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Show j GENERAL WAS ILL IN BED WHEN CAPTURED Bordeaux, Sept 16, 7:50 p. m- Another An-other version of the capture of the Cerman general Frlese, who Is said to have attempted suicide, is given by the Troyes correspondent of the Temps. "General Friese, who commanded tho Twenty-fifth brigade of artillery." j the correspondent says, ' was ill In bed ! with an attack of stomach trouble when the German infantrv which should have supported his brigade retreated re-treated and later was surrounded by French cavalry and compelled to surrender sur-render "General Friese. on learning this, stabbed himself twice in the stomach-French stomach-French soldiers later found the wounded wound-ed officer and brought him to the hospital in Troyes." oo |