El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-24
BOY Of IS IS
BATTLE HERO
With Four Bullets in His
Body He Refuses to Give
Up His Bugle.
BY ROBERT ELsTON

81 HUBERT ELsION
FoIkstone. Eng. Sept. 24-This old
coast town is witnessing sights these
days that it never saw before Daily
streams Of wounded British soldiers
and penniless Belgian refugees pass
through here on their way TO the hos
pitfalls and the charitable Institutions Of
London.
Stories are coming in fast, told by
wounded soldiers who have returned to
England hot from the battlefield Many
Of these gallant fellows have lost arms
and legs. but all they desire is TO get
wei quickly TO be at the Germans
once again and pay off the scores
which they are burning 10 aVenge-
Is 1G Yenr Old Hero.
a busler boy OF 16, whose name Is
not given, stands out as hero even
among the many brave men who are
down for the moment. He is now at
the Royal Military hospital. Woolwich-
The boy has lost an arm and his
head and legs are swathed in bandages.
soldier who went through the terri
bic fighting with him said:
He is a little hero and deserves a
dozen medals.
He held his ground with four bull
lets in him before he stopped sounding
his bugle- But wounded, bleeding as
he was. he stuck 10 his bugle, till he
was carried unconscious from the field
He held il triumphanuy in his hand
as he was lifted into the ambulance"
A on-commissiOned officer Of the
Royal field artillery. in Hospital Sails
bury, gives a vivid description OF his
experiences at the front, after passing
north Of Amiens. He was suffering
from a shrapnel wound in his thigh.
but was full Of spirit and anxious to
be at the front again.
Eager to Get at GermanH-
Describing the desperate fighting, he
says:
Marching at the rate OF from 20 to
80 miles day. we got the news that
we were within few hours march Of
the enemy. We were all as keen as
razOrs TO get a chance at the Germans.
We had not long TO wait
"Gallopers informed US that the en-
I envy was advancing. Our Infantry was
Z the first TO be engaged with a large
body Of Uhlans- Our men soon got 20
work with the bayonet and the rifle
and the Uhlans. after a hot 10 minutes
fight. made off
shells fell fast around US. Men were
falling in all directions Three OF my
gun detachment fell with shrapnel
. bullets. but we kept the guns going,
the officers giving a hand. At last we
retired 10 get more favorable POSI-
ton
Forgot the Teams
"OUr drivers failed % bring back all
the gun teams and numbers Of the an
imals had been terribly mutilated- These
were limbered up. the balance being
for time protected by the infantry.
There was terrible slaughter on both
sides. The dead and dying lay in long
lines on the turf We should surely
have lost our guns II the infantry had
not persevered with the rifle. picking
off the cavalry like ripe cherries at 500
yards range Their shooting was mag
nificent
Many Deeds Of HerOISm.
Deeds OF heroism. especially among
the army doctors and men who were in
Z the fighting line, were bright spots in
this desperate encounter. One officer
, stood over the body Of a private who
! mad previously saved his life. with
. bullets hurting around him. until he
I had spent his last revolver shot. when
he fell TO rise no more. The next mo-
ment he was avenged by giant OF the
] Gordon Highlanders, who plunged his
, bayonet through the Prussian.
The gallantry Of the South Ian
: Cashire regiment was above all praise.
/ they earned Victoria crosses and dis
tinguished conduct medals by the score,
| or, at any rate, they deserved TO.
Ihough the Uhlans got round them
| from behind, they never fIinched. A
party Of fusiliers in a close encounter
accounted for % Uhlans. they them
selves losing only one man
The retreat was carried out in per
/ feet order. We left at night in a
| southwesterly direction. covering %
miles in the dark. The enemy kept UP
] an incessant fire, using searchlights 70
aid their Eunners-
7 heard afterwards Of the brilliant
l work performed by our battalfons who.
| by their splendid work. enabled Us to
I withdraw all our vehicles. and we gun
I ners felt proud Of them. They kept the
+ enemy busy by counter attack and
! made it impossible for them to get
round us"
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