Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29

Eager formally authorized the soldiers
TO tie anything they wanted without
paying II I'm their opinion the mer-
chants were demanding 100 much for
1t! 1t Is easy to understand MAT the
soldiers hcsit.tcd no longer about
ON the 18th of June We went into
cantonmcnt at Albigowa. where we
were to remain for two days. making
FIRST line. About o'clock in the
morning We received an order to start
at at,,c once FOR Ma, Markowa: where the stan
o'clock in the morning we got the
Following order, signed by the lieu
tenant general commander OF the
flity sixth Division:
The EiEhty-cighth Regiment of In
iantry will march at the head Of the
Fifty-sixth Division; No precau,ion
ment Will come in contact with the
enemy. hope the regiment will do
their duty as they have done in France
i am counting Implicitly on the brave
and courageous soldiers Of the Eighty
e ell. This order is to be read TO
commence again for us. We set out
In the direction of San passing
through the village OF Przeworsk,
here.
:. As the greater part of our horses
ribie state of the roads. we had TO re-
place them with little Russian horses.
which were much better able to resist
these things. In spite OF the battle
the inhabitants had stayed in their
town. The Russians during the time
hat they. occupied Galicia did not de-
::espccted the people and their goods
Vow IL was us and the Austrians who
:avished the country. DIR. Meiniecke
said TO us:
1T is not astonishing that these
people hate us. Look-the Russians
did not touch their houses or their gar
dens or their fields. We. on the con
tIary have destroyed everything. In
the village houses where the Russians
lodged | have found no trace of pill
lase as in France and in Belgium.
After I'll. these people have reason to
complain against us"
But Eager answered him:
Doctor. we will show our metal to
these Slav swine. to these lousy peas
ants. We. who have fought the Rus
SLAMS and the French, will force them
to ahe'r =, knees ss to beg for norsel OF
or these brutes without receiving a
reply, I'll whip him across the face
VII teach him who a Prussian sol
No one said a word. because Eager
would not suffer contradiction. He
Was true Prussian after the heart of
Al o'clock we found ourselves
eighteen kilometers north of Jaroslaw,
on the banks Of the San. The outposts.
the Russians having retired, aban-
doned their dead without buryins
them. The battle must have been hard
ana the order der TO give no quarter. for
broken open by blows from the butt
OF a gun
We passed the San on bridge con
were We on the other bank when
Rogge gave the order to deploy our
sharp shooters; 1t was foolish com
.raH ff.r oil
ton of where the enemy was hiding.
and we did not even know If we were
to attack Rosse gathered the officers
TO them as follows:
Now. We are going to measure our
selves with the Russians. hope.
defeat. During the lighting want
you TO be always in communication
With me. so that / can transmit TO you.
as they come, the orders from the divi-
sion. Captain Eager. with the Second
Battalion, Will start TO meet the enemy
First battalion Wall DE at his right.
and the one Hundred and Eighteenth
at his left. Captain Radkc with the
Third Battalion. Will stay with me in
reserve. Now, gentlemen, good luck"
1t was I o'clock in the evening We
had advanced toward the village of
the left. Hardly had we reached the
outskirts 800 meters from the village
when we were met with machne-gun
fire that did not do us much harm, be-
cause the aim was so defective. Eager
commanded US to Ivy down fiat, and
over the telephone asked for instruc-
tions from RoGge. but he did not reply.
Eager then gave the order to advance.
and there were many of us killed or
wounded. Seeing that nothing was
being gained. he again stopped the ad
vance. hid with him and Rickert
and Loffelhardt at the bottom OF "A
gravel pit, where. after some minutes.
some soldiers brought Lieutenant
received a bullet in his abdomen. and
was suffering severely. He begged us
to shoot hin hin: a We had no means TO
the battle Eager had him buried by
the side OF brook.
Eager. not knowing what TO do next.
soldier of the first class TO get in
structions firm Rogge. The bullets
whistlcd around us. We were crawl |
They had been without news OF their
battalion for four hours. y young re-
serve officer did not hesitate TO say TO
ms fhn hGgs hha Of 9roSsa n'Ie
h ,s ss a att heutenan, Won Stein.
who, without listening to US; said that
in two hours. We demanded written
order signed by him. because this
young man had the opportunity of Civ
tinguish himself and get the Iron Cross
of the first class. We returned at once
to Eager. who gave the order 10 the
battalion TO prepare to attack.
We advanced without receiving a
single shot. y patrol sent out in adj
vance came back with the news that
the village was strongly fortified We
Informed Royce. But no reply. Eager
then gave the order 20 march to the
assault and-judge of our surprise
when we entered the village without IL
gun being fired and discovered that
there was not a single Russian soldier
there. The enemy had retreated. Such
was the taking of WiaZownica, which
was the subject OF great communiquc
and which the German papers cele-
brated as great victory gained by
the Fifty-siXth Divsion Ali the sol
diers laughed and made fun Of us, and
especially Roggc, who never showed
up. because he had such fear and
distrust Of the Russians.
About 10 o'clock we took possession
of the Russian line OF trenches which
ran from the village to the River
Lubaczawka. Scarcely had we in
stalled ourselves when we received the
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