The Washington times., 1918-11-09

the Hun that I had downed. How
| ever the enemy plane went up in
| flames, burning the pilot alive. The
| Germans congratulated me on my es-
cape.
Il was taken to Condo. where met
Lieut.. Oscar Mandel. of New York. on
September }. Mandel and I escaped
from prison by jumping from a win
dow on the second floor. We landed
in the street and quickly mixed with
the crowd. In that way We got out
of the city and reached an unEuarded
German airdrome. After having DIFF
hculty in trying to run out plane,
we finally grew exasperated and tore
down the tent. At dawn we got the
plane in shape to fly. Just then
German mechanic approached and
discovered US. He raised a yell. We
nabbed him. and in the tussle he stab
bed me in the back. Mandel put him
out OF commission by hitting him
over the head with a fiashlight. Then
we ran for it.
Hid During Day.
I'VE passed through seven lines OF
occupied trenches, and got to a shell
hole before the German first line.
where we hid all day. During that
day an English battery wiped out
Hun battery near by. At night we
advanced across No Mans Land and
reached a stream, where we peeled
off our clothes and were just ready
to dive when a Hun patrol, repairing
wires which the English battery had
mauled, discovered and captured US.
We were taken to Fresnes, where we
were kept fourteen days in the soil
tary' on bread and water"
There were five of u.s." he said.
Including an English corporal. We
planned our escape for three days.
All of US were imprisoned above the
guard room on the same floor SO we
managed to loosen the heavy pad
locks on the doors. Meantime Man
del and Donaldson with a saw cut
a hole through the roof On the
night of September >, while the
guard played checkers downstairs
the five OF US climbed to the root
and slid down the side of the build
ing into a court We climbed a vail
into a garden and so reached a
canal and swan it, floating our
bundles OF clothes across by means
OF a wooden plank.
Then we made our way into the
open country and reached a barracks
where a sentry halted US, but we got
by when we answered was ist to
AIlGT lndL we hGpA
to the fields, travelling nights and
sleeping days in the woods and in
barns. At daybreak on the 27th we
reached the Franco-Belgian frontier.
The Belgians were fine. They said
the Americans had saved Belgium.
and wen save you Belgians hid
us at many points until we finally
reached Brussels. We had already
obtained clothes here, and we COW
cred up our uniforms with civilian
stuff and walked the streets of
Brussels.
A TIresome Hike.
AT daylight MandeI and the cor
poral left us in Brussels. We haven't
heard from either since.
I'VE continued our flight and reach
ed Hacht on October 1 at midnight
we heard the click OF a
sentry's rife and turned around-face |
to face with another sentry. We ut
tered gutteral greetings ana kept on
going. On the 14th Of October we
reached the Holland border, where we
spent a week reconnoitering to md |
place to cross. This was hard. be-
cause there was an electric wire bar
rier. charged with 5000 volts.
Finally we discovered an opening /
and crawled for four hours on our
bellies, making all OF 100 yards in
that time, Then We waited until The
German sentries were far apart
Jumped up and ran like hell to HoI-
land, which was half q mile away. We
heard q shot and a yell but didn't
stop. We kept on until We reached
Weert. where we took train for