Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-11-18
BODIES FILL CANAL ON THE HERO ROLL
Brave Frenchmen Are "Cited in
the Order of the Day."
Laconic Paragraphs That Tell of Some
Thrilling Deeds of GalIantry by
Soldiers of the Republic.

Chicago.-One of the greatest hon.
ors which can be accorded to a French
soldier is to be "cited in the order Of
the day. says Paul Scott Mowrer,
correspondent of the Chicago News,
in a cablegram from Paris 1
give the following typical excerpts
from newly published list. Each par
agraph covers a thrilling feat of
bravery, which, properly told, would
quicken the readers heart. Yet here
they are as laconic as kilograms:
"Fragnaud, a re-enlisteG soldier of
the Sixth infantry, all the officers of
the company being killed, took COM
mand himself and fell MORALLY wound
ed while leading his men into the fir
ing at the edge of wood.
"Lapouble, second lieutenant in the
Fifty-seventh infantry, already twice
wounded, continued to lead the COM
bat at the head of his section with
an ardor above praise until the mo-
ment when he was struck dead.
"Felici, captain, and Han, lieuten-
ant in the Twelfth infantry, during
eight days, with tireless tenacity, re-
sisted heroically heavy artillery bonn
bardment and infantry attacks so
yards distant. When they quilted
the farm which they had occupied
they left behind crumbling walls.
"St Ongey, a sergeant in the Forty
ninth infantry, led forward hesitat-
ing section and was the first to fling
himself into the enemy's trenches,
despite the most violent fire.
"Locaze, second lieutenant in the
34th infantry, an officer of the greatest
courage, having received the first
wound, which broke his wrist, kept
command of his section under the
most violent fire. He received a Sec
ond wound only few yards from the
German trenches.
"Dantin, captain in the 242d infan-
try, distinguished himself by keeping
his company in trenches riddled by
bullets and shells He was killed there
with half his men.
"Joly, lieutenant in the Sd trail
leurs, was grievously wounded while
to cover the retreat of battalion of
Zouaves. to whose rescue he had been
sent"
Many feats of heroism are over
looked in the orders of the day. Here
is one example: The colonel of a
certain regiment, learning that the
Germans were about to resume the
offensive, wished to warn the various
companies of his regiment scattered in
a series of trenches along the front.
He called for volunteers to carry word
and the first man to step forward
was Corporal Rene Granger, barely
eighteen years of age, who enlisted
at the beginning of the war; He
reached the first trench safely and
had to cross an exposed stretch of
300 yards to a second trench near a
clump of trees. Just before he
reached it a bullet struck him in the
thigh. Granger quietly stepped be-
hind tree, bandaged himself and
dragged himself to the trench. The
officer in command there begged him
to remain quietly, but Granger in
sisted that he must visit the two re-
naming trenches.
He reached the nearest trench suf-
fering but determined. The last trench
was 600 yards away and the most ex-
posed of all. He could now hardly
walk from the pain and bullets whist
led about him, one piercing his cap.
Then a shell burst near by inflicting
a horrible wound in his abdomen
The men in the trench, seeing him
fall. ran to the rescue and succeeded
in dragging him to shelter, where he
whispered his message in the cap
lain's ear with his dying breath