Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-23

ers arc not permitted ut the front
Al then knotD Is tohat they cdn CLEAN
from the ,oouuded occupants Of am
buldnces taken to the rear. The
Evening Ledger tDiit print from time
to time the only intimate side Of TIE
todr-the reflections of soldiers aud
sailors IN their letters home. German
letters, tUheu obtdindbTe, as tUcH as
those Of the AHes, t1ilt be prirtedl
The Rev. We're Awdry, Ampfeld Vicar
age, Romsey, has received the following
letter from Major Jervs, of the Munster
Fuslliers. a prisoner OF the war, relative
to the death of the Wears son, Lieu
tenant Carol Awdry:
"As the senior of the surviving officers
end of village named Fesmy. through
which our line OF retreat lay.
He performed the duty In most able
manner, and, although harassed with a
nasty fire, he held on until the battalion
withdrew, and then Joined with his little
force intact. It was a commendable per-
formance, worthy of one of far greater
age and experience than your son.
Ills company then continued the with
drawdl until we came to the next viii
lage (oisy) when 1t was detailed to act
as rearguard. Again they were sharply
engaged by largely increased forces this
time. but they calamity held their own,
your son again holding a detached posi-
ton of important crossroads, and again
the battalion was able to withdraw in
safety. Your boys party was the last
to come in, and, though he lost a few
men, he saved many more
at is now o'clock (p. M, and II was
then discovered that we were cut off from
the main body. The battalion shook out
to the attack In an endeavor to brea X
through, every officer doing good work,
your son no less than the others. with
sword drawn. he led his men In support
of the attack which was in progress In
front Ito the SOUTH. and as he advanced
he fell shot through the lungs. His
death was painless and practically IN
stantaneous. He was buried with his
eight brother officers who fell the same
day in one grave"
Writing to his father, r. c. PeER. cleo
trician at the Kingston-on- Thames EN-
pire Theatre of Varieties William PeRg
leading wireless telegrapher ON his Mai
esty's ship Undaunted Captain Cecil
Fox) says:
I'VE engaged the enemy's four DESTROY
ers and finished them off nicely In about
an hour and twenty minutes-pretty
smart work, Ell? 1 was on watch in the
wireless telegraphy office, but went up on
deck to watch the firing. 1t looked pretty
awful to see their ships go down, espe-
cially one whose magazine blew UP in
one big flare. A lot of German sailors
were swimming, but, as you can guess,
we had no time to pick them up; we were
too busy. You know 1t would have been
quite possible to have got torpedoed
through stopping. AS 1t was they tried
hard to torpedo us, but our skipper was
there every time, and simply altered our
course and We steamed past them. They
fired 10 torpedoes at our ship alone.
"The last to go took lot of sinking, so
we ordered one of our dcstroyers-the Le-
gion. / think 1t waste take Off her sur
vivors She sent boat to her, but when
the boat was being rowed alongside the
dirty cads opened fire and blew off a
lieutenant's foot. and seaman had his
leg blown off, The latter has since died.
Then we gave her a couple of additional
shots to go on with, and she finished. We
captured 30 Germans. including one off,
Ger. We had all our boats smashed by
conclusion from our guns, and missed a
cloud of shrapnel by a few yards. One
thing has been amply demonstrated, our
captain is o. X, and everybody knows
it. The way he Unanswered our ship
around those torpedoes was marvellous"
A letter received by Mrs. Charter de-
scriblng the gallant death Of her husband,
the late Major p. A. Charter. who was
killed while magnihcently leading the
Royal Munster Fusiliers. says:
at is inexpressibly painful to me TO
have to tell you that the Major, our
splendid commanding officer, fell in action
the day before yesterday while leading
his regiment most gallantly against over
wheminS odds. The regiment was left
behind, and for several hours fell back
fighting, under the personal direction of
your husband, who, although we'll aware
of tho impossible nature of his task, is
sued his orders and made all arrange