This trip, which I shall never forget, lasted twelve days. It was dangerous, but it was exciting and so fine that I would not have missed it for anything in the world.
A GERMAN BATTALION THAT PERISHED IN THE SNOW
Told by a Russian Officer
This is a tragic story of a night fight in snow-buried barbed wire entanglements where a whole German battalion perished. It comes from Petrograd to Montgomery Schuyler in the form of a letter from a Russian officer.
I—TRAGIC STORY OF A NIGHT FIGHT
"We were creeping across the snow, when we hear a frightened 'Wer kommt da?'
"'Hold on, Germans! Where the devil do they come from?' ask our men in surprise. 'Are they numerous?'
"'Wer ist da?' we hear again.