Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1917 — RUSES OF. THE GERMANS [ARTICLE]

RUSES OF. THE GERMANS

SOME OF THE NICE THINGS THE GERMANS LEAVE FOR ENEMIES. Pits were made at bottoms of dug outs into which men would fall if pits were not detected. Sandbags hung up in corner of traverse or anwhere in trench as hung up by us for receiving waste paper, etc. These contained grenades which on being touched would go off. Charges of were laid in dug out stoves or piping so that when fire was lit, the charge was exploded. Pointed stakes place in bathing places. Bosche water bottles contained arsenic. At Blairville it was stated that bombs were attached to the seats of latrines so that when the lid was lifted the bombs were exploded. Moreover it appears that some substance was placed in the urine tubs. When urinating in these tubs some chemical action took place, causing a violent explosion. Nails put in trench boards.