Three of the Foreign Legion with the French Army, all Americans,
were doing sentry duty in front of the trenches when some cows came
along. In the darkness one of the Americans crept forward to attack
the cows, thinking they were Germans. Another section began firing
and almost hit the Americans, who made their way back. They were
greeted with laughs.
SAVED BY AEROPLANE.
A curious story of the Kaiser's youngest son, Prince Joachim, wafted
away in an aeroplane when in danger of capture is told by a wounded
Russian lieutenant.
The officer says at the battle on November 24 the Prince was in
command of a German force which occupied a village after driving
the Russians from it. The Czar's troops, however, received
reinforcements and reoccupied the place after a tough fight.
When the Prince heard of the recapture, he jumped on a horse and
galloped off after the retiring troops.
Three aeroplanes were circling above to discover and rescue the
Prince. Two of the aviators who attempted to descend came into the
Russian fire and were disabled.
By this time the Prince was with a number of German troops
completely surrounded by Russians. His position seemed very
critical. Just in the nick of time the third machine came down near
him and the Prince, taking a seat thereon, was borne away to safety.
THE DEADLY AIR BOMB.
A correspondent of the Central News in northwestern France says:
"In attempting to destroy a railroad station, a Taube aeroplane
dropped two bombs on Hazebrouck. The first did no harm, but, on
returning, the aeroplane dropped a bomb on a curious crowd gathered
about a hole made by the first missile, killing ten and wounding
five civilians, including women and children."
A SUPER-BELGIAN.
A quick command from General Bertrand at Haecht turned a retreat of
the Belgian forces into an attack in much the same manner as that
in which General Sheridan rallied the Union forces at the battle of
Winchester in the Civil War. The story is printed in the _Currier
des Armes_, the official Belgian soldiers' paper.
General Bertrand, who succeeded General Leman in command of the
division which withstood the Germans at Liége, suddenly found his
troops in retreat.
"Friends," he shouted, "you've mistaken the road! The enemy is in
the other direction!"
Electrified by their leader's words, the soldiers wheeled about and
charged the German troops with renewed vigor.
On another occasion the general is declared to have stopped an
attack of two Belgian companies upon each other by rushing between
their lines and singing a popular ditty. Until they heard the
general's voice, the soldiers did not realize that they were firing
on their own countrymen.
The general is fifty-seven years old. He was a second lieutenant at
twenty years, and became a major-general last March.
RARE HONOR FOR JEWS.
While previously soldiers of the Jewish faith have never attained
any rank in the German army, now promotion is given wholesale.
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