Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-04-25
WINNIPECCER DECLARES
GERMANS ARE TIRED:
SURRENDER GLADLY
Sergt. Elverum Writes Wife Thou
sands Would Give Up If
They Dared.


of general information about the
front line trenches which is not u.s.
ually written by soldiers. It is
from Sergt. A. Elverum, No. 147,-
093, and is to his wife, Mrs. A.
Elverum, 439 College avenue, St.
Johns. In part it reads as follows:
81 have had some narrow
escapes. Old Fritz has been as
close to me on several occasions, as
care for him to be, but he must
get close. I am not worried. He
has had my wind up on several oc-
casions, but 7 just made up nv
mind that I would not get hurt and
always came out safe. I have had
chunks Of dirt and steel thrown all
over me by his tremendous high
explosive shells.
They Make Big Hole.
You may imagine what they do,
when they strike the earth, thew
make a hole six to ten feet deep.
emo about "a feet across the TOP.
You could easily stick an ordinary
shack en- some Of them, of course.
they are not all high explosives.
here are many kinds, some with a
time fuse. Say, for instance, he
wants to shell a road, or a camp,
where he thinks there are troops;
it It is a mile away, he will fix his
fuse so that when the shell has
travelled its distance, it will explode
in the air, over the spot, and throw
nieces C steel or iron all over.
They are effective if they should
hannen to strike anybody.
But poor old Fritz has no chance
to get any observation, so he can
not get the right range, he merely
takes chance and spreads them all
| over.
We are about eight miles from
the front line. Yesterday he sent
oyer sevcr shells about 100 wards
to the left Of our. camp. I think it
was a mere chance at US, though
no may have had some idea where
we are, as he must know this
ground pretty well. as he had it
himself at one time. He certainly
had SOM fine trenches with dug
outs 80 feet in the ground, all ce-
/; ment and hrickwork. with paper on
the walls and also beds in some,
but he has no chance for them now,
for he is too busy playing checkers,
moving from one she'll hole to an
other.
| Germans Are Tired.
Tho German army has certainly
lost is morale. They are sick and
tired of fighting and one made the
remark thc other dav, that there
were thousands Of them ready to
walk over and give themselves up
but did not dare to do it. One
German captain, when taken into
the dressing station, made the re.
mark, cheer up, boys. you have
soon won the victory. I am CAD ]
am a prisoner They tell us we
} don't know what war is on our side
Well l quite believe them, for see
the damage the few shells he send:
over does, I NAV imagine what ours
do to him for l am sure we give
him nearly 100 to ore. and thu rris
oners tell us our artillery is hell.
Beaten to Frazzel.
It drives them crazy and if yo,
, were here to 60 over the battl,
field, and see what is lying around
, you would think the war would b.
: over at once. Don't worry, dear, w
have them beaten to a FRAGILE, bu
not quiet licked yet. They are lik
a prize fighter, one may be beat i
! the first round, but not licked unit
20 rounds of contest. You ma
S quite believe me when I tell you a
5 8:45 this morning I stood out in tn
5 field and counted 81 battle plane
5 and areoplanes scouting aroun
. back Of Fritz's lines. I understan
from good authority they spied
= German camp about two miles fro1
village, and thew ser
. 5000 shells in there."-Winnipe
: Daily Telegram.
2 2 Sergeant Elverum is brothe
< Of Mrs. Gus Johnson Of Alvarad'
IS Minn.)