The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-13
Serge at Thirty-Five Years
Of Age Has Been Told He
Will Receive the Victoria
Cross.
[By P. H. sarle, United Press Staff
Correspondent

LONDON, Nov. 25.-(By mail to
New York; The collaps, OF the
home rule crisis in the face OF the Euro
pean war has undoubtedly been tire.
mendous disappointment to the Ger
mans. Writing home, and referring to
come prisoners captured by his bat
TALON, private in the Royal Irish
regiment says: when they learned
chat they had been captured by an
irish regiment, they could hardly be-
lieve it, and wanted to know why 1t
was that we weren't at home taking
Part in the civil war that was going
on Says / to one Of them, This is
the only war we know or want to
know about for the time being, and
there's mighty little about that that's
civil. to my thinking, judging by the
way you're behaving yourselves In
It, | don't think he liked a plain
Irishman's way OF putting it. and I've
cot notion the Germans are not in
love with this war, anyhow"
A British cruiser. securing the
North sea for suspicious craft. held
up a German trawler and made pris-
oners Of the crew. Orders were given
to sink the vessel. but just at the
moment Of firing a dog was seen on
the trawler's deck. The gunner stay
ed his hand. and boat was manned
to rescra the derelict. With the ami
nal. frantic with delight, was brought
on board. the trawler was sent to the
bottom. The German dog has now
become the cruisers mascot.
Through the Belgian minister in
ondon. the council of the senate OF
tia University Of Cambridge has Of
fered its hospitality to the Catholic
university of Louvain. This means
explained NIonsignor Barnes, Catholic
chaplain of Cambridge, that the en-
tire organization of Louvain univer-
sity will migrate to Cambridge. there
to continue its own separate studies.
grant its own degrees, and generally
perform its activities as at It's own
foundation. Cambridge supplying the
facilities necessary for the technical
carrying out Of this work Owing to
the war the number OF students at
cambridge will probably be much re-
duced in the coming year. and there
should. therefore, be ample accommo-
dation for such Of the students OF
l ouvain as are abb, to avail them
selves of the invitation"
Sergeant-Major White Of the army
service corps has been notified by
his commanding officer that he will
receive the coveted Victoria Cross for
conspicuous gallantry at the battle
Of lie Cateau. where he was severely
wounded in the leg. White describes
the affair very modestlv.
I'VE got ord ers at 9:15 at night to
move a convoy, In charge of a cap
tain" he says. I'VE had not gone
far before we ran into company Of
Uhlans. who gave 1t to us hot. We
were outnumbered. I have a distinct
with my sword and accounting for
them, but We had to retire. When we
reached place whore we could pull
ourselves together an officer asked II
anyone had seen the captain. On
hearing that he hal been shot down.
I said woule' go back for him. and
did so. found him lying in the
field where we had the scrap. picked.
him UP. put him across my horse,
and galloped away back to safety with
bullets whistling round I was hit in
both legs, and one still has a bullet
in it."
The sergeant-major. who is only
thirty-five. won th., distinguished SER
vice medal in the South African war
At the battle of Colenso he brought in
lieutenant Frederick Roberts. son of
] ord Roberts, mortally wounded, un.
Ger heavy fire, and was promoted cor
poral in addition to being recon-
mended for the medal He has also
n