Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-14

in arms. it seemed. was on tho march.
For exactly four weeks from that day
was casualty" and being cas-
ualty Is the most unpleasant thing
that can happen to q man in France.
ot course. when l say Casualty" I
moan the kind OF injury had got.
You are Just bad enough to stay In the
held hospital. but not bad enough to
De shipped back to England on an
II. NJ. S.
but there was one bright side to n
held hospital. 1t is like spending your
entire time In L cosmopolitan club. AT
the Held hospital you sec all sorts or
slightly wounded. and many severely
wounded ones. too-hcroes of many
battles. If you arc lucky enough to
De able to hobble on your bum leg. you
make visits from one cot to another,
ana at the expense OF cigarette or Il
pipeful of tobacco you will hear stories.
truc' real. living stories that will do
you more good than all the dope
the doctors can fill you with.
Just half a dozen such stories cured
that bum LEG of mine in quick time
can told me:
Seems pretty tall order. capturing
whole Hun patrol. perhaps, but we
did it -
was interviewing an American who
hau voluntarily crossed the Atlantic
10 take hand in strafing the Fritzics
nc had been through some of tho most
recent fighting. About its main fea-
'ure nc would say very little, exccp;
10 sum it up in n phrase more forcibic
l,,,t
10 the lighting he did not hesitate To
speak. and it was while telling me Of
these that elected from him this
'hriliins tale of night adventure.
For weeks before this big smash.
up" he said, Fritz was in perfect
state OF fdgets.
Every other night he was paving
us raiding visit in the hope OF haul
ing OF one or two OF us, but il was
no good. Fritz is poor hand at the
game.
lie is either too noisy or too fright
ened when scrap develops
Anyway, when no did come over. we
generally managed 20 turn the tables
ON him.
Where we lay, the German lines
would be few hundred yards off, tho
ground between was hummocky and
pad. and down in the holiows there
were sticky swamps. not pleasant
places 10 have a scrap in, and not even
Pheasant to fall into. scrap or no scrap.
or course. we knew the SPOT like
the palm of our hand, and even in the
o"rhhess we could ferret our way about
as IL II were in the back garden al
home.
You've read that story about tho
canadians and the Prussian Guards AT
Lens how they met in the open Will.
each was on the way to the attack?
we'll, the escapade l am going to
ten YOU about had at least ono similar
feature he assured ME as he hlew
the first puff from that cigarette ina,
had handed TO him.
II occurred one night, not too dark
oHt wet and clammy. We were on,
on the hunt for--I won't saw what
and had Just got TO within nifty wards
or so Of the German wires. when hy
Arrangement, We lay quiet in order 10
learn If the Huns were moving.
Although say it myself we were
Feu INDIANS fer stalking by this time.
ana knew all tho tricks there arc ia
know about vanlshing into tho earth
or the air IL we thought we were
spotted. There were only half /, doze,
OF us. however, so We had To he vary
careful about doing anything rash
iac slightest sound and half tho Car
man army would bo on our topic saw
nothing OF shells ana bullets. For
F!t" as say. was in Gdgrts all the
time.