IN THE ENEMY’S LINES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 145084, 8 September 1916, Page 6

IN THE ENEMY’S LINES.

A COBPOBAL’S EXPERIENCES. The Paris correspondent of the Xew York Times” writes: One of the most remarkable stories of the war is that of Corporal B, of Class 13, who participated in a successful charge with Ins regiment. Ho was stunned by an explosion which strinned off his uniform. Ho recovered, and took the uniform ot a dead Bavarian, ahd then determined to join the enemy and seek information. He came upon an outpost, who was cooking at the entrance to their dug-out. Ho says -.—‘ They greeted mo with amazement, having thought that tho Bavarian regiment to which they imagined I was attached had been annihilated. They were of a newly arrived Silesian regiment from _ Verdun, and pud suffered 400 casualties while waiting in the rear. Tho food, despite reports, is go6d, and consists of sausage and vegetable soup; hut tho morale la utterly different from ours. All of them are utterly sick of war. and complained bitterly of tho bad news they received from home, and said that the French artillery was disgustingly barbarous. One declared that ho would ho quite willing to allow tho Allies to win if only peace would come. The remainder agreed to tin’s, stipulating only that there should be no invasion of Germany. About eight o’clock they were ordered to advance. X saw no officer. When 1 mentioned the fact to a sergeant he ;vaved his hand backwards disgustedly.” “ Corporal B tolls how lie underwent a terrific bombardment ot the French guns, and how the Gormans lost 50 per cent, of their effectives. Tho corporal was carried on by tho rush, forgetting In’s uniform, till ho was within twenty feet of a French trench, when ho was downed by a bomb from the hand of a comrade. He was wounded in tiio shoulder and head, hut not seriously.”