The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-27
carries Colonel to Safety and Re.
turns Under Fire to Rescue
Englishman.
SUCC0RS A DYING GERMAN
French Boys Thrilling Deed That May
Win the Victoria Cross Of Great
eritain-cyclist Wins French
Decoration.

correspondent at Anglers:
Jean Berger, simple soldat' of tn
Second regiment of infantry, should
, after the war, be Jean Berger, V. c
lie is a Frenchman-yes, but listen t,
his story
He, boy of about eighteen year.
OF age, lies in hospital here, wounded
badly, but not dangerously, in the
. side and also in the hand.
Jean Joined the Second regiment o.
infantry, which was soon under orders
for Upper Alsace
1T was during one of the almost
innumerable fights which, battles in
themselves. are making up that
Homeric struggle of the nations on
the River Aisne that the colonel lead
Ing the gallant Second was shot down
Machine guns were raking the quickly
thrownup trenches: showers of rifle
bullets were falling everywhere
around. With that heroism which
takes account of nothing save the OBJ
ject in view, Jean rushed out of his
shelter to carry his colonel to safety.
Through rain of leaden death he
passed scatheless, reached his colonel,
and carried him to safety.
Back Through Hail Of Lead.
"As he was performing his glorious
act he passed an officer of the Grena-
der guards wounded severely in the
| leg, who called out for water.
"'All right cried Jean, I'll be back
in a minute or two
"He put the colonel in the shelter
of a trench where the Red Cross men
were at work, procured some wine
from one Of the doctors, and set forth
again to face the bullet showers. And
again he went out untouched.
Reaching the English officer. Jean
held up the flask to the wounded mans
lips, but, before he could drink a bull
let struck the young Frenchman in
the hand. carrying away three fingers,
and the flask fell to the ground Quick
ly, as though the flask had merely
slipped out of one hand by accident,
Jean picked it up with the other; and.
supported by the young Frenchman,
the English officer drank
"While he was doing so bullet
drilled Jean through the side. Yet.
in spite of the intense pain, he man
aged to take off his knapsack, and,
searching in it, discovered some food,
which he gave to his English comrade.
AS the guardsman was eating, he
and Jean discovered that near them
was a wounded German soldier, who,
recovering from the delirium OF
wounds, was crying out for food and
drink. The Englishman, taking the
flask which had still some wine IN IT,
and also the remainder of the FOOD
from the Frenchman's knapsack, man.
aged, though suffering great pain, 10
roll himself along till he reached the
spot where the German soldier lay
There, however, he found he was, by
himself, too weak to give the poor
fellow anything.
so he shouted to Jean to come to
his assistance, and. though movement
pain, the young Frenchman managed,
too to reach the place, and together,
Fnglishman and Frenchman, succored
the dying German. One held him up
while the other poured wine between
his parched lips
All Fall In a Heap.
Then human nature could STAND no
more. and all three fell, utterly ex-
hausted. in heap together. All
through the long night, night con-
tinuously broken by the roar Of can
non death watched over that strange
sleeping place of the three comrades
of three great warning nations.
an the morning shells bursting near
them aroused the English officer ana
the French soldier Their German
neighbor was dead and for long T.
time they could only wonder how the
dav OF battle was going. When the
forenoon was well advanced they sa"
Germans advancing.
Jean, who can speak German
called out, We are thirsty; please
give us something TO drink He was
heard by some officer of uhlans, who
rode UP. and dismounting and cover
ing them with his revolver, asked .
what was the matter.
I'VE are thirsty replied Jean .
THE German looked at the little
eroup, lie saw his covn'ryman living
dead with an empty flask beside him,
and guessed what was the scene or
comradeship and bravery which the
SPOT had witnessed He gave instruc-
tions to an orderly, and wine was
brought and given to the two wounded
men. Surely, that is a scene and a
deed which will wipe out many olt-
ter thought and memory of war;
Just then the cannonade burst
forth again with tremendous fury, and
the German force which had come up
had TO retire. Shells were soon burst
ing all around, and fragments struck
the English officer. He became de-
lirious with pain. and the young
Frenchman, stiff, feverish. and weak
himself. saw that it was necessary 10