The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-10


 and led them against the enemy machine guns, capturing the guns and killing the personnel. Later in the day after con sultation with other unit commanders he again rallied the survivors of his bat talion and at critical moment led them through a very hostile fire barrage against the objectives. He was one of the first to enter the enemy trench. His personal gallantry and initiative 1t very critical moment turned the fortunes of the day and enabled the division to press on and capture objectives of the highest tactical importance" NOT ALL THE STORY That is not all of the story by half Colonel Campbell is a great huntsman For years he has followed the hounds over the fields of Shropshire and is mas ter of Tannatside Harriers, a small hunt composed mostly of farmers. For some years Colonel Campbell had used hunt ing horn in drilling his men, signalling his orders by sounding silvery notes. Into battle Colonel Campbell went, his revolver in one hand and a hunting horn, presented to him by the men of the First battalion of Coldstreams at the time their commander was transferred to the Third battalion.
 He rallied the survivors, the off, cial announcement said, "and at a crit ical moment led them through a very heavy hostile barrage against the ob- jective."
 The Coldstreams were faring rather badly in the attack. Colonel Campbell lost his second in command, his adju- tant and many other officers. His men were scattered, the living taking refuge in shell holes all over the battlefield and finding cover from the fierce machine gun fire of the enemy. Colonel Camp haiI |. I1I I,tr It's notes rose above the din of battle, the pop-pop of the machine guns and the roar of bursting shells. From out of the shell holes in all parts of the field men of the Coldstreams rose in response. .HThey came running in from the shell holes just like the hounds from cover" " is the way Colonel Campbell describes the situation. They came almost imme- diately after I blew the horn. They recognized it at once and knew that I was calling them.
 Not only did the sounding of the horn arouse the Coldstreams, but the unusual sound also startled the Germans. The battalion lined up in the Ieaden rain storm and proceeded again to the att tack They came to the German trenches, bayoneted the machine gunners and took the first trench In all they advanced 20O0 yards that day.
 A soldier who was in it tells this ver- sion:
 We could see the Germans clambering out of their trenches and running for all they were worth.
 "They came out of dug outs and shell holes and fairly scattered. Beyond them we could see the Germans skeltering off with their guns-they were in a hurry!
 eff it had not been for just one or two machine guns that escaped our artillery fire and had commanding posi- tions, we should have never stopped, for a minute and would have gone on for miles, unless our officers had stopped us.
 q was sheltering in a shell hole and wondering where my mates were and whether they had gone on farther or gone back, when I heard the coloneps horn. It made me jump for joy and I never thought of sheltering any more. There was the colonel waiting there with all the men running up to the sound and he did not wait long.
 Some of our men moved right into Q trench where there was a crowd of Ger mans who were inclined to put up a real standup fight, and they got it. There was a great fight with the bayonet and the Germans stuck it until only about 200 ren1ainded, and then they gave in.''
 ONE OF SADDEST CASES
 One of the saddest cases of the war is also chronicled in this list Brevet Ma jor William LaTouche Congreve came of a family accustomed to fighting. Major Congreve belonged to the rifle brigade.