Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12
COURAGEOUS ACTS
RECEIVE PRAISE
German General Staff Tells of
Mighty Deeds Done by
It's Soldiers.
DEATH PORTION OF MANY
Men Show No Fear of Leaden
Hail in Attacks on
Enemy.
DEATH PORTION OF MANY

Especial Cable 10 The Times Dispatch
BERLIN. September 1.-THE follow
ing further detailed accounts OF special
actG OF bravery OF German officers and
soldiers have been published by tn.
general sthH:
In ono Of the rccv.,, battles at the
western :lont. about thirty men OF tho
Sixth Company OF IN. one hundred
ard EoL,h Saxon Iutln;:; Regiment
with ry:Lg color, attacked French
trench. The small detachment was
erected by murd.rous fire, but Il
etormeo the position OF the enemy and
rcpulsed several con ;terattocks In
less than half an hour twelve wcr-
killed, and when the enemy received
r"onforcemcnts. th'te was nothing
left but a quick retrea. through hoil
OF bulle's.
Closing around tho rag bearer. Ser
Scant FRANKIE. OF ,I'weida, the band
started TO fall face. y few minutes
later FRANKIE was st-uc'; by :wo bullets
R7d ore!ped dead. When he fell his
nciEhbc-. Corporal E7Gcl. OF Ha.slau,
p!ckcd up the flag. but he was also
killed shortly afterw". l. y volunteer.
Private Kuehn. of - wiz. finally sue
cceded in carrying the flag back to the
line Of the regiment. or the thirty
men who had attacked t'e trench only
.rvrn returned. but the flag was saved
The survivors, have I'll been decorated
with the Iron Cross
FRENCH ARE CAPTURED
ny OAR Nj: GERMANS
The r I'd Company of tho Same regi.
mcnt was engaged II the Wocrrc dis
trict. wIIr II received n nank fire from
the rl!i ection Of farmhouse. Sergeant
Schlierf. Of Eibenstoc'i. and Corporals
Pausch. Of Muehlau. ard Glacscr, OF
Gruenau volunteered 10 rcconnoiter Tho
position Of the tnvis.h = enemy. They
RIM 1crrt an open f- Il under a heavy
fire and found that the farm was in
the posse, sion OF the enemy.
Instead of turning back. the three
men CAUTIOUSLY Greg. UP to the house
LEdcr the cover of an orchard. In the
yNrd they found q slightly wounded
rrenCl. soldier, whom they took
prisoner before he could give An alarm.
Behind greenhouse they founo an
other 'enchman, WON they quickly
cisarIned. When rausch and tila.sel
snioshed the front 1ror OF the farm
house three enemies appeared and
threw UP their hands
In the meantime. Sergeant Schlierf
had climbed to the roof OF the green
house and discovered eleven French
men in this building. Covering them
with his gun, he ordered them 10 sur
render, and they obcyed without re-
sistance. Thus The three member, of
the patrol. who have all received the
Iron Cross of the second class. made
sixteen prisoners In a fen minutes
During the second invasion of the
Russians in Eastern Prussia, Lieuten-
ant Won Robendorff. OF the Forty sixth
Mounted Chausseurs Regiment, was or
dered to advance from Roesse! to Sor-
Quittcn with two corporals and twenty
men. Near Sorquitten the small Z
tachment met Russian cavalry dIvi-
sion. Lieutenant Won Robendorff drew
his men up behind hill and ordered
them TO dismount for an engagement
on foot.
When the Russian advance guard
appeared near the hill. II was greeted
with a sharp fire. The Russians were
completely surprised and fed, leaving
several dead and ten or twelve
wounded. Two hours later the Russian
cavalry returned. supported by regi-
ment OF infantry Then Lieutenant
Won Robendorff and his band had to
withdraw but they held the enemy at
a respectful distance and suffered no
losses
SQUADRON Of COssACKS
FLEES IN DISORDER
On its retreat toward Roessel, the
detachment learned that Russian cav
airy had taken possession of this place.
Drawing his small force out to a line
Of 200 yards. Lieutenant Won Roben-
dorf dashed into the town. and the
Russians were surprised and fooled
again. \ squadron of Cossacks who
had pitched camp on the market place
fed in wild disorder, believing itself
attacked by numerically superior
force. Lieutenant Won Robendorf
hauled down the Russian flag from the
tower OF the town hall and collected
large amount OF booty.
For these and other daring deeds
the lieutenant was decorated with the
Iron Cross Of the first class, but few
weeks later two Russian bullets ended
his life, when he tried to break through
the positions of the enemy near