South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-22
THIRTY GERMANS
CAPTURE TRENCH
General Staff Details Bravery
of Officers and Men at
Front.

BERLIN, Sept. 22.-The following
further detailed accounts OF special
acts Of bravery Of German officers and
soldiers have been published by the
general staff:
In one Of the recent battles at the
western front about 80 men OF the
sixth company of the l04th Saxon In
fantry regiment with flying colOrs at
tackled Il French trench The small
detachment was greeted by a murder
Gus FIRE, hut il stOrmed the position or
the enemy and repulsed several coun-
ter-attacks. In less than hair an
hour L were killed and when the
enemy received reinforceluents there
was nothing left but a quick retreat
through a hail CT bullets.
Closing around the hag-bearer, Sed-
geant Franks OF Mitweida. the band
started 10 fall back. A few minutes
later Franks was struck by two bull
lets and dropped dead. when ne fell.
his neighbor. Corporal Engel OF Has
slau. picked up the flag. but he also
was killed shortly afterward A vol
unteer. Private Kuehn OF Leipzig,
finally succeeded in carrying the flag
back 10 the line Of the regiment. OF
the 80 men who had attacked the
trench only seven returned, but the
flag was saved. The survivors have
all been ecorated with the iron
cross.
The third company Of the same
regiment was engaged in the WOevre
district when it received flank fire
from the direction or n farmhouse.
Sergt. Schlierf Of EibenstOck and
Corporals Pausch of Muehlau ard
GIaeser Of Gruenau volunteered 10
TccOnnOitre the position OF the inVis-
ible enemy. They ran across an open
field under a heavy fire and found
that the farm was in the possession
of the enemy.
Instead of turning back the three
men cautiously crept up L the house
under the cover OF an orchard. In
the yard they found a slightly wound
cd French soldier whom they took
prisoner before he could give an
alarm. Behind greenhouse they
found another FTenchman, whom they
quickly disarmed. When Pausch and
Glaesel smashed the front door of the
farmhouse three enemies appeared
and threw up their hands.
In the meantime Sergt. Schilert
mad climbed to the roof Of the green
house and discovered IL Frenchmen
in this building. COverino them with
his gun he ordered them to surrender
and they Obeyed without resistance.
Thus the three members of the patrol
who have all received the iron cross
of the second class. made 6 prisoners
in a few minutes.
Russians in Eastern Prussia Lieut..
Won Robendorff OF the 10th mounted
Chauseurs regiment was ordered to
advance from ROessel 70 SOrQuitten
with two coTporals and 20 men. Near
SOrquitten the small detachment met
a Russian cavalry division. Lieut..
Won RobendOrff drew his men up be-
hind "A hill and ordered them to dis
mount for an engagement on foot.
When the Russian advance guard
appeared near the hill il was greeted
with a sharp fire The Russians were
completely surprised and fed, leav-
ing several dead and 10 or L wound
ed. Two hours later the Russian
cavalry returned supported by = reg
iment OF infantry. Then Lieut.. Won
Robendorff and his band had to with
draw. but they held the enemy at
respectable distance and suffered no
losses.
on its retreat toward Roessel the
detachment learned that Russian cav
airy had taken possession of this
place. Drawing his small force out
20 a line of zoe yards Lieut. Won
RObendOrff dashed into the town and
the Russians were surprised and
fooled again. \ squadron of COSsacks
which had pitched camp on the mar
ket place fed in wild disorder, be-
Heving itself attacked By a numeri-
cally superior force. Lieut. Won RO-
bendorm hauled down the Russian flag
from the tower of the town hall aid
collected a large amount of booty
For these and other daring deeds
the Lieutenant was decorated with
the iron cross of the first class. but a
few weeks later two Russian bullets
ended his life when he tried to break
through the positions of the enemy
near Piaszno in northern Poland.