Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-15
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NO" replied Kedor. though making
.! 1srri6e g giG Sommander Schmidt.
"life UP your hend and show that you
are Al Prussian officer" 49,,
% mace 's siis fR''% %oud. ro added S m
r bans had hoa e 0 1h .ns wanas
make, war. but not L."
The next day we learned that Colonel
pudcr had also been made Ill and that
he. too had left for Germany.
At our right the Twenty-fift Divi-
.es Roye; the Eighty seventh took Par
villers.
on October 3, Lieutenant-colonel
eighth. The head Of our battalion was
Captain Bartsh, former orderly Off
GER of the commander of the twenty
That day we took Quesnoy-en San
! terre in ruins. There was no living
thing except some fowl.
RETURN TO THE BATTLE;
On the 1th of October he We we received
them were many soldiers who had becn
wounded and recovered who showed
| the battle
After the 5th OF October we began
. new style of hghting-trench war
resting at the rear and then four days
the trenches. Our cantonment was
at Carrepuits. near Roye.
From the 18th to the Goth of October
we stayed before Quetnoy ZEN -Santere.
During this time the soldiers had to
eninS the trenches.
ON the 9th of October the French at
tackled us on three sides simultaneous
" and we lost our first line position.
Lieutenant Anspach. adjutant of the
eminent said to us when he told
bunch OF towards. You do not deserve
he honor of being GermaEs!' Anspach,
Who was a hero of the, same sort MS
pSt nr1 ,,t
cSlment and spent most of his time
ne rear when Il battle was in prog
On October IS we received the order
retakc the line we had lost. But
'he French punished us we'll. we
we're thoroughly beaten. and we left
w prisoners, two cannons, and four
MACHINE mac ya guns ms in the hands of the en-
paratus. We had TO retreat again 70
zoo meters north of Damery. We had
eaten m nothing for two days and left
Finally, on the End of November. we
were relieved and were sent back TO
r we a. bad Soy ,e until the 9Th. Then
itrenches; in fact. TO make them real
lottresSes They were now very intri{
cate. mere were cOmmodiouS shelters
dug for the officers and for the men
floors werc-laid and there were beds.
chairs ;nn and mattresses. In our battai-
ION we even had piano. In the
,ririt1 of We Reee wa%a we Installed cleo
lines every day: but the shells did Very
the field kitchens distributed a hot
drinks At a'cioeS in Hsns the a mormns
, We h "a hot @ coffee a In comparison with
sDMfSisrHH .salsa.. ar ROVE
D;POltTS MEN TO GERMANY
Roye. In spite OF the bomba rdme n" We S
cap,n Of the Eirht isi f iseglm 1mt WAS
He appoln,ed as Mayor a baker named ntrgi
everything which happened there.
lie was ordered to make, list of all
sixteen to forty-hve years were car
ried away into Germany, All the re-
naming min people were Obliged to work
women ob!lFea &c to DO ssf the we sRe
an order from the town worth a frame
Very iST 'H Hsln,S days This was no.
to sew sandaags for the trenches. The
the bay Tf0 fhsss an a .orS T fHw
men appointed by the Mayor acted as
poHIIc owevor the a.,
very easy for the soldiers when rest
n tns there here because ScS they had to spend
school and at least two hours each day
at the battalion school. Each noon
viSw Wis oeosk T4rnti9n and re-
sung. The p 'cscribed EXERCISES had
to be carried out in spite Of the bonn 5ii,o'
,,o Under .,,1,t the pretsxt that the tower Of
the order to destroy the church nc
Royc. Our men of Kultur were pleased
there was nothing left but the four
walls wa The chairs. the pews, the pull
make bonfire by the soldiers.
The soldiers really preferred to stay
H. the trenches rather shan go TO the
rear. for in the trenches they were
better sheltered from the shells. ana
they did not have TO do so many en-
crciSes
battalion ard for the companis some
men, favorites of the officers, We're al
ways attached to headquarters. and
they lived It gay life running after tho
women in the town Tho field kitch-
ems and all service departments also
had their headpunrters AT Roye.
y good many officers. high and low
forced their attentions OH women, men
aclng and tSrrori"ins them.
T. our battalion ,, ee,ebrated Christmas
ahead. because We had to go into IN.
trenches on the 2ith, and il was easier
10 ce!cbrate IN the city than there. The
captain VINO commanded the battalion
IN the absence Of schmidt made us the
following speech
We are not able to celebrate this
German feast in the midst of our fam
ilies. world of enemies are striving
AGAINST US 10 crush us and to RAJ yisn
OUT hi,, loved ones. our women and our
chiidren They have attacked us ike
oa"'atds, bnt we nave shown them that
we are like Germans Ut old. always
ready, sword in hand. To defend our
hatheriand We viii fight and we arc
ready TO die for this molly cause
ASK you TO cheer with me: Long live
Ills Majesty Emperor William, III!
uurrah! Hurrah! iurrah."
Lieuiehant Nolte, OF ,ne Sixth l,h-
"a iIns. thank1d the captain. while some
OF inc soldiers gathered around the
piano ana began 20 sing, Calm Night
lnolE Night As they finished the iust
StahIa Il shell burst behind the wall
i Il the cemetery. some soldiers VINO
mad hecn passing by told us that sew
cTai tohlps h;ta Deun blown open, aud
that the remains or those buried there
nad been scdtterep ala over the Gene
lerN. his nLlt IL