Lieut. Oates Writes
of German Prison Life
In a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Oates of
Hendersonville, Lieut. Wm. Holt Oates, who was captured by the Germans on July
22 during the advance east of the Chateau Thierry, writes interestingly of his
life and environments.
Lieut. Oates was commanding his company in their advance.
Two machine gun bullets pierced his steel helmet, another his boot and he was
buried by a high explosive shell during the attack and went through the
barrages and a trying period without being wounded.
He has been transferred from Rastatt to Karlsruhe. He says
treatment is good and that he is quite comfortably situated. As so commanding
his company when captured, he writes that “it is some job handling so many men
under attacking conditions. Why I was not killed is a miracle. I was entirely
surrounded and ammunition exhausted before I was taken.”
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