Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24


crates However the incident made u
soon every inmate OF the convent
animation. hastily left the place and
succeeded in reaching the French lines
where the news had not yet reached
ana 70 ny great satisfaction succeeded
IN travelling back to Paris i'll the car
OF one of the French General StaH-
SO unsuspecting were the French Of
MN ny many acts betraying them into the
hanos OF their enemies.
After this incident / made several
visits to England and carried out ono
mission ms In Ireland. 1t was then that
poet me However I slipped out Of
DISCOVER THE TANKS
AND ADVISE GERMANS
1t was on my way from England to
captain with whom 1 instantly be-
came friends. l dined with him sew
eral times after he reached a French
port IT was at that same time that i
oDlalned the secret Of the, tanks Tho
british had Intended to keep them
Il secret until they appeared on the
Pate Pate neld. nevertheless. the German
mat such fleet OF land ships were
ABOUT TO be released on the Western
ca ronti n yno i, ,, was not the British
me- he himself aid not know any
thing about the tanks. 1t was the
second officer OF the snip who gave me
a." sani me !, de, tails. and wnen the tanks
was naturnlizcd Britisher and had
pfoiessedly been violent hater of his
former iather!and. Neperthe!ess. lie
After this incident the British east
suspicion upon the captain who was as
.nh1ieht OF Tb wr9snging his country as
the British located the German 's sny
and l suppose he is shot by this time
ihey finally caught me in the act
oet ~ Was not through the cleverness
OF the Paris or London secret police
,hat my activities these many years
oeSane an open book over night.
For nearly four months l had been
jjourneying freely inside the French
Inc, entertaining the soldiers and Of
ncers with my dances and caring for
M Ihe SICK and the wounded. Day after
drank with them. and every day Oh
talned valuable Information from un
suspectlhs onlcers and men which i'm
MIGRATORY managed to send to the Ger
man lneS through system which ia
now wen known TO the French authori.
see that It Is only now that tho
French journalists began to reaiize
now IT was that the section Of Tho
wo InSh of Front IT, where | entertained
mans ~ within few hours after / left
IL IL was after one of these entertain
Jnts that sent the. signaI to the
,,er commander opposite that sec
.ipn. Immediately the place was at
.acked and captured. had learned
.hat the french were holding the region
very lightly but were making a great
deal OF noise through their artillery
IN the distance 10 give the Germans
the Impression that there were mani
ii earnnd opposite them. In reality 1
ments holding the place
HER SIGNALS TO HING
DEFEATED FRENCH FORCES
After the battle, which lasted nearly
two hours; the place was captured and
ter yeTY s detGnders were routed ar
pretcnse of administering TO the
french wounded ] obtained permission
10 return TO the battle field. remem-
Der now the French officer in charge
OF the region pleaded with me NOT 70
Jeapardizc my life by attempting TO 90
-Four -Four ds would not listen to his HEADINGS.
down my life! 10y
Ecu You deserve the highest medal
had said the French officer, who finally
yielded to my opportunities to permit
me TO take succor to the wounded ONT
on the field. ou'
travelled to the town that was .t-
lacked, never once stopping to admin
ister TO the wounded that were 10 the
r rosa ana M 70 s the left of me along the
with fear that he scarcely heard the
agonizing cries of the wounded still
I rond on, on the field l finally came to a
heart OF the town. I left the car and
told the driver. who was Red Cross
aI'tenaant. TO wait for Inc there until
! IT, returned. He was terror-stricken
ne ne feared that as soon as the Germans
discovered that we were within their
INES they would either open fire on MS
or ,,s, edp tE us; He thought it so UNI
German lines. 'If you do not return
within ten minutes / shall feel com
pelied to return to our lines as best I
But l knew what was doing. met
group of German officers, who we're
mortified at beholding well-dressed
woman Sf,man IKE myself within their lines
OF Red Cross worker, they could not
Understand the meaning Of my visit
so Tar into their lines.
have an urgent message to deliver to
him: 1t is very important and he will
h ,n,5 ,, you responsible for delays" 1
conducted to a building in the very ry
the officers. The building which had
pee neeh E s.aDDoanly defended by the French
corner OF II l found the commander
and his staff. I convinced him of my
Identity and was received by him In
Come with me to the church. NV
mon are fitting 1t up for me as my
headquarters. We will go and talk
there, though the place is still full OF
dead French soldiers. They took re-
fuge In the church and we had to
storm 1t. They would not yield the
place until we killed all its defenders"
ne said as he took my arm
The interior OF tho church was still
Uttered with dead French. They lay
everywhere. One of the subordinate
officers apologized that the place was
not yet ready. as there were too many
dead Frenchmen to be removed There
were about n dozen soldiers laying
near the window. In the midst of them
recognized a young French officer; nil
dead! AS the German commander
pointed out the dead group to his sub
ordinate he shouted to Clean them out
quick" The under officer ran out
side to return with his men. Meantime.
the German commander said to me:
HIDES IN CELLAR AND
ESCAPES FRENCH SHELLS
Countess OF Linden. you have been
furnishing MS with valuable informa-
tion these last three or four months
You have a great talent of Judging
military situations and making precise
observations. Not once did we find
your reports made on mistaken prem
iscs. We are Indebted to you for this
victory, as we arc Indebted to you for