Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-15
CANADIAN RECRUITS PROVE
&c THEIR HEROISM IN BATTLE

iginaI line Of the Allies and il was twt
and a half miles south Of that line
This charge made by men who looked
death indifferently in the face saveC
the Canadian left II also secured anC
maintained during the most critica
moment Of all the integrity of the Al
lied line
Gas Drives Out Hishlanders.
AT 1 O'Clock Oil the morning q
April - u fresh emission OF gas was
made both upon the 2nd brigade
which held the line running northeast
and upon the pivotal point The Ash
from the trench, but recovered and re
occupied il.
1T was clear that several German
divisions were attempting to crush OF
drive back the 3rd brigade and &c
sweep around and over whelm cur lefl
wing. The last attempt partially sue
ceeded. German troops swung past the
unsupported left Of the brigade and
slipping in between the wood and St
ties by apparently isOiating us from
the brigade base.
Maj. Noteworthy eayoneted.
In the exertions made by the 3rd
brigade during this supreme crisis,
Maj. Noteworthy, already almost dis
abled by bullet wound, was bayonet-
ed and killed. Capt McQuaig OF the
same battalion was seriously wounded
"On Friday afternoon the left Of the
Iva q
pCrtant reinfOrcements OF British
troops amounting to seven battalions.
From this time forward the Canadi.
ans also continued to receive further
assistance On the left from a series of
French counter attacks.
The fire of the artillery OF the enc
my continually grew in intensity" the
account continues. 1T became evident
that the Canadian salient could no
longer be maintained against the over
whelmfng superiority of numbers by
which it was assailed. Slowly, stub
bCrnly and contrasting every yard, the
defenders receded from the point
where it had originally aligned with
the French and fell back upon ST.
Julien. $500 r..
Died Worthy of Canada" ..
Soon ii became evident that even
st. Julien. exposed from right and
left, was no longer tenable in the face
of overwhelming numerical superiori-
ty. The Bird brigade was, therefore,
ordered to retreat farther south, sell
ing every yard of ground dearly. But
it was found impossible, without haz.
arding far larger forces, to disentangle
the detachment of the royal highland.
ers Of Montreal, 18th battalion, and of
the royal Montreal regiment. The
brigade was ordered not a moment too
soon to move back. 1t left these units
with heavy hearts. t........
The German line rolled over the
deserted village, but for several hours
after the enemy had become master of
the village the sullen and persistent
rife fire which survived showed that
they were not yet master of the Cana
dian rear guard. If they died, they
died worthy of Canada .--.-.-.ss., =,
Trenches Wrecked; Men ,undismayed.,
The enforced retirement Of the Bird
brigade-and to have stayed longer
would have been madness-repro-
duced for the End brigade. command
ed by Brig .-gen. Curry, the position OF.
the 3rd brigade itself at the moment
OF the withdrawal of the French Gen.
Curry flung his left flank around and
in the crisis of this immense struggle
held his trenches from Thursday after
noon until Sunday afternoon He did
not abandon them then. There was
none left. The had been obliterated
by artillery. He withdrew his unde-
feated troops from the fragments of
his field Notifications and the hearts
of his men were as completely un-
broken as the parapets of his trenches
were completely broken. zs
Gas Victims Bayonet Enemy. a
The 90th Winnipeg rifles, which
held the extreme left of the brigade
position at the most critical moment.
was expelled from the trenches early
Friday morning by an emission OF
poisonous gas, but recovering in three,
quarters of an hour it counter attack
ed, retook the trenches 1t had ADAM
dcned and bayoneted the enemy.
After the 3rd brigade had been forced
to retire Lieut.-Col Upset, command
er of the Winnipeg rifles, held his po-
sition, though his left was in the air,
until two British regiments filled up
the gap on Saturday night j
After a very formidable attack the
enemy captured ST. Julien, opening up
a new line of advance, but by this time
further reinforcements had arrived.
Again it became evident that the sit
uation dictated an offensive movement
as the surest method Of arresting far
Their progress. Gen. Anderson, COM
manding the reinforcements, directed
an advance by British brigade which
had been brought up in support.
Death and Cheers for Canada.
As the troops making it swept
through the Canadian left and center,
many of them going to certain death,
they paused for an instant with deep
thrcated cheers for Canada, indicating
the warm admiration which the Cana
dams exertfons had excited in the
British army. -.
"The advance was costly but could
not be gainsaid and the German adj