Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-15
good 1T boasting. but when 1t got no,
YOU beat it
RETAINING OF BRIMONT

OBTAINING OF bRlMONT
Our officers said nothing. and
laughed when unobscrvcd. This gave
the men the assurance that everything;
MAS all right, and that we would cffaco
he defeat OF the guards who had lost
the Brimont Fort. We started to re-
capture II.
In the beginning no one wanted to
attack. because OF the very accurate
fire of the French artillery. The gem
esral OF the brigade, General Won der
inc. striking the .sc1diers In the bacK
with his sword. That was the way We
we're we're driven to attack and take the
over Won der Esch told some Of the
officers that that was the best means
~ adopt to make soldiers realize their
duty and advance.
While we occupied the for: we were
continually under a terrific fire from
the French artillery. which caused us
good many losses.
In the afternoon Of September II
commander SchleEucr. OF the First Bat
TALON. and our Commander Schmidt
gave Lofelhardt and I orders to go to
Rheims to find some champagne to
celebrate our victory over the Imperial
Guards. We went on BICYCLES through
A,.nmenancourt, lc-retit. Bourgogne and
fresn"s. While going through Frcsnes
we began TO be Shelled. We thought it
was our own artillery who were firing
10" shcri. we did not believe that
Rheims was occupied by the French vet
On coming out of a wood. a veritable
rain OF shells mot us. We did not know
What 10 do. bat we hurriedly decided
I" hurry toward the city as quickly
az possible. who're we would he safe
"" r"sged Eaar a farm where Il
company of infantry was utiartcrat
one Of the soldiers cried ont to us:
Where are you going? Good luck"
suddenly we found ourselves In the
n'hSt Of an internal bomIardm ent
Fh"iiS seemed to b." coming from all
Sd"s and hurst all around us. w"
were 81 splendid target on the dlzzling
wh" az w. or h.t cne rrehcn ar'iiier ~
occupying Rheims on discovering ON.
error. and that We had long ago passed
At a SPEEDY gait. We must have brok cn
all records. fer we had the French
artillery firing at our backs TO hurry
us along :nh give us courage The
champions 10 get out OF the inferno
Our commander. Schmidt. who is very
emotional" "mnn met us on our return with
"ricd. what u foolish order 10 have
riven YOU To risk your skin for :,
bottle OF champagne! You had hardly
troops were no longer at Rheims AMI
that the road would he under a terrif,.
ire Fortunately. God has protected
This stucy shows what German sol
d!trs arc sometimes obliged To do Ger
talnly schmidt would never have given
slan IN every sense rr the word. de-
n'andcd absolute and Immediate obcdi-
encc.
Several soldiers who had eaten their
reserve rations were tied to ~ post with
their hands behind their back. At thia
tune soldier by the name OF Render,
Foreign Legion for five years in Africa
said that lie had never seen soldiers
S ,mcrn such 49,, severe treatment down
h. trr
were entirely false.
pn The 10Th OF September we were
relieved. and we were sent to Pirne-
court. where our ,cantonment was on 4
large estate. a.
MARCH TO ROVE THROUGH
CITY or NEUFCUATEI.
On Tho 20th OF September we started
10 mach toward Roye. Towards J
met several isolated groups of soldiers
from other regiments who were driving
quantity OF pigs. horses. cows. ETC.
that they had taken from tho inhabi-
tants. AMI that they were driving. they
said, TO their reciments. Schmidt mad
ne remark 10 them that pillage had
had had orders from their officers to
take the cattle. but that they had not
yet had time 20 reioin their units. who
had retired some distance. AS Il matter
OF fact. they were marauders Not n
she'll had bouched Ncufchatel but every
store had been broken into and the
The garden or u villa whose doors ana
windows were all smashed.
That same day Commander Schmidt
Or. Schafer, DR.. Wolkewiz. Lieutenant
kedor Loffelhardt and went to rest
and TO quench our thirst at farm sit
uated not far from Neufchatel. on the
road going to L"on. y woman with n
very sad countenance received us. and
asked MS il we had come again TO dis
honor her daughters
We told the woman that ,-n ,rn,,l,,
make compla int but that /, would
probably he without any result be-
many thieves who. made war on in
nocent girls in that way Schmidt
told me to ask the woman what we
could do for them. All she asked was
TO be lct alone.
Schmidt took a complaint to colonel
Puder, The latter replied that he
possible TO find the guilty thieves and
10 nunish them there were so many
mar and thieves: IN that
TO make peace right away. because
everyone that see has rings on his
fingers and their pockets, are hulging
them all in prison!
Schmidt said TO me after this affair:
" of the Russians in Germany but |
am afraid that we are no better than
they"
GERMAN SOLDIER REBELS
al NFboNS bhtIhkITN
on September y. we marched slow
~ along the road toward Laon. Tho
soldiers were singing. Lieutenant
kcdor. who seemed to take delight in
teasing the men wanted TO stop them
from singing but when he tried to do
IL they hogan to initiate his voice
and shouted quick the doctor! / am
wounded" He WAS furious to be re-
minded so forcihly OF the time he
made Il fool OF himself. In his anger
lie tried to hit several men with his
whip. During halt. he saw some
soldiers lying on the ground and he
hit them on their nccks. One OF the
men got up slowly. took his gun
loaded it and aimed it at Kedor The
latter started to run here and there,
demanding his horse. We were stand
ing some distance away and we were
hugely amused. Colonel Pudcr held
his sides from laughter. Schmidt
called the soldier to him and told him
that h showed courage and that he
ought TO be able to defend HIMSELF
from anyone. friend or foe, who at
tackled him. Colonel Puder and Gem
ernl Won der. i"sch himself. consratu-
lated the soldier
EcQOr had diSa appeared Rut bp