The Nevada County picayune., 1918-08-29

the deadly steel from the wound un in stant and horrible death re1u.ted.
 Oftentimes this horrible weapon be- came embedded in the breast of a vic tim so firmly that the attacker, who had to have back his sidearm again would be obliged to place his foot upon the breast of his victim and use all his force to recover the murdcrouS inStru- ment
 The dead and wounded in horrible condition lay all around Us. The moans of the wounded men would have soft ened a stone but not the heart of Prusslan soldier.
 Not all the soldiers approved this senseless, wanton murder. Some of those officers who had ordered us to kill the French were themselves killed by mistake in the darkness Of the night by their own men. Such mistakes are still being repeated almost daily and could cite many names and piaces to bear out this testimony.
 On this particular utcht q captain and q first lieutenant met their fate. \ sec0ud-year iHfantyman stabbed the captain in the abdomen ana the first lieutenant received I stub in the back. Both died i'll few minutes. Neither of their slayers felt any #remarSe and noGe os us felt inclined to rtpfnarh them. Ne all knew that two murder CTS aad received their just deserts.
 Another instance requires me to run somewhat ahead of the sequence of events. AS I talked to q cauuraic of my company tbe next day aSi.ed him for q poeEelknife ard in reaching into his pocket he Tuiied out three ear trid4es 1 was surprised that he should carry cartridges in his trousers pocket and aslle.i htm if he had no room in his belt.
 I lave" h. said. but these three have Il speoial mission There are names of the intended victims on these bullets"
 Some time later after We had be- come good friends I asked hlm agaln about the three cartridges. He had only one left I thought about it great deal and in my mind went over the noncommSSionel officers. who. be- fore war vas declared had tre3ted Us like animals and whom We had hated as only human fendS can be hated Two of these had found their grave in France
 The murder of Frenchmen who had surrendered continued as long as an y.z,1 orders to determine if the enemies lying on the ground We're all dead and unable to fight If anyone was found stimulating denth it was ordered that he be Killed But the soldiers had lest some of the fever which had seized them during the battle and refused to obey this order How they felt about it was illustrated by the remark of member of my company:
 We had better look once more and see if the two officers are really dead and if not they ought to be killed with out mercy for a command Is d com mand."
 We now advanced quickly but our part in the battle was over as the ell tire French line had retired to make fresh stand, two knometers west of Sommepy The city was mostly In flames The enemy artillery bombard ed the town without intermisSion and shells burst all around.
 Several hundred prisoners were cor ralled in the market plaer. Several French shells strnck the prisoners but they were obliged to remain where they were. An officer of my company Lieut. A R Neeseu. remarked that no harm was done as the prisoners knew at least how their own ammunition tasted.