The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-12-04
WOUNDS SCORNED
ON FIELD At LOOS
Lieutenant, His Leg Shattered,
Dragged Wire Over Trenches,
NEARLY ALL WERE HIT TWICE

Men Stuck 20 Their Posts, Refusing
Hospital Aid-One Officer Shot Seven
Times-London Rep irt Asserts That
One English Soldier Captured Seven
Germans In Cellar.
Among after tales Of the great bat
tie of LooS. which have just appeared
IN the official records. are stories Of
tie herOism OF various Individual OHi-
GERS during the progress of the battle
who have been rewarded by the mill
tnry cross or the Distinguished Service
Oruer
One of the most remarkable deeds
was that OF Lieutenant IIollwey of the
Royal artillery. who took field tile
phone and wire to Il little force of Brit.
ISL who were clinging to the trenches
Hn the far s.le OF the ca ptured Hohen-
nOilern redOubt.
AT times TIolIwey had to crawl
acrOss the tops of the excavations. in
plain view of the German machine
GunnerS only a few hundred yards
away, slowly uncOiling telephone wire
behind him. Before he had gone ten
yards he was hit In the leg. He crawl
cd on Before he had finished his task
another missile struck the same leg.
breaking the bone.
Still Hollwey struggled on. Two 9TH
er telephone men crawled out to take
him to safety ana for their pains were
ordered to leave iim and finish laying
cut the wire Not until all was secure
would he consent to be carried to the
hospital.
Nearly All Wounded Twice.
Scarcely one OF the officers mentioned
INN the orders but was wounded at least
twice. Captain Dennis OF the Scottish
borderers. twice wounded and carried
TO the rear. scrambled out Of the am
bulance, escaped from the dressing sta-
tfOD and ran back TO his company TO
be with them on the Gnal charge. only
to receive IL third bullet. But even
Captain Dennis was surpassed by Cap
tain Kearsley of the Welsh fusiiiers.
who stuck to his post at the head Of
his men until he had been hit no less
than seven times.
Major Gordon of the London artil-
lery. sent forward to the German
trenches with recOnn0itering party,
shot one German with his revolver and
returned through the midst OF ter
rife fire, marching twelve German pris-
0ners before him.
Captain Bird of the London field
ambulance corps worked for twenty
three hours without stop. tending
wounded and carrying them to the
rear through terrific shell fire. and
was twice seen cOolly carrying off
wounded on Stretcher with German
rifle bullets whistling all around him
He remained on duty for fifty five hours
In all without rest
Lieutenant Williams of the Bluffs.
heading bomb party. threw 1000
bombs in seventeen hours holding his
position throughout that time in a
heavy ra.nstorm. fighting the damp
fuses from his cigarette. After he
had been relieved it was discovered
that he had been seriously wounded
early in the lighting
Captain Williams of the Welsh I
guards, commanding a machine gun
SQGdu, WAS OdIlSGIOUSlS NOduueu, nut 1
returned to his post and directed the /
fire cf his men While lying on his back !
on the ground unable TO raise himself,
until at midnight relief came up. and .
he was carried to the rear.
Lieutenant Wood of the Cord IN .
highlandcrs after marching 275 pris.
Oners. taken in Loos by himself ard F.
his company. to the rear. returned .
with badly needed supplies of ammu-
nitiGn to find his company clinging des-
perately to Il position under hill 40,
under heavy fire, and with every other
officer down. He promptly took com
mand and held on to the position un.
Ill relieved
Lieutenant Pusch of the London in
fantry. head Of a bomb party. was
engaged in the perilous work of rOut-
Rl;g the Germans out of the cellars il
Loos in which they had taken refuge
TlunSing h&, one house ahead of his
men. he found himself alone in the
presence OF seven Germans. one of
whom fred on him and wounded him
m the face. In spite Of this he cap
tured the entire lot and continued with
his work without stopping to have his
wound dressed