The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-03
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Shown by the British Soldiers
in the War is Wonderfulsin
Many Instances.
Correspondents Of the Associated
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LONDON, N eres: sGMany narrow
escapes and deeds Of wonderful
bravery have been made by the In
iured in British and Belgian soldiers
now recovering in English hospitals.
A young lance corporal Of the Kings
Royal Rifles. who is recovering from
q bullet wound in his knee owes his
life to a crucifix which he picked up
In an empty. house where he was
billeted A strange impulse COM
PEELED him to, pick up the cruicifix
and put 1t In his hayersack.. y
During an engagement a few days
later many of the corporals COM
rades were killed by bullets which
were almost spent. The Young COR
poral was hit in the knee and later
found when taken to q hospital that
one Of the spent bullets had also
passed. completely through his KNAPP
sack, but had been detected from
his body by the crucifix. one Of the
arms of which had been broken on
by the bullet. "a.
Private W. Hinton OF the First
East Lancers poses as the luckiest
man in the army. He was hit by
three bullets within minute without
serious injury. One bullet fiattened
five rounds of ammunition in his
belt. Another smashed the maya
zine of his rifle land a third passed
through his cap. 4 ,ss
A letter from one oil. the Royal en-
gineers describes the Remarkable
pluck Of lieutenant R. Pottinger, Of
Tedmouth. Pottinger and his sec
ton were attempting to blow up a
bridge under fire. They laid the
charge and the section retired. Lieu
tenant Pottinger and a. sapper re-
manned behind to light the fuse. The
charge did not explode. The sapper
then fred ten rounds Of ammunition
at the charge without success. Pot
finger then said II make the thing
go off,. He shook hands with the
sapper and walked to the bridge.
There he put the muzzle Of his re-
volver into the charge and fired ali
six cartridges. Even then the charge
did not go off and the men had to
flee leaving the bridge intact. If
the charge had gone of the young
lieutenant would have disappeared
completely, but the approaching
Germans would have been robbed OF
an easy entry into the allies terri
tory. 8.
One OF the officers on the Inflated
Greasy which was sunk by the Ger
man submarines was severely injured
on the. head. had both his legs
broken and his feet crushed as he
was thrown into the air by the sexplo-
sion. His body was sucked under
the water by the sinking cruiser, but
was picked up by one of the rescue
ships. ~
,Twenty-four hours afterwards the
injured officer regained consciousnessI
and his first words were: 'Areswe
down-heaTted? MOI" ~
A sergeant Of the line was made
adjutant for his GOODNESS and
bravery in one Of the engagements
in Lorraine. With three men the
sergeant was sent across an open field
to attract the fire Of the Germans so
the colonel could tell where the
eneny's trenches were and what
their probable strength was. A hail
Of bullets was directed at the four
men. They made their way to .
small farm house where they
climbed upon tile roof and from
the shelter Of a chimney began firing
at the Germans. Angered by the i'm
prudence of the four soldiers the
Germans directed one of their bat
teries on the house and RACED 1t.
"My smartest patrol leader is
onge," the colonel remarked, as he
saw the building crumble. The
three privates were no more, but the
little sergeant was soon seen rum
ming across the field toward his COM
mand. When the sergeant arrived
at Headquarters the col-I
onel asked him with mock severely
why he did not stay to- continue the
fire.
Sorry sir. but the pigs knocked
my house down, " was the reply.