Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06
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! ing stopped and in the midst OF this
silence loud voice was heard ad-
dressing US in these words:
austria. You had better give il up
because Use it will be foolish for you to
This news was not very pIeasap,
Tor the German soldiers. They claimed
was diplomatic blunder, etc.
b bn. Eyer told them not to be afraid.
capable OF serious lighting
SANG GERMAN SONGS
TO MOTHER RUSSIANS
TO bother tho Russians, they gave
A hf Gra ana to 10 sing Deutschland Uber
The evening OF the 23rd of May was
the pleasantest OF the war for US; the
two adversaries, singing together, the
one with JOY, the other with spite
On the 24th. Captain Lindwurm. who
mad been slightly wounded at Lenglier
M aha mad s, succeeded in remaining in
ment and took command OF the Sec
ond Battalion because he was in the
service longer, than Ese-. The latter
zoo LOOK re command Of Company Ten. No
successor was the greatest coward in
| the army.
Lindwurm; who had never yet been
In the trenches. was. terrified Of catch
ing vermin. He did not want to eat
Win us nor take anything from our
hands; He never would come nearer
| -
ing. we tried in vain. LoTelhardt and
~, to drop some OF the little beasts on
MIN, put 1t was impossible, because he
would not come near US. But a good
idea came to Lonelhardt lie took n
number Of the insects and put them in
a. box OF matches which we threw part
~ open on his bed In his absence. Then
! we waited with Impotence the result
OF our enterprise. The next day we
understood under, tina, we had won. Lind
Wurm invited us 10 dinner with him. a
| hafn
Nothing is gained by living alone"
ne said TO us, because one Of these
days / will finally myself attract those
vermin. 1t seems unavoidable" 1t was
| tunny 70 see him scratch his arms then
ms neck. then his legs during the din
, neL, ,Gie Cen he said finally. Il
Understand how got them as / used
SO mnch insect powder F.. ."
no we ea told him that hat. his powder was of
pinch of powder crawled out fresh and
nVeiy ana was not the least bit hurt
oy IT, After that night we always ate
We remained in our position until
NE NE atm OF June. On our left was the
regiment. One day soldier from that
regimen came to our Headquarters
an and demanded to speak with our chief
business. Eyer was Communicating NJ
the time in the absence Of Lindwurm
: This is what the soldier said to him:
some RUSSIAN prisoners that we have
taken tell US that they are going TO
aa,aGk this evening 10 take hack this
the rrs, Sut t, an ny men. who are for
have decided 10 make no resistance
h and 10 surrender because they have
nad enough of war. Their officers
have also decided to give themselves
up. But 1 who am an Austrian Ger
man from Vienna do not want to let
s so nrs n .hinE :; happen and l want you
Eyer immediately telephoned for re-
Gint .n, 9r The Ninety-second reg
once. Our artillery was given the
| order to fire on the Austriins il they
ala not go forward. They were obliged
The Russian attack took place at the
hour f,o set and as the man had told us.
TRANS COMMENCED to retreat. But we
tenant Huck Of com p. FIVE Mns'e adY n.ee
and the Ninety-Second Brunswicks red
on the Austrians, who seeing they were
between ~ ,bs Two So.i fires: advanced again.
mold the village all of our battalion
would have been prisoners. The next
cay .he r n%strlan IN were replaced by
commander of our division.
LAST FIGHTING IN GALICIA
AND THE RETURN TO FRANCE
On the 3rd and 4th OF June we left
our positions and went to pocket
that the Lubaczowka made at the rigiS
OF Radawa. At s o'clock on the 4th W..
began a general offensive to obtair
river and push back the Russians OUT
OF Galicia. Everything was ready. we
mad excellent ammunition. and had
0 with E us eaptain Of the One Hundred
fire. Thanks to him. our aim was ex-
cellcnt. The Russians. demoralized by
our artillery gave themselves up in
us that 1t would have been very diff .
/ ferent il we had had the French to
deal with, for they knew SO we'll how
about 5! 10 o'clock the Russians were
their reserve lines.
was terrified, hid in hole When ha
did rejoin us he was accompanied by
six soldiers, who acted as shield His
ing named commander later
Until the 7th OF June we occupied
the line from Gaydy to Zaradawa. then
we pushed on During this time our
On the 10th We reached Dobra. The
soldiers suggested pillaging the houses,
and Eager was the first to give them
permission.
On the llth we acted as reserve in
oi forest Just north Of Rudka. On the
I 1T we ., were re. relieved; and went to
fered much on the march. but at Rudka
We found bread, eggs, milk, butter
ana cheese. we ate at the table with
out waiting for Lindwurm, who was
always invisible. He stayed in n tiny
hole all night that was hardly big
enough for child. Can YOU imagine
man with huge abdomen sleeping
in "a crib? That was the spectacle
that our brave Prussian officer made
OF himself. We could hardin keen
from roaring with laughter when we |
\saw him. AS the Russian fire became
more intense we had to seek better
shelter. and we asked Lindwurm 20
come with us. But, paralyzed with
fear, he would not bulge. but stayed
where he was. scratching from time |
to time because OF the term!n Out of |
pity for him, we dug path from his |
hole to our shelter. so that he could |
join us without exposing himself He |
was overcome and did not know how
The next day we left Dobra, The
Russian artillery fire was Intense !
Lindwurm ordered the companies to
advance in sections. but instead OIL
setting the example himself, lie stayed,
Nat onsth ground in a ditch How |.
could soldiers fee any courage when;
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