Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-12
TWO HEROES ALONE
 SURVIVED 0RDEALS
 OF HEROIC COMP ANY
French Lieutenant and a Private
 Were Only Ones of 340 Infan-
 trymen Surrounded by Enemy To Get Back to Their Lines.

To Get Back to Their Lines.
 PARIS, Doc. 11-Lieut. Bernard aud private MorauG de Jouffrey tho former promoted Captain and deco rated with tho cross fthc Legion of Honor the latter promoted Second
 Lieutenant and decorated with the military medal succeeded in rejoin- ing their corps after passing 5S days within the enemy's lines.
 When the 12th company of the 14Oth
 regiment of infantry commanded by
 Captain Blandin found itself isolated . from the rest of the regiment and | surrounded by the enemy in the cen ! ter of a wood the evening of August ! 26 lt numbered about 300 men and 10
 officers They decided that under no
 circumstances would they surrender { and at once began an effort to pierce
 the German lines
 The company made a night attack
 upon the village of R. August 2S and |
 captured two bsrricades under a heavy fire the advance guard losing
 half of it's number.
 Captain Blsndin wounded by a bull
 let in the thigh had to be helped
 along by his men but he would not
 give up. After sealing the second bar
 ricade the men found themselves be-
 for new defenses consisting of wire
 trellises from behind which the Ger
 mans poured a rnurderous fire into
 them. The advance guard charged
 against it twice and was nearly an
 initiated The company now mum
 bered 100 men.
 Notwithstanding the declmation of their ranks these survivors led by
 Captain ,Blaudin made another ad-
 vance Of 800 years. The men besought Captain Blandin to allow them to car ry him
 The safety Of the command alone
 counts" he replied to Lieutenant Der . nard "Take command and Forward march"" The men took pathetic
 leave fthe captain who crawled into thicket as the remnant fthe com , pany pushed on. Time pressed more I and morethe enemy growing in num- , bers hemmed them in closer and clos , CT They plunged into the forest of , J--- with only 80 men left. 3l After vainly attacking footbridge !. over the R. they finally forded the P stream then found few hours respite , in the depths of the forest. They re- sumed their march toward C. and e ran against a new force of the enemy. Exhausted by hunger and fatigue e their resistance became less and less
 vigorous and here they lost 55 men. The two officers and 10 men that n remained succeeded in fording the !. D. and bivouscked the goth near I a potato patch which provided them D. a real meal
 After two more days wandering they were obliged to come back tC n. the potato field After a rest they n. started on again hiding among Che
 rocks sleeping in the damp under |, growth O forests suffened with rheu To matism their feet SO swollen that they Q were obliged to ri dthemselyes O n, their shoes. As fast as detachment' d were sent out to forage all or par .a were captured ythe Germans. h. A month passed in this way and oI 10 September 30 the detachment was re If duced to 17 men.
 m Lieutenant Bernard decided u g make a final effort the night of Octo n, bcr 10th to regain the French lines
 hut now there was on.y a single sol ,o der really physically capable of fol ,I lowing him The rest were complete roi ly worn out yet some fthem insisted c.l on dragging themselves along atte Inf the lieutenant and private de Joui o. frey. Those that went on and thos' ,o that remained embraced tearlully th ,,. chief of the detachment buried thei ,o arms and consolcd those who re if mained behind with the assurance ,. that they had saved their honor an' m if they fell into the hands Of the Ger rd mans they had none the less made n. heroic effort.
 On October goth Licuteant Bernar sb and Private Morand de Jouffrey wer nj, themselves worn Co the last shred O Ia, endurance and they bivouacked tha m. night with tho assurance that th .s Germans woul dcither take them q in the morning or they would be foun ne dead there later on.
 5v The two men moved on again in th st morning and debouching from a thict mn. ot into a clearing october 23 th md morning O fthe goth day Of thei ,, march fell weeping for joy at th m. sight of the familiar red trousers . pa. the French infantry.
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