to their horses and ride pellmell through our little bunch. It was
great sport to see us dash in all directions tumbling over one another
in our efforts to escape being trodden down by the horses; no wonder
they laughed and shouted in their glee! And it was on a par with other
things they did on that trip. We passed through several small Belgian
villages, and when the Belgian women saw us coming, they ran out with
jugs of water, chocolate, and cigarettes, but our escort met them and
refused to allow them to give us anything. They were very plucky, and
some of them dashed in past the guards, and these inhuman beasts known
as Prussian Guards levelled their lances and made at the girls.
Sometimes they missed; a water jug carried by one of the girls saved
her, but I saw three women run through the body by these devils, and
all because they wished to do an act of kindness to men who were
wounded. The first thing we do with our prisoners is to feed them and
dress their wounds, but these are the last things a German thinks of
doing. Well, the same thing happened in all the villages, only we
warned the girls away when we saw how they would be treated. I also
noticed that the Belgians were not allowed on the sidewalk when a
German was passing; if they did not get off, they were knocked off.

Finally we were halted in one of the villages and herded into a filthy
horse stable. There were about thirty in the bunch and most of us were
wounded; we had not even had a drink since we were captured, so we were
pretty much "all in." We slept on the floor of the stable that night,
and next morning some German guards came along and picked us up. For
breakfast we were thrown four loaves of German bread and a pail of
water was set inside the door. After breakfast we were lined up on the
street, and a German officer who spoke a little English came along and
asked us questions. He took our name and number and also the name of
the unit to which we belonged. He said he was doing this so that he
might report our capture to the military authorities in London, but he
had another reason. After he got through he chose two from each unit,
lined them up, and marched them off to a large building. I happened to
be one of the number. The building where we were taken was occupied by
a German general and his staff. We were put in a small room and two at
a time marched out for an interview.

The first ones taken belonged to a machine gun cre