The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
WIN. BROUSSARD TELLS OF
BATTLE TACTICS OF
THE GERMANS.
Beaumont Enterprise:

Beaumont Enterprise:
William BrouSSard, recently
discharged from the U. S. Ambu.
lance department in France and
who was in Port Arthur Friday
visiting his brother Felix, de-
scribes conditions in The late war,
which plainly do moi entitle Ger
many to any great amount of con-
SlderatlOn in he claim that the
peace terms are not soft enough.
| MIR. BrOusSard, who was part
i0f the time siretcher-bearer, the
duties of which took him into the
firing line and frequently in full
view OF the enemy while taking
oil wouned, relates that the Ger
mans showed no consideration
for the Red Cross at first worn
by members of the ambulance
corps. SO frequently were these
observation-disclosures fired on by the
Germans that it was found neces-
sary to discard the Red Cross
worn on their uniforms, as such |
was no protection in the daytime,
and served only as a mark in the
night.
Much of the rescue work Mr..
Broussard relates, was done after
night by ambulance parties work.
ing stealthily in order not to draw
The fire of the enemy. He states
that in a dull light the red color
OF The cross of the ambulance {
corps Is dlStinguiShable at dis /
ance when the khaki cloth would {
lot be, and that this coIored cross ..
served 10 draw the fire of the enc j
NY. For this reason it was aban- h
Toned. i
The kind of warfare the Ger {
mans were waging may be better :
understood by the statement of =
H. Broussard, who says that 3
nee while he was doing rescue q
'ork he was fired ON by an enc 3
~ machine gun, although he was 9
earring the red cross on his uni q
'rm' and was carrying stretch
IS In his hands. He states that g
lere could have been no mistake q
his identity as belonging to the 3
corps, being in pos g
sslon of the stretchers indicai- d
g this even if the red cross 3
'uld not have been seen. 9
tie states that as a general thing q
hen a man was struck by mis- q
eS from a machine gun he was 9
al : the ambulance corps at 3
1dlns only to the living. This is
in the probability of 9
'eral separate wounds in men q
uch by machine gun burst, the sg
sslles following each other in a
cam, sweeping along as wafer -
I'M a hose. The greatest MN.
OF wounds from shell explo- 3 4
MS that came under his obser- q
ice on one man was nineteen q
of which were serious, Mr. ID
'ussard having assisted tbis b
G to the hospital.
m item of interest attached to
thousands narration con- Is
rs again the characteristics of 8
dermans in firing on ambu-
cecorps. He states that musi-
IS attached to the military Ia
US were at first used during g
as assistants in
tcher-bearing and hospital 2
X but that the fatalities Incl
TO stretcher-bearing caused
Intentional firing on the rescue
kers soon decimated the mn liz
ms to point where an order
out forbidding musicians to
e under fire. The mortality s
ne company physicians was 1s
nish. according to Mr.. Brous- Is
the Germans shooting every g
In sight irrespective Of
her presence was for The pur-
OF mercy or belligerency. To 3
test of the matter an am Is
nee ], man who was in a trench sesss
q MS arm above the sand
'arapet. On the sleeve of his
was the red cross which was su.-...
fired on. 1
Broussard was up where
anger was; His is no second
sorry finished to fit the oc-
y II Is the narrative of a man
wore the supposedly protec-
of the Red Cross
vas ass. shot at for doing so. It'll
ear e'afs :. Mr.. Broussard relate
lard it really was one will
'prlSed at the terms of peace
really sought, pave
!. Broussard is a brotbar ofI
' . re aebert of Welsh, and
,. .. Broussard of Lowery.
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