
artillery In shooting down the mutt
neers
/ Only about half the battalion es-
+caped--The- men nfthtS- aa3t++ ir>tf+- were.
forced TO provide the firing party
which shot their comrades Accused Of
being rinsleaders The c.~demned men
7 Tagged their own fring PARTY TO obey
orders. saying they did not wish more
lives sacrificed
People outside Germany DO not know
the whole truth about the naval nu-
tiny. II was far greater than hss been
admitted: When rrsws of ~ les k ri out
the letters for the men IN the army
were censored We hrAt heard cf ~ hy
the arrival on our part NJ the front Of