Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-26
GHOSTS OF YPRES
SEEN EACH MONTH
Pantomiming Heroic Defense Of
Band Who Fought I'm
- til Death.
DIED ON FIELD LIKE DOGS
Padre Relates Thrilling Story Of
What Happened on Noted
Battle Field.
DIED ON FIELD LIKE DOGS
ny nonEnT wkLLEs Rrrcnlr-

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ny ROBERT wELLEs RrrCHlE.
rARIS. January 25:-Here is tho
story of the ghosts of fpres. I riyett
u or as n ms IN
far as ii still is incumbent upon me-
TO disguise too precise identifieation,ss
not believe this story any more than
you credited the accounts OF the angels s
Mons h Of mere aTfr
hies" four years ago ] say TO myself
OF course: you do not credit this yarn
First whisper about the ghosts of
a 5Rrss CAPE s, 10 ne from Esiglxn
else English. a Il We should be psss-
ing here on the esd OF the month we
wouid see l. the e, Ehosts' mmsdiasf;iS
10 learn from him what shostiy inhabi.
tsnts were about and why the Esd ct
their revelation. But Lieutenant N
shrugged his shoulders and adopted his
USUAL 9ai defense Of lspsins into Erenea
Shosts OF Ypces.
That. was a month ago. and not unit,
necessary you should Know a little
about the scene OF the 'shostly vista
lions: through which our car yeas
tenant dropped that single cryptic re.
park. II was on the road between
nnrss and IL 1Hs
desert the wor has wrought apywhers.
The hour WAS t:so. when in these lati-
the night vas beginning to steal IN {
iron, the east with its dark sack ue
ms sic tlled with tricks 10 cheat the
FIT PLACE ron GHOSTS
IN SpIINTERED TOWER
behind us, where the GER had
rising toward Psascnendasi Ridge. the
single sniintered tower Of the Cloth
Hal Hal a. fpreSmso,s semnsnt Of "a cru,
disk OF the sun like a skeleton finger
sill beyond showed the purple hume
water mark OF the St;e rmau rde tisa
fore US. behind US just Ehastly wilder
Water she'll holes ,sown thick
as the rust spots on bad 9rans each
Se esns r Gsr sswas o;o2a
spr;nging from the tortured ground In
a never ending ccon; black they were
their steel helmets like monstroUs me
mortal wreaths.- Not a SQUARE yard 81
III the stretch down the slopes Of
half disclosed corrugated roofing whore
= dusout had heen or uttered byEtHe
broken trash o. concrete pill boxes
a LAND OF SACRIFICES l-
rs SHELL. RIDDLED LAND
Here in this silent. she'll riddled land.
heart break and death; tremendous
all had had their terrible days Now
not ? human creature stirred a
Nay across the darke SM e sRy: her
,:ries smashed the wall of silence like
harmer blows.
a3d.' said the lieutenant, we would
see the ghosts OF Ypres."
Twiee AFTER AFTER that That caught fpsit!ye
was none TO tell the story until yes
, ,nrda$ the parIe had me TO lnnch,sn
wardsd The padre.,ls q Cha plain i" IN 5
En-! regiment whieh has. reeruited
horonGh's time. He has seen this re IL
ment made over three times, for lit
has fought and hlcd four wears
or GHosT BUSINESS
Here arc the padres. words, rs nearly
as can reproduce them;
,ka eSt sterv loa s sh SO mg9ue
is NOT go incredihle-I mean to saylthe
r Ehost bust sssins ass, > 5oa know Ehen
o. straw he has to keep, a iittie out
aet ne paaas ama when chaps bssn
II. f. for reveille. why, his mind rather
reexsrts to the simrls and he aoeepss
the Church OF England and ali that
cambrldse and what. m ti s sas don.
ask me il I believe the yarn aSont iha
h hnTes Ehssts Here you are; I half
70 ssy that thing which han.eaed /,
vo:, waht TO, write this yarn. for us
Gfu,ts far and away from tte}r. nrorer
derS sometimes will inlay the very devil
God knows the English Rave muddied
through wits a plenty OF them.
DURING AWFLi. nATTLE
I'll was during second ypres, which
was The occasion when the Huo. Hfst
us, used s is ga. you rememhsr, and, orr
lungs ,rolted and ali that sort OF beast
~ bSrbarism. 1t was nip ana go with
mT ithry . asr' m h.t ssy.ns
the ropes and yesrnlng for the bell be-:
tore we should 20 down
10 cover a falling back OF. one end OF
Two ba.aii ATOMS OF tSe ,f Hns s r. O. to-
a countcrthrust against the Germans.
clear them from 2 little wood where
sun nests and hold the position untir
nishtfali when they should retire,
HOLD UNTIL. HELL. FALLs,r
WAS TELEPHONE ORDER
the order was delivered. whether ~
telephone or runner, 1 do nor know. IL
ssid, Hold until hell falls Some
along the line, YOU say. Righto. !.tss
But those lads OF the Kings vent
put into that drinping we,ter or blood
and ,nachine-Eun bullets and thsy
.ook that wood. while tho rest OF thu
me fell hack The Germans did MT
.sSanize their counter until cter darb
our G. n. O.. Of course. expected thai.
itte force 20 give wsy and retire
like a, rock and the, Germans
whose planes by that time had tall
ner' our line had fallen back 10 usw
1ad been nfsde. rhsv, closed around
n no lWs battaiions like g nasty Esas
'aught In quick sand and. In ,hsis
'ntstlN mcthodical way planned 10 an
lihiiSte Tho bettal'ons holding that
T, loo. nlicklE; mind you. but Nth
The padre broke on 10 iisht A. c,sse-