Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-03

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Goodness andB Bravery Under
Fire also Brought Out
|. in Letters.

London, Nov. S.-Many narrow 90.
capes and deeds OF wonderful bravery
have been made blythe injured British
end Belgian soldiers now recovering
In English hospitals. A young lance
corporal Of the kings royal rifles, who
eeoYs rom a bullet wound in,
his knee owes his life to a crucifx
which he picked up in an empty house
where he was btleted. A strange inn
pulse compelled him to pick up the
cruciftx. and put 1t In his hayersack.
During an engagement a few DAYS
later many Of the corporal's Comrades
were killed by bullets which were al
most spent: The young corporal was
spent bullets had: also passed COM
pletely through his knapsack, but had,
been detected from his body by the
crucif1X, one Of the arms of which had
heen .broeer1- off by the bullet. 80.
Private. w. Hinton of the first.seast
lancers poses tas the. luckiest q in
h e-arnny.. HE was hit by three bill
lets within a minute without serious
injury: One bullet.lattened five rounds
OF ammunition in his belt. Another
smashed the magazine of his rifle and
q third passed Through his cap. -
"A letter from one OF the royal en-.
gineers describes. the remarkable
pluck Of Lieutenant r. Pottinger OF
Tedmouth. Pottfnger and his section
were attempting to blow up a bridgc
under fire. They laid the charge and
the section retired: Lieutenant Pot
finger and q sapper remained behind
to light the fuse. The charge did not
explode. The .sapper then fired ten
rounds Of AMMUNITION at the charge
without success. sPottinger then said
III make the thing go off, -. He
shook hands with the ,sapper, and
walked to the bridge. There he nut
the muzzle of his revolver into the
charge and fired all six cartridges.
Even then the charge did not go OFF
and the men had to flee leaving the
bridge intact. II the charge had gone
of the young lieutenant would have
disappeared completely. but the ap-
preaching Germans twould have been
robbed of an easy entry into the
allies territory. s.s:g.
One of the officers on the ill-fated
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 explosion. His
body was sucked under the water by
the sinking cruiser. but was picked
up by one of the rescue ships.
T~wenty-four hours afterwards the
injured ofncer regafned consciousness
and his first words were: Are we
down-hearted2 MI"
A. sergeant ofstGe line. was made
adJutant for his 'coblness and bravery
in 'one Of the engagements in Lor-
raine. With three men the sergeant
was sent across an. open field to at
tract the@ire of. thu Germans 30 the
colonel could teiisMhere the enemy
trenches we're andsswhat their prob
able strength was,ssssA hail of bullets
was directed at thGsfour men. The,
n1adestheir way toslssmall farm house
where they climhsdfsup on a tile roof
and from. the shelter Of d gchimney
began frinKat th6ssxiermans. Angered
blythe impudance Of the four soldiers
batteries on the house and razed it.
my smartest patrol leaders, gone
tho colonel. remarked, as he saw the
building acrumble. The three gprivatee
were nde more, but the little sergeant
was soon seen running across the field
toward his command. When the SER
'geant arrived %breathless at headquar-
tiers the colonel asked with mock
severity why he did not stay to con-
tinue the fire. :.
Sorry, sir, but the pigs knocked
my house down." vas the reply.