The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-11

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with surprising accuracy straight in
the midst Of them. He Killed about
eighteen and wounded ana scattered
rhr rest.
Proud Of His bag"
"Sru hr did not think he had done
anything big. and when suggested hc
should 80 10 the right and Ir. 90 tut
some Of our company he was ready n
~r"urly. lie went and reported to 'hr
sergeant, and heard while there that
Captain Scales and scout were lying
out dangerously wounded. Hi III once
volunteered 10 fetch them in. He sue
crcGrd in bringing the captain 10 sue
.. bur the officer died soon after
lin then started 10 return 10 me,
but on the way he found two German,
in It shell hole. How ne found them j.
"a puzzle. for it was dark. He lcvci"I
his rifle az them and The Huns put up
both hands before this little man and.
kamcrHd.' Hill then took his prisoners
down the line and that was the only
time he thought he had done any
thing big. He was proud Of his bag
He performed all these feuts in less
than half an hour
One particular incident stirred Eng
land deeply. II was the death of John
TruycrS Cornwcll in the battle of Jut-
land. a boy of sixteen on II. NJ. 5.
Chester, he was mOrtally wounded
early III the fight. Nevertheless he re-
manned standing alone 1T II most rX-
posed post 10 the end of the action.
with the guns crew dead and WOULD
ed all around him. He said simply,
there, he thought that he might be
wanted. The boys body wac brought
back to England and buried by his
parents in Il London cemetery. The
| British people had not then heard the
story of his death, but when Sir John
Jellicoc'S dispatch was published tell
| ing about young Cornwell's hcroism a
wave of emotion swept over the cOun-
try.
Two months aftcrward the coffin
was diSintcrrcd and buried with hon
orS in II new grave.
Wins V. c. Twice.
One man has won the V. c. twice in
| the present war. He was still alive
when last heard from and may yt win
the medal again. Lieut.. John JaCka
of the Fourteenth battalion of Aus
| tralian infantry is the man. lie won
| the '. {. first in the fighting at Gal
| Iipoli. He was then corporal On
May Is, 1915, the Turks made a fierce
attack On the position held by the Aus
/ tralians. The onslaught was one of
the most furious of the disastrous
! lip"li campaign. 1t was necessary 10
| capture Il certain part Of Il Turkish
| trench and Jacka undertook to accom-
| pliSh that job alone. He got in he
hind the trench. With his rifle Jacka
| shot down five Turks, with his bayo-
net he killed two more, and the three
who remained to oppose him he cap
! turcd. His achievement saved Il part
of the allied line.
On August = last Jacka won his V.
| {. the second time at the battle of the
Somme. He had been promoted to a
| licutcnanCy and was in command Of "a
| platoon sent to relieve force of An
ZaCS in an advanced trench near
| POzicreS. In the morning Jacka's lit
tie command was attacked by force
of GOO Germans. Only seven Of Jacka' :
men, including himself. remained alive
after that charge. These seven decid-
ed 10 die fighting. even against over
whelming odds. With bayonets they
charged ut the Germans. They fought
| Ike tigers and were able To keep the
Germans busy until the reserves came
up and the tide turned. 1t is said that
not a Sjngl" German of that GOO got
away. Many were killed and some
w"r" captured.
In any record Of the Victoria Cross
on" cannot omit the name Of Lieuten.
mt WHrn"furd, the first man to de-
strOy n Zeppelin singlo-ha A few
| dnFs after his exploit WarncfOrd was
Killed while flying with an American
newspaper man.
InXn. Charles &. Wright of Amnicon
| IHEC VHE dTl yluP home. "a hon he III u