The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-11-07
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BRITISH AND BELGIUM SOL
DIERS RECEJE INCIDENTS
OF WARFARE
lBy Assoeiated Press.l

London Nov. MANY narrow es
capes and deeds OF wonderful bray
cry have been made by the injured
British and Belgian soldiers now re-
covering in English hospitals A
young lance corporal of the Kings
Royal Rifles, who is recovering from
a bullet wound in his knee owes his
life to a crucifix which he picked III
in an empty house where he was bill
lifted. A strange impulse compelled
him to pick up the crucfix and put
it in mis- hayersack.
During an engagement a few days
later many OF the corporals COM
rades were killed by bullets which
were almost spent. The joung cor
poral was hit in the knee and later
found when taken to a hospital that
one OF the spent bullets had also
passed completely through his KNAPP
sack, but had been dellected from
his body by the crucifix, one of the
arms OF which had been broken off
by the bullet.
Private W. Hinton of the First East
IAncers poses as the luckiest man in
the army. lie was hit by three bull
lets within a minute without serious
injury. One bullet flattened five
rounds Of ammunition in his belt.
smashed the magazine OF his
rifle and a third passed through his
cap.
A letter from one or The Royal En-
gineers describes the remarkable
pluck of Lieutenant r. Pottinger of
Tdlmouth. Pottinger and his secL
ion were attempting to blow mp a
bridge under fire. They laid the
,harge and the section retired Lieu
enant Pottinger and a sapper re-
NAMED behind to light the fuse. The
.harge did not explode. The sapper
hen fired ten rounds of ammunition
t the charge without success. Pot
niger then said "I'll make the thing
o Off" Shook hands with the sap
er and walked to the bridge. There
e put the muzzle of his revolver in
o the charge and fired all six cart s
idges. Even then the charge did
ot go off and the men had to flee
3aving the bridge intact If the
harge had gone off the young lieu
enant would have disappeared COM
letely but the approaching Ger d
lans would have been robbed of an y
asy entry into the allies territory. a
One of the officers on the ill-fated b
ressy which was sunk by the Ger 4
ian submarines was severely injured n
a the head, had both his legs broken D
nd his feet crushed as he was @
lrown into the air by the explos- S
n. His body was sucked under the
ater by the sinking cruiser, but was S
clled up by one Of the rescue ships
Twenty hours afterwards the W
iured officer regained conscious t.
SIS and his first words were: Are :.
, down hearted? MOI"
A sergeant OF the lines was made su
iutant for his coolness and bravery
one Of the engagements in Lor- ag
ne. With three men the sergeant a,
$ sent across an open field to at lec
ct the fire of the Germans so the co
onel could tell where the enemy's the
nches were and what their prob
e strength was. A hail of bullets CO
s directed at the four men. They
de their way to a small farmhouse PIC
ere they climbed up on tile roof eN'
from the shelter of a chimney 'o'
AN firing at the Germans. An re
ed by the impotence of the tour TOT
liers the Germans direated one OF
ir batteries on the house and raz-
it.
My smartest patrol leader is gone"
colonel remarked as he saw the we
ding crumble. The three pri-
ss were no more but the little au'
,eant was soon seen running ouI
,ss the field toward his command. cur
EN- the sergeant arrived breath Ne'
at headquarters the colonel assk ""l
With mock severity why he did Ne
stay to continue the fire ann
orry sir but the pigs knocked
house down. was the reply II