The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-24
Unrecorded Heroism

LONDON. September ~ There can
hc no reasonable doubt that a. much
heroism is being displayed in the ii
tanic war now couNulsiuc Europe as
was seen IA othor great vars. hu, tho
public hears little about u. The strict
regulations governing Mar corrcspon-
d"uts and war news Is tho rcaaon In
the Soar War tho crack writer's OF tho
world were At tho front. They saw
much OF what went ON and yverc i'm a
position 10 talk with the troops after
every cugagomcnt The papors Of tho
world wcrc nll"d with snHppy, graphic.
FIRST hand stories 81 the gtca, battles
of tho war Ia South Africa
Even I'm the Franco Prusyian War.
forty-Gour years ago. when facilities Of
Communication were not so advanced
as now, ihorc were war correspondence
with tie armics who thrilled tho public
with vivid. rulsatinr accounts OF tue
lighting.
Though the Japaucsc. iu their war
against Russia were the first power to
pu, drastic restrictions on tho CORES
pondontE.';hcy nevertheless allowed the
writers near enough 10 the front 10 ret
rcd bloodcd stories OF what went on
Bu, In this European War. tn" t"wr-
paper and magazine readers arc get
ting nothing bat :, fcw straesljns stor
los told hy wounded mon iuvaljdcd
home. England. France. iiclEtum and
germany allow no l1HtItphUNnlN With
their armies. Tho British iress Bureau
aud the War Offices of France and nct-
lin riVo ont brief statements telling
tho bare facts of TIA" daN's events That
ana tho fcw incidents related by the
wounded IS all the people arc getting.
MI the hcroism that has hccp dis
played b. British troops ia tho prcscut
war Viii ncycr bc known \ TOW ina
dividual cases may chance - bc heard
Of Others viii be known only - tho
! Recording Angel Two Instances Of OK
traordinarY bravery on tho pari of tho
officers arc mentioned BY :, couple OF
wounded soldiers now lying IN the Lon
don Hospital ia tho course of the mar
rativcs OF their own adventures
ON" Of them. q splendid fellow, Of tho
! Royal West Kent Regiment. said. I'VE
We're in q "Crubby position just outside
Mons from Saturday afternoon tin sion
day morning. tftcr four hours OF &C
ton "ach Of cur sis big guns was put
out Of action Either tho guuncrs wcrc
killed or wounded or the gums thorn
selves damaged. Tor tho rest Of tho
time that Is. until Monday morning.
when We rctircd--wc had a. stick tho
German fire without being able 10 70.
taliatc. II was bad enough 20 stand this
inccssant banging away, but 1t made it
worse not To b" able To reply.
''All day sunday aud all SUNDAY night
the Germans continued 10 shrapncl VS..
AZ night il Was just hcllish. We had
constructed some entertainment hut it
didn't AFFORD much cover, and our losses
were very heavy. On Monday we re-
| ccived tho order TO retire TO the south
of the town ana some hours lator. when
the rollcall was called, ii was found
that We had 900 dead alone, including
four officers
Then an eNtraordinary thing hap
pencd. Me and some OF my pals bcEar.
n dance - ,l..,,
JOY at having escaped with our sl5us.
and To forget the things we'd seen u
bit. when bang, ana there came q shell
from the blue and burst and got.
should think. quite twenty or us.
That's how some OF us got wound
ed. as We thought VIC had escaped.
Then another half dozen Of us go,
wounded this way. Some of our bows
went down street nearby ana found
a basin and water. and were wash
ing their hands and faces when another
shell burst above them and laid mos, of
them out
What happened to us happened to
the Glouccstcrs. Their guns. too, were
put out Of action, and, like MS. thev
had 10 stand the shcll-nrc for hours ana
hours before they were told 10 retire.
What we would have done without our
second command don't know
During the Sunday firing he got hit
in tho head. lie had two wounds
| through the cap in the front and two
behind and lost a lot of blood Two OF
our fellows helped us bind up his head
and offered TO carry him back. but he
said "lt isn't so bad. I'll be all right
soon Despite his wounds and loss OF
blood he carried on until We retired
on Monday. Then think they took
him off to tho hospital"
stalwari chap Of tho Cheshircs
here broke in. Our Cheshire chaps
were also badly out m. Apart from
the wounded. scvcFal mon not concus-
sion OF the brain by the mere cxplo-
sions. II was awful. Under the covci,
Of their murdcrous artillery nrc. the
German infantry advanced 10 within
500 and 800 yards Of our POSITIONS
With that we were given the order 10
fin bayonois. and stood M for The
charge. That did II for the German
infantry. They turned tail and ran
for their lives
"Onr captain cric,l: Nov you've got
en-. mon" Hui we hadn't. Their ar.
ullcry began with What To fire moro
hcilish than ever, ana before Won could
almost think what TO 10 fresh lots q.