Gunnison news-champion., 1914-10-02
6GlER BOZ HERO
- heic Ills eFouae Near Mons
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oaof Corresponacnt of tne tnserrs-
tlSnsI Nssss service.

foikstoue. f.nslana This oia coast
tow is witnessing siEhts these eags
thaf Hever saW before. Daily
STREAMS of WesHdaa Brisish soidieEs
and peuniiess BelElan Refugees pass
shTOggh here on their way 10 the hoe
pifais and the charitable iastitssioas
OF London
A buglar boy of sixteen. whose name
" not given. stands GU; as a hero even
among the many brave men who aFe
aoNn Cor the moR4snt he m nov at
the Royal Military hospital weolwich,
and lo0med large IN the hghting
around Mons and Cambria
The boy has lost an arm and his
head and legs ere swathed In band
ages. A soldier who went through the
terrible fighting with him said:
Tie is a little hero and deserves a
dozen medals. he held his ground
with four BULLETS in him before he
stopped sounding his bugie. hut.
wounded. bleeding as he Was. he stuck
to his bagle tin he was carried uncon-
scious from the field. Eie held II tri-
anphantly In his hand as he Was lifted
into the ambulance"
A non-commissioned officer OF the
Royal Field artillery, In hospital st
Salisbury. gives vivid description of
his experiences at the front after
passing north Of Amiens. he Was suf
feriRg from q shrapnel wound In his
thigh, but vas full of spirit and snx
lrtuO To hx of l. ft, a.
ing the desperate fighting he says:
Marching at the rate OF from wen
ty TO thirty miles a day, we got the
news that We we're within few hours
march Of the enemy. We we're all as
keen as razors TO get q chance at the
Germans.
'Galiopers Informed us that the en-
emy was advancing. Our infantry was
the first to be Engaged with q large
body Of uhlans. Our men soon got
te ~orA With ne Sayonet and the rife,
and the uhlsns. after . hot ten min
utes' fight, made on.
This was followed by Q dreadful
fusillade of shrapnel and Maxims.. To
this we promptly replied. and did good
execution among the large masses Of
infantry advancing about q mile away
As soon as my battery got . fair
chance. we worked the guns for an We
we're worth. altering the fuses and
the ranges Of our guns as the Ger
mons approached nearer.
s0hells fell fast around us. Men
were failing In all directions. Three
Of ny gun detachment fell with shrap-
nel bullets, but we kept the guns go
ing. the officers giving . hand. At
Lest We retired to get q more favorable
position.
NOvr drivers failed to bring back
ell the gun teams and numbers OF the
animals had been terribly mutilated.
TAooo were limbered up, the rest be-
inG for . time protected by the IN
fantry.
The Gordons and Middleser fought
lihe lions. They were In the shelter
trenches on our left. At one time the
latter regiment we're almost over
whelmed.
There was terrible slaughter on
both sides. The dead and dying lay
In long burrows on the turf. We
should surely have lost our guns II the
infantry had not persevered with the
rife. picking on the cavalry like ripe
chesgtes at 500 yards range. Their
shooting was magnificent"
Deeds Of heroism were bright spots
In this desperate encounter. One off,
Ger stood over the body of q private
who had previously saved his life. with
bullets hurting around him, until he
had spent his last revolver shot, when
he fell to rise no more. The next mo-
ment he was avenged by q giant OF
the Gordon Highlahders. who plunged
his bayonet through the Prussian who
had killed the officer.
The gallantry of the South Lanca-
shire regiment was above all praise"
went on the wounded man. THE man
ner in which they charged the serried
ranks of the German Infantry again
and again was worthy OF the highest
traditions of the regiment Though
the uhlans got round them from be
hind, they never fiinched. A party OF
fusileers In close encounter account
ed of 20 uhlans. themselves losing
only one man"