Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-13

ROLAND and England had made a visit
Eat france to see his son who was at
was possible to do this because there
was an association which helped peo-
pie 10 ESCAPE. Everything was pre-
over the wire barrier that was charged
with electricity. They had for that a
h houoie ladder which they set like a
horse across the barrier. Naturally 1t
was very expensive to get out Some
times II was also necessary TO kill a
commission for the provisioning of
Taiencionncs helped TO get more than
,.ooo young men over the border. He
WAS condemned to three years heavy
taoor soon after the Edith Cavell af-
Lar. AS for the Mayor OF Marry
q" not know what sentence he got for
fenced. Two women who had hit some
poilcemen were given fine of 1000
marks and condemned to three months
FIGHTS BETWEEN PRUSsIAN
AND BANAItIAN TROOPS
henever the Prussians and Bava-
we ers a Tsre IN o the same locality there
there was a real battle BETWEEN IVES. the the
soldiers OF the two places while at
Donai. Eish, officers were killed and
ALSO many wounded. -Four hundred
men were condemned by the war coun-
o,i IN Lille, punishment varying from
one TO twelve years In prison or at
hea'S labor This was not mentioned
IN the German papers, Every Tues
prisonne convoy 10Y. OF military and civilian
saeat number OF the civilians were de-
ported without any trials.
wb;i u. OF everything that happened
loving was certainly the most inter
SeFl,nS: In the automobile garage i'm
,, a.enSie i there was the of a
A'uhich FAMILY who was a chauffeur He
was very gay lad. This young man.
mho spent ms time comfortably in the
a ah1,, noticed pretty young girl OF
daughter of Il woman who kent an ;nn
on the road from Marty 10 SauI,ain.
ne young chauffeur frequented the
Inn constantly. always asking for the
most expensive wines and liquors and
irving always to meet the young lady
but this seemed Impossible for she
hated him. and always left the room
when he came. The chauffeur. not dis.
couraSed. followed Lcr several times
IN the street. but she always found
means TO cvade him. One day she
met him In the marke, place at Valen-
cicnnes. The chauffeur who had a
plan. accosted her and ordered her to
follow him at once. The young girl.
dereh. for every time "A German SOL
der declared a civilian was under ar
rest he had to follow without protest
ing. waiting TO be set free after tho
inquiry The chauffeur led the young
cir! to his house, thrust her in the
room and went out again to his work.
III tue evening ne returned 10 nnd the
prisoner. Soon after ne again wen;
out and went TO give himself up az
prisoner TO the kommandatur, where
he declared that he had killed a young
French girl by accident. They found
the body OF the young girl in the room.
She had been killed by a bullet through
her forehead.
The version given by the chauffeur
sented to live with him, but as he laid
his revolver on table il was acct
IDENTIFY discharged. and the girl was
shot. The parents of the victim ac-
girl there against her will. as she
hated him. The chauffeur was sem
fenced to six months in prison for hav-
ing hidden the girl in the room: but
he not considered guilty of shoot
ing her The father OF the girl pro-
tested that the Germans we're letting
the assassin of his daughter go unpun-
shed etc. The poor man was arrested
also and sent to Germany. The old
lady to-day sits alone in her inn, weep
ing for child and for husband.
BATTLE IN CHAMPAGNE;
ALsATIANS HATE GERMANS
On the llth' day OF September
reached saYer9ei where joined isaa my
the house of Alsatian woman whose
husband was at the front. She told us
that the nhabitants of Saverne. that is
the French would win. and hated the
rrussians. After dinner we walked
around the town and chatted with the
and pretended that they did not un-
derstand German. They all said after
the war Alsace would be French again.
AT Savernc, but suddenly the order
came go at once to Champagne.
E Weete o aeG We left That hight in
Such haste and disorder. that is i'm
possible to describe. Several men took
Travelling mart OF the time
on foot and part Of the time in autos,
we finally reached Ripont. from which
We suffered severe losses while on the
march. Lieutenant Abraham had been
killed and we al felt that we ,; would
The trenches that we finally took
possession of were almost destroyed by
get right to work to put them in con
dition, in spite of the terrific fire of the
enemy AZ 1.-The the l break Of dawn the
bardment which lasted three hours. If
the French had not. attacked so soon
S Seen a annihiiated, But their attack Was
a little premature, and the first at
tackers were either killed by. us or
frightful. We hid behind piles of
bodies and stared before us like fools.
thinking our last hour had come. We
were not exactly nervous. but were
filled with a sort of calm resignation.
We looked stupidity at our comrades
who fell at our sides. and we crouched
down among them as II we did not
understand that they were dead. Nat
urally our brave Captain Lindwurm
preferred to remain out of the trenches.
He hid in a cave between. Ripont and
Grateful and all responsibility for the
directing OF the battalion rested on tho
lieutenant Of the reserve, Rickert,
I.offelhardt and
On the Goth of September the battle
was at its height. the earth trembled
with the violence OF the cannonading.
You could not leave your shelter and
get back alive. Men were going mad
Suddenly the French on our right, ne
glecting our positions, which gave them
no resistance. penetrated to the rear
Of US to our second line. They push ed
toward Ripont. Soon after we saw the
French cavalry advancing behind them.
Instinctively all our men began to Arc
on these living targets. and good
many Of them fell. Our artillery also
without thinking Of us. and we were
Obliged to get out OF our lines to escape
being massacred to the last man BY
our own German guns. We. did not