Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1919-02-20
A SAMPLE OF GERMAN 'KULTUR'
An Abstract From the Diary of Red Cross Nurse Who
Served Twenty-Five Months in France.

whisper and the night patrol under a
platoon leader goes forth in the dark
into "No Mans Land" and they cut
down the German ENHANCEMENT so
hat the British troops can 60 right
through under protection of the artil-
lery. This is danger enough in itself,
as they go within hearing distance of
the German trenches and they must
hold the barbed wire in such a way
chat when they cut it down, the wire
won't sing. Should it do so, up would
go the German flares and the machine
yunners of the German trenches
would take their toll. Often when this
happens, the men fall fiat on their
stomachs and keep still, and then the
,nemy is not liable to see them The
German fare burns for quite few
minutes. The patrol having finished
| their duties, return to their trenchce
and then all await the hour. At a
III. the artillery, to the second, start
bombardment and Tommy" knows
that the time will soon be there. At
$50, the artillery ceases firing and
the young sub-baltern of the British
Headquarters Staff delivers his sup
errors orders to the trench command
crs, who, in turn, report to their sub
ordinate officers and the order goes
down the line, "ten minutes to go
over, and at the given signal, (which
was three shrill blasts on a whistlel
the troops go over. The artillery
ceased for period of seven minutes
at that time (Which has been chang
ed since) and they opened up the most
terrific fire of all kinds for several
minutes, and at 4:57 they start their
noted Curtain of fire" which blinds
the German view of the British troops
who have come over the top at the
stroke of 5 a. m. Not a minute less
or over. The trenches were re-taken
three times that day and "No Mans
Land" strewn with dead and wounded,
and my unit worked for twenty two
hours steady and cared for approx
mately twenty eight hundred wounded
soldiers, both German and British
The night closed in with the British
the victors of the day, having, in
twenty three hours, gained lost ground
to the amount of several hundred
yards. The British loss and killed was
enormous, they having lost that day
alone az 1-2 per cent, while the Ger
mans, according to my diary, was 53
per cent. The next day the fighting
was unusual, and the bulldog tenaci-
ty of the British brought the Germans
to a stand still, and after three days
of fighting they retook all the ground
lost previously. Not content with
having retaken their lost trenches,
they took the Germans by surprise
again before they could re-organize.
That night at dark, when the moon
went down, they re-took LaVery. The
following day they sent searching par
ties into all the cottages and farm
houses looking for German Sharp
shooters who may be hidden there;
and they went into the cottage of my
friends, the Rewards. German officers
must have been having "Sang Feust"
and were taken unawares. There were
helmets, gloves, binoculars and plenty
of empty wine bottles on the table,
but no one in sight. A Lance Corporal
Of the British army, with squad of
men, had entered the house on
search and opened a closet about 8
feet square set in the wall. Imagine
the horror when there in that closet
had been the bloody foul-smelling hand
of the Hun. With a bayonet through
her nude body and hands, they had
murdered the woman who had given
her husband to France, and had am
putated both breasts and committed
other degradations. By her feet was
her infant daughter of three years
old playing as if nothing had happen
ed, but, thank the Almighty, unable
to understand what had happened.
This was Mrs Revaud who had not
heard from her husband. Maybe he
had made the supreme sacrifice, with
no knowledge of his wife's myrtredom.
No one knows. 1t was my duty to aid
every wounded soldier, enemy or not;
but, from that on, cared for the Ger
man with a loathing, because this is
only one instance of their dastardly
work which / saw. Their great day
of reckoning is coming.
A j. LAMBERT, r. N.