Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-19
Associated Press News
From Eastern Fields

cuous bravery in connection wish
bomb-throwing exploits which new
constitute such an important feature
OF trench warfare. 1t was during op
erations southwest of kritiia On the
Gallipoli peninsula that Captain Ger
aid Robert Oisullivan, first battalion
Royal lnniski.ling Fusiliels, won the
highest award fer valor. This is
what he did, as narrated in the Off
cial report:
"On the night of the 1st-Gnd y!
July, 1915, when it was essential t.la:
a portion Of a trench which had
been lost Should be regained, Captain
O'Su:livan, although not belonging tc
the troops at this point, volunteered
to lead a party CT bomb throwers tc
effect the recaptUWe.
HE advanced in the open under a
very heavy fire, and, III order to throw
his bombs with gCea,se effect, got uT
on the parapet where ne was com
pletely exposed to the fire OF the enc
my occupying the TRENCH. He was
finally wounded, but not before his
inspiring example had led on his par
ty to make further efforts, watch re
suited in the rer:aptuce CT the trench.
"On the night Of 1Sth-19rh CT juno
1915, Captain O'Sullyan saved a tri
teal situations in the same locally by
his great personal ga!lantry ana coed
leading
On the day following this announce
meni calIe anCthe-, more sinister,
in the official casualty list, giving
Captain O'Sullivan in the list OF
missing"
Sergeant James Sommers of the
same battalion won the Victoria CrCts
at the same time. when. owing tc
hostile bombing, some OF our troop:
had retired from a sap" says the re
port in the London Gazette, "Sergean,
Sommers remained alone on the spot
until a party brought up bombs. He
then climbed over into the Turks.
trench and touched the Turks will
good effect. ..... ...... ..,--
Later on he advanced into the cper
under very heavy fire and he'd back
the enemy by throwing bombs into
their tanks until a baTTicade had been
established During this period he
frequently ran to and from oul
trenches to obtain fresh supplies O
bombs"
What Second Lieutenant Herbert
James of TIE WorcesteT1Elire re3i'
ment, did to win the cross N Che Ga:
l;pcli operations. is thus described
'On the 2Sth of June. 1915, when 6
portion of a regiment had been check
ed owing to all the officers being put
cut Of action, Second Lieutenant
James, who belonged TO a neighbor
ing unit. entirely on his own initia
tive. gathered together a body Ct
imen and led them forward under
heavy shell and rife fire. He then re
turned, organized a second party ant
again advanced. HIS gallant ex
ample pue fresh life into the attack
"On the 3rd of July, on the same
LEGALITY, ne headed a party of bomb
throwers up a Turkish communication
trench, and, after nearly all his bomb
throwers had been killed or wounded
he remained alone at the head of the
trench and kept back the enemy sin
gle-handed until a barrier had been
built behind him and the trench Sc
cured. He was throughout exposed tc
a nurderous fire"
It was between Cambrin and LIE
Basse, in France, on August 3rd, Of
this year, that Second Lieutenant
George A. B. Rochefort Of the Scots
Guards, displayed "most conspicuous
%'gallantry" and won the V. C.
"AN 2 a. m. a German trench nor
tar bcnlo landed on tle side of the
parapet of the communicating trench
in which he stood close to a small
working party OF his battalion. He
might easily have stepped back a few
yards round the corner into perfect
safety, but, shouting to his men tc
lock out, he rushed at TIE bomb, seiZ
ed it, and hurled it over cle apsrape:
where it at M exploded.
There is no doubt" adds the off
cial report, that this splendid com
bination OF presence of mind and
courage saved the lives of man. O.
the working party"
The wish is expressed in TIC Lon
don papers that some enterr~isins
film producer turn out a series Of Icv
ing pictures depicting various ex
ploits by which the V. c. has beer
won. ......