El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-06
KING' 50WN IS
GUT T0PIECES
Regiment Which Is Pride of
English Is Made Special
Mark in Battle.

London. Eng. Oct 6.-The first con-
nected narrative Of the severe lighting
in which the kings own royal Tan
cashire regiment was engaged when
in killed and wounded the regiment
had II officers put out of action, is
told by a sergeant of the regiment who
has just arrived home wounded
THE kings own with the Lancashire
fusiliers and the AiddleseN regiment
We're ordered TO cover the retreat Of
part OF the allied forces from Mons.
They left the position in which they
had been entrenched 70 take new
ground and were marching through
the night. finding themselves at day
break between Camdrai and lie Cateau-
When the kings own were taking
breakfast the German artillery doomed
forth. Several shells fell in the viCin-
ity of the trenches without doing m-cn
harm, but the enemy's artillery was
much superior in numbers to that OF
the allies, and they poured in a raking
shrapnel fire before the English guns
began to speak There was no doubt
either about the enemy's range find
enemy came in the proportion Of six
Men Are Moved Down.
Men We're moved down like nine
pins by the bursting shells and It
seemed as if the kings own had been
singled out by the special fury Of the
onslaught Col Dykes fell at an early
stage of the engagement while shout
ing encOura cement TO his men Fight
ing continued furiOusly for five hours
Then there was q lulL and the enemy
seemingly reinforced, made an advance,
and another five hours desperate con-
flict ensued.
THE allies fought the advance inch
/ by inch, fighting becoming so close
that the kings own got into several
! bayonet charges. one Of the most brill
Z liant Of which was led by Capt. Clut-
terbuck, formerly a ranker Of the
{ Yorkshire light infantry, who, with a
ha-EHrrT Of -
number Of men under his command.
| He paid the price Of his gallantry with
his life, but the casualties TO his men
/ were singularly light
! Then, continued the sergeant,
] there was Lieut. steel Perkins. who
/ died one Of the grandest deaths
/ British officer could wish for He
! was lifted out OF the trenches wounded
! four times. but. protesting. craWled
/ back again till he was mortally
] wounded Proceeding the sergeant
! said: The. first man knocked over
I was one Of the most popular Of the
] RUGBY fOotbaIers in the Dover gar
! risOn. He was shot through the
mouth. Lieut. Woodgate distinguished
himself in bravery and Mai Parker
( was GOODNESS persOnified-
No Time TO Remove Dead.
/ a German aerOplane which came
( over our position on the day preced-
ing the battle was assailed by a shower
: Of bullets from more than one reEi-
ment and its accommodating career had
: a sudden stop The enemy sWOOped
l down on us so quickly at the finish
Z that we were unable TO remove all our
| dead and wounded Stretcher bearers
{ were shot down and I who had been
/ wounded with a bullet in the muscle
Of the left arm was taking message
for the doctor from the field hospital
] when a shell came and demolished the
roof
All our kings own dead are buried
/ in France, a few miles from the IRON
I tier We saw many burning villages.
and our artillery helped along many
l old women and children who were
] fleeing before the enemy
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