Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-12
'BELG|ANS RETURN
AND FIND RUINS
Thrilling Eyewitness Account Of
Heart-Stirring Historical
Event.
BELGIUM AGAIN REDEEMED
Their Country Restored to TherIisS
Citizens Go Bravely Back sas'
to Work. s 8
ny ROBERT wELLEs. nITcHIEs5

ny ROBERT wELLEs- HITCHIrs.S S.
GHENT. BELGIUM. January I1.--Has66
lay, amid the rank stalks OF the beetstSs
face aud with one hand throwny far.
out rs IL 10 clutch something whichswasss
heetinS in that last quarter second OIL
mortality. Just one Of the many@unsss9
saimly brown blotchcs against thes
,i,. green Of the beet field, thls 4, (
the intcrmn;,blc mist shredded rains pkSst
Flanders ran down the creases in his,5i
shoulders formed dark pool forsS hfnI-E
to lie in. ~ yitaS
'rhe doll had half pitched out fronIsl
when the little Belgian soldier fell: yyfts "a
ridiculous Jutc curtis were plastered abyssts
Both sim arms in their vivid sbiuslss
Jersey sleeves stretched upward apEts.]
pealine for succor Is wax eyeilds
pcnsive doll and obcycd the wilfaof iits3S
maker. fy $3.50
Bu, despite the rosy dabs OF heaithfsa
on either plump. cheek. those stubhEs
uplifted arms. those tight shut eyer 4
# ws he the dr ran diff o Med to
ceived the machine gun bullet andSthsS
little ,,k Belgian soldier was only sleepiHs;
meters beyond the dreadful vineyards "a
% %ee oar a,G wire wv which ,t fri1ged shat
when the bandages of the mist wers s.
loosed-and the dreary beet field where's
an invisible line dealing dea tn In low
lancing streams from the mitrail1euse.ss
This was the stubbornly resisting andsf
slowly retreating backwash otEgthes$
boche. now clinginr desperately to tho q
very walls OF Client itself. ,s..S A.;
WARNED FOR GHENT, ssst sSssSs
HIS NATIVE HEATH
The little Belgian soldier whosa 4
had pursued that scorchinE, inyisihie n
line for three months, ever nea5ss.s
the rough foliage OF the bets jumped
up To bandage his eyes forever.t hes "
had h, seen n, The spectral lowers or ST.
the chimes Of the Befrroi-the dear crs-4s
membered silver music. of a happied
against Belgium and the world. And,
the doll Tsssrs.ss
Bu, here is the whole story a,Ssft
was told 10 me by another boiu6RfgS:
der fellow in the little Belgian .sofT%
dier's own company. l,,E go 4 81
down through L.iege. Louvain. BrussefsssS
Georges Treves. the bank clerk, did
MOI join-the thousands OF. his tomnss se
The First DivisiNn OF the little BelSians;
army. Perhaps he had a bitter stSIg
the appeal OF an unborn child-This
hrS;-whs stronger In his ears tAahst hsss
f sr OF e9nM orn + The child dalgh
came the kommandantur had beenstwO$
m nmn, established in the, Palais dur
'u~1ite anu Tue Ha uQ OIL tho German,
was heavy upon Client. ,5$ffIs37ss;
LEAVES his HOME ~.
hurled BENEATH REETs
George Treves. the bank clerk. made
NM ,, provision he could for his wife
meath ii load Of beet tops After4in-sS
finite travail he reached the Dutch bor-aS
der near Sluis. there burrowed ltEeA;Ss
electrically charged wire the GERMANY:
han strung the whole length OF .tRss
rom HentrIes nd frontier dodgea shots
fuSee in a land not too we'll disposed
Toward TO, r such as as; he AS a oustabpntss
again bleeding hands and France was
gained Then Georges Treves Went stosss
, uSar. ', ny strip Of Belgimm behind
yyoiaiery WAS holding the line. of thss
tSer and became a soldier OF Kins
charge ii against him. il YOU WiIf.te
mat the bank clerk OF Client was slow
! To- see his duty. But he paid-he paidI
the CHASTITY Hooded desert OF the Yser.
WI WHERE s! men poled to outpost points
them with their bare hands under tina
foot OF water that lay below the. bunEs I;
In the dnsouts. Twice wounded: once
grace OF the British and French after
ay " he fame sSsse or TEX stu
h ,, conc 10 him the night he left Che nfss
under the load of bee; TOPS Hetwn,,i,,Ss
. .l;n, TO see thc invader driven from BeIssss
and little daughter freed from sIayarsW ~
EMILE Or King ALBERT r7a Ss
ENDED IN GREATfPusHa
ber AMI When enc great Push push of last septem
an cTi,e pacing the sands of La Tame
ana found himself commands in chieT
going rorwara ' irrssis,ih ll:sls ia
"nce win the whole allied flame sof
rhie s saTs 70 hSiwi.zcrland. R9llsfs
t H,n ted each backward step. Bnt (;
,ne march OF the Belgian barrage cast
T TIa@ts neross ths endless beethe1ds .sefs
E,r,uins for miles those ordered footss
nrtmts h. Of the giants whelped by the
nriuse shattered and yondcr q machiness@
Bum nest stamped to dust. SSsssS IS IS.
was msn Hru g IS haG fallen and Sihen
LOOK his hrst leave in a year. rods ~ &c
r rsal E IN = intuition CANTON for tAs
real French dolls could not be 'fnmi,s
IN Belgium. There he bought for sh9ss
G ga hter whom he had not seen fSi.
would be Just at the dolly age now II
mind you: so this creature from mr..
n rrehss sE .ns mus must needs be account
S SaH was put on her back. oh. n sausy. II
d' rrf l@r The sor dsnshter Of = soidieri
the towns fell closer and closer ~
ihen, And into each fresh assausTSS
against the retreating line of tho NIT
raiiieuSe went tho French doll snurlvesS
IN a. Inc pack OF the iittle Belgian ssoiaa
his JOURNEY ENDS sS SEA.
IN GREEN nEIITRIEI1,s
Journeys end--not for the Frsflnhss *
DOH; bur for Georges Trcves. tho baylis 4;
:lcrk % Ghent--iay in the beatGsjffS
he shmins be a&ay r TSin , hss city
morning OF Sunday--the last day .$f
me war. Next day, when the armissIce a
became operative at ~ O'clock s.ffr ~
advance guards OF the Belgian asifsys
The doll who had shut her cydsy &
q satnst the breaking Of hearts hi,ffsstsg
went into Client as we'll You ehaSse
my my WORD for ~ he found ti,e SefukS
in that field Of rankly growing t1HfSiSss
. Mhai GeorHas Treves Mas demiN6 axf ne