Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-15

! they did everything to make them
telling them that We were Germans
They scattered quickly. running as if
a bomb had fallen among them. They
siansw 1t was comicaI.
Commander Schmidt and all his staff
discovered it through the mayor. in u
comfortable farmhouse where they
! found excellent provisions and wine
provide for them. Several other Of
hcers of the battalion came to dine
with us and. owing to the wine. sew
eral OF them became very drunk. in
Guiding our Commander Schmidt.
! About. l o'clock in the morning
regiment to get our orders and 1 found
that we were to leave at o'clock 1t
| from sounding the call, then | hurried
! tot our commander.
found the officers as I had left
| them. drunk, and unable to understand
word said Thanks to DR.. Schafer.
who was a little less intoxicated than
the others, We finally. made Schmidt
then gave orders to the officers TO as
semble their troops in ten minutes at
! the end of the village.
We should have left at ., but the
| battalion was not even assembled at
$3.50. Not only had the officers been
! drinking. but the men too. u good
| many of the Sharpshooters, also. failed
| TO hear the call.
After reaching Guiscard. we had to
! halt to let some other troops pass. ~
! threw themselves down in the ditch by
N" side OF the road to continue their
Interrupted rest and TO sleep off the
| effects OF the wine.
| At o'clock we passed through Cuts
| card and I.ibermont
DET'EHMINED RESIsTANCE
or THE FRENCH SOLDIERS
| Thanks to our artillery. We were able
10 enter the village OF Ercheu easily.
| II had been thoroughly p.llased. The
Twcnty-htth Division. under the Grand
/ Duke OF Hcssc- Darmstadt was ut our
! right. The Hcssians at our right were
| better placed than we were and they
were :.hlc TO advance little. AS for
| us. almost as soon one Of our Skin
mishers showed himself he was shot
TO pieces. They asked for volunteers
10 start the advance; no one would
go. The French occupied Solcnte and
their position was good.
At o'clock we received explicit or
ders TO attack at m!dnicht.
f.offclhard. who hrourht the order.
tod MS that in the no"thcrh part OF
/ France and in Belgium things were not
! going as we'll with us and that the
| out mcdiatcly by railroad because
tho English army had offered an un-
| expected resistance.
The battle OF Solcntc took place. ac-
! cordngly. on the 2+,h of September.
| 1t was carnage. French and Germans
fought Hereby Neither side would
the French caused us terrific losses and
| We were literally marching over dead
and wounded when we entered Solentc
| ut o'clock I'm the morning.
| The only son OF Commander Schmidt
| who h:.d been with the battalion for
short time, was killed in his en-
SSa ass,nsa; The grief of his faith" was
| to console him by telling him that
his son ha dthe honor of dying for his
| f';heriand he replied: What is your
t,o
| We to have WARP"
| On entering Soientc saw horrible
sight. y German soldier had gone into
stove an old woman had been sitting
on her bed. AZ her right. on chair.
eat an old man. y coup,c OF stems
sat just about 10 give young child the
breast. "A she'll had hurst In this room
and had given the old woman fatal
wound IN the head. the old man was
! struck in two I'll" soldier was lying
IN the ground dead. AS for the young
oman. she had heen b"head"d while
sitting In her chair. while the poor
title baby who was still In her ARMS
was not hurt. No one who saw this
terrible sight could keep the tears
All during that dov. the o5th. the
lille continued SO furionsly for the
,hot we had to .a'.e 1t house Ivy house
Our artile " did great work.
bodies OF siAtv Fr"nctmcn. and their
'""d horses. in their STRUGGLES. had
iicr lying there dead 'ield still Ger
nan nan ensGnc , In his hand. The field kit
Sncctarle. and drunken s, ldiers sang
as loud as they could hawl the cabaret
songs; Erarhonhone wns playing and
soldier. Schreiner by name. OF com
IVY six played waltz on his accor-
Ian. At one corner Of the square
nainterr from Munich Wis calmly
q @1t 1cT
wen and of Germans l,y before every
N""se piled to%, iher. y vosn~ French
.,s .,,, who s.,, bad inst sHm" out rom
AN out into tn" middle of tho street
nd hc%an to cry: Down with these
'arl,arians.'
Mhny of the French had been wound
al ohIy slightly by lullets. but the
'rder, were 10 give no Quarter" and
l!Spa iched by the b. .yonet or with the
,utt o. the gun.
On the 9Th we buried the dead
The Identification lisKs OF the Ger
man s.lHe-s were caref lily kept. But
no oae took any care of those that
we're OH the French soldiers. who were
ned psll-mcll into tren Acs and COW
:red with dirt. y touching ceremony
Has held over the remains OF I.icuten-
mt Beck and over the so, III Comman-
der Schmidt.
y young fellow from The country lost |
reason and had to be carried TO an |
asylum.
What i massacre. what terrible |
autchery Why have they started this |
horrible WARP" said Colonei Puder who |
was very much affected b. the dca tn of |
colonel Schmidt's son. OF Nhom he was |
very fond.
GiiUMANS MARCH TO
ASSAULT OF ROVE
on September 80 we marched to as
Sault Roye. The troops who were TAX
ing part In this attack were as fol-
lows: the Eighticth. the Eighty-first.
INC Eighty seventh and the Eighty
eiShth Regiments OF Infantry of the |
were. therefore, many regiments OF in
iantry without counting the artillery |
who had previously destroyed the civ |
especially The northern part This |
b4mbardmcnt had done n great deal
OF damage to he French. The orphan
age that had been transformed into n
hospital was set on fire and many
wounded were burned to death.
:, AS we left, Roye six French SOL