Evening star., 1914-09-25
WRITER'S EXCLUDED;
HEROES UNSUNG
Many Deeds of Daring win Go
Unreeorded Due to
Army Rules.
FEW CASES ARE TOLD
BY INVALIDED SOLDIERS
Two Brave Officers Rally English
Artillerymen Cut to Pieces
by German Shells
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON. September 14-There can
be no reasonable doubt that as much
heroism Is being displayed in the IT,
tanic war now convulsing Europe as
was seen in other great wars. but
the public hears little about 1t. The
strict regulations governing war cor
respondents and war news is the rea-
son. In the Boer war the crack writers
Of the world were at the front. They
saw much of what went on and were
IN a position to talk with the troops
after every engagement. The papers
of the world were filled with snappy,
graphic, hrst-hand stories of the great
battles of the war in South Africa.
Even in the Franco-Prussian war,
forty-four years ago. when facilities
of communication were not so ad-
vanced as now, there were war corre-
spondents with the armies who thrill
ed the public with vivid, pulsating ac-
counts Of the fighting.
Though the Japanese in their war
against Russia were the first power
to put drastic restrictions on the cor
the writer's near enough to the front
to get red-blooded stories Of what
went on.
But in this European war the news
ting nothing but a few struggling
stories told by wounded men invalided
home England. France, Belgium and
Germany allow no correspondents with
and the war offices of France and Ber-
lin give out brief statements, telling
the bare facts of the days events.
That and the few Incidents related by
he 1.<l
ting.
Heroism Buried.
All the heroism that has been dis
played by British troops in the pres
ent war will never be known A few
individual cases may chance to be
heard of. Others will be known only
TO the recording angel. Two instances
OF extraordinary bravery on the part
OF officers are mentioned by a couple
of wonded soldiers now lying in the
London hospital In the course Of the
narratives of their own adventures.
Guns Destroyed.
One of them. splendid fellow Of the
Royal West Kent Regiment, said: I'VE
were in a scrubby position just out
side Mons from Saturday afternoon till
Monday morning. After four hours Of
action each of our six big guns was
put out Of action Either the gunners
were killed or wounded. or the guns
themselves damaged. For the rest Of
the time-that Is, until Monday morn
ing, when we retired-we had to stick
the German fire without being able to
retaliate. 1t was bad enough to stand
this incessant banging away, but 1t
made it worse not to be able to reply.
"Ai1 day Sunday and all Sunday
night the Germans continued to shrap-
mel US. At night 1t was just hellish.
We had constructed some intrench-
ments, but it didn't afford much cover,
and our losses were very heavy. Mon
day morning we received the order 70
retire to the south of the town, and
was made, it was found that we had
300 dead alone, including four officers.
Then an extraordinary thing hap
pened. Me and some of my pals began
to dance. We were just dancing for
joy at having escaped with our skins.
and to forget the things we'd seen a
bit. when bang! and there came a
shell from the blue and burst and got.
I should think. quite twenty OF US.
That's how some of US got wounded.
as we thought we had escaped. Then
another half dozen of US got wounded
this way: Some Of our boys went
down street nearby and found
basin and some water, and were wash
ing their hands and faces when an
other shell burst above them and laid
most of them out.
What happened to US happened to
the Gloucesters. Their guns. too. were
put out of action, and, like us, they
had to stand the shell fire for hours
and hours before they were told to re-
tire What we would have done with
out our second command, I don't know.
During the Sunday firing he got hit
in the head. He had two wounds
through the cap in the front and two
behind and lost lot of blood Two
of our fellows helped US bind up his
head and offered to carry him back.
but he said: 1t isn't SO bad. I'll be all
right soon.' Despite his wounds and
loss of blood he carried on until We re-
tired Monday. Then, think, they took
him off to the hospital
A Captain Hero.
A stalwart chap Of the Cheshires here
broke in: "Our Cheshire chaps were
also badly cut up. Apart from the
wounded, several men got conclusion
of the brain by the mere explosions. 1t
was awful! Under the cover of their
murderous artillery fire, the German
infantry advanced to within three and
five hundred yards of our position.
With that we were given the order to
fix bayontes, and stood up for the
charge. That did 1t for the German
infantry They turned tail and ran for