Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-14
CHAPTER Xxx.
"chata With Fritz

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The Lewis y,nnors Al astona IN" NO
would moun, our 0un ON the p,ron.,
and 90 on watch beside II nn,Il "stand
down. IN the morning. Then ,be ppn
would mo dIsmounted and npoIn pl,ced
In readiness on the fire step.
w. AZ, .,s,, aa,s ,n ,,o ,.o,,u,o
,rencb wi,ho,, aoy,h,ny un,s,aI han.
nsnin. o,,s,da ., ,ha ardlnary ,.onnh
rou,Ire IN The rl,b, ,ho, wa were ,o
acorry an, /. . honhlns roId o,o,,s, ,ha
German lines was nul,ea an This ro,d.
inc nor,v consls,ed NJ s,x,v comn,ny
men s,x,ecn bonbers and four LOWS
| machine guns with their crews.
The raid took tbe Doches nv a,,r,rIse
and vns n comnle,e succcss ,he n,r,y
brlnpIng back twenty.one nrlsonrrs
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nles" md .whIzz hangs" IntermIxed.
The shells were droppInr Into our front
line like haIlstones.
Tn get even. we could bave Ief, tho
prisoners in the fire trench. In charge
of the men on punrd and let them clIck
rritz's strafelnp but Tommv does no,
9reat prlsoners that way.
rive n, than, wsro hro,,h, into n,
durout and turned over m me 90 ,bo,
,bey would no safe from tho German
Are.
In the eandleIlsht. they Looked very
much shaken. nerves gone nnd cbalky
faces. with the execution OF one. n
prent b,r fellow. He looked very mucb
nj ease. I liked him from the start.
got ont the rum ,ar and raye eocb
n min and passed nround some fops
the did reliable yoodblnes The otbe,
prisoners looked their gratitude hui
the big fellow said In English. Thank
you. sir. the rum is excellent and ap.
preclnte II, also your kindness"
He told mo his nnme wns Car,
Schmidt. Of the sixty.sIxth Bnyariap
Light infantry: TINT he had lived 81,
years In New York (knew the city bet.
ter than / did, had been TO Coney
island and many Of our ball games. He
hslIeye I'm, Hans wocnar wnsnt ,hs
hos, ho, mlay.r IN Tho world
From Nsw yorL he had ,o,. IN Lon.
dan wbere he workad n. n waiter In
the Hotel Russell. Just before the wnr
he went home to Germany TO see his
parents, the war came and he was con.
scripted. tsAAA8
He told me he was very sorry to
hear that London was,in ruins from
the NZeppelIn raids, I could not con,
vince him otherwise FOR hadn't no seer
moving pictures In one of the German
cities OF 81. Paul's cathedral in ruins
ehon,oa ,ha s,,A,o., ,..,,, h,
wos on s,nhhorn IN h,s ho,,os 7, wa.
my ,n,.n,,or 90 ,ry ana nn,rn hin, %,
,y -. p-s ~" ~
German sn,ners who had haen cans
,ng mo ,rorh,a In ,ha ,as, fou dovs
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nm ,,ke n clom After n Sew minute.
hs very ,nnocent,v sald.
German snIpers get paid reward
for killing the English"
| I eagerly asked. "what are theyw
He answsrsd.