Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-21
ZEN TELL TALES
| OF HUNS CRUELTY
fpatiated English Soldiers Re
|lte narrowing Stories of Life
IN lnternment Camps.
|. QMhh hTnlEFh nj Au nAnrN
:RMAN WOMEN PLAY PARTS
|1ncess Betrays Wounded Ro-
chester Boy, and Manicurist
Jabs Scissors Into Quick.

ONDON. October 2o.-Many soldiers.
atrtated the day before. after in
nment OF "arying lengths in Swift
and. started yesterday for the sec
half Of their journey homeward
m the No. London General Hos
al Cambcrwcll. where they were
'ommodated for the night. and where
IRE was a great exchange OF battle
niniscenccs between men OF the new
the old armies
.olontals reported unmitigatcd aston
mcnt when the nrst Canadians and
stralians and South Africans began
hitter through 10 Germany. why
didn't mean TO fight YOU" military
.errogaters would say. our only
ariel is with England. What on
nth did you want to interfere for?"
ecial resentment was expressed at
South Africans part III the sue
ssful West African campaign.
Terrible stories OF confinement. Of
uclty. OF brutality and OF cold
CODED mArder some Of these men
ing back to their homcfolk. one
them. a man OF the Sixth Dragons,
Id how a petty officer OF the navy
AS kicked to death in hospital, his
ath fastened by bayouct wound
I'd blow from a rife, but admin
tered when he was already under
surgeons care. suffering from the
,norable wounds OF battle.
There were twelve OF us. sick and
ounded." said this man. and be-
tuso We objected that We were not
at condition TO work. az ordered.
he non-com. In charge ordered his
en- TO beat us with their rifles. a
lntshment that lasted until we could
arcely stand. 1t was then that this
avail petty officcr, s,ung beyond en-
urance. made a hit at the German,
nd was murdered for the effort We
,mplained. and the Germans held an
oiquiry. but the matter was smoo,hcd
YER"
1LTHY HORSE TRUCKS
USED TO TRANSPORT MEN
Another man. a private Of the gall
lint Inniskilling Fusilliers. found him
Ielf with thirty-tve other wounded
ben. packed into a horse truck. from
|hich three horses had been taken. In
ibis filthy place. without anything TO
|often the Earring transit TO their sore
odies. they were carried for four days.
From their guards they did not receive
ven a drink OF water and when the
easants, before they crossed the from
Her. offered them food and drink, the
Germans snatchcd IL from them. on
heir way into Germany women came
10 their truck and spit on them. while
herman soldiers passing IN trains fired
,t them, and threw any missile that
:ame handy.
While this poor fellow was in pain
!ul nemi- one German
Nurse. taking pity on his condition.
sought to alleviate his suffering. An
other viraCo dashed at her and pulled
her away. with the exclamation. He
English swine"
In another case a German lady"
who pretended to desire to mother the
enemies. under pretense OF
trimming their finger nails. thrust the
point Of her scissors into the quick
Ono of the London Post Office Rifles
men told OF the agony of starvation
endured by most OF the wounded pris-
oners. But for the parcels that came
later from friends in the old corps and
from friends at home I really believe I
should have 'pegged out" he declared
with emphasis. Half a dozen young
sters standing round agreed.
HIT FROM BEHIND WHEN
HE AIDS WOUNDED OFFICER
On one occasion this man was shift
Ing the leg OF an officer more injured
than himself, to relieve his pain some
hat. when a big German. in sheer bru-
tality. hit him bow that discolored
his eye. In practically all these cases
blows were delivered from behind the
victim. with a double cowardice that Is
scarcely bclievable.
touch of disa Grecable romance
came into the life of d youngster from
Rochester who was in the Fourth Hus-
sars. For three days the Germans left
himself and wounded comrades in the
trenches. Then he had the good for
tune to attract the attention Of a good
Belgian soul. who succored and shell
tered him, at the risk OF her own life
and those OF her family.
For twelve months he received hos
pItality there. But one day, at the
close Of a garden party to which he
had been invited German princess
spoke to him in English. and no in
answered her in the same
language. She snapped out. "IIa! You
are English" and a few days later he
was taken prisoner to Germany. His
kind friend was fined 5000 francs for
her practical Christianity.
Soldiers awaiting transference to
Switzerland in camp at Mannheim
found themselves within speaking dis
tance OF punishment camp for Ger
man soldiers. The troops here were
undergoing punishment for refusing to
nre on the civilians in the CURED In
/ town near the German Belgian from
tier. This was In the summer Of 1916.