Evening star., 1918-08-18
Bombed Gun Crew.

and saved the advancing troops heavy
casualties.
distinguished conduct medal, his platoon
one afternoon being under heavy ma.
chine gun fire. located the sun. With
the assistance OF an Australian he crept
to the position. occupied IT.. ssissd the
gun and forced the crew to carry II
back to our lines.
Corp. Shabinger. given the military
medal. being severely wounded at the
beginning of the engagement. re-
mained in charge of his squad
and controlling his men until the
enemy was .'mopped up" when he
asked to be sent to an aid station. He
showed great gal,antry, setting fine
example to the remainder OF his men.
Leads Squad, Though Wounded.
Corp. whitson. also awarded the
military medal. severely wounded In
the shoulder and suffering the loss Of
blood, continued to lead his squad to
the final position. 1t was fine exam
Corp. Powell, awarded the military
medal during counter attack.
gained possession Of one of our ad-
vanced posts which had been recap
tured before an assault could be
made. He volunteered for this duty,
and led his section to attack through
violent shell fire. bombing the enemy
out of our post and enabling the line
Private wilkins. awarded the mill
.ary medal ..,aL exhibited y. ho4pas sensspisI0a.
chine gun position and captured the
gun. which had been infiicting heavy
casualties on our troops
Sergt. Koiiane. awarded the military
medal, after having been under fre,
rtt n n nff7rar and fw0 An1tRaltAn8.
rushed a position and captured ma
chine gun and eight prisoners.
Private Keane. awarded the military
medal, displayed great gallantry and
machine gun and artillery fre, two
stretcher bearers working with him
were killed. He impressed German
prisoners to carry the wounded
medal. although severely wounded at
the beginning of the engagement. con-
tinued to execute his duties as guard
leader. going forward with his platoon
and showing 2 fine example OF great
dressed he insisted on returning to
his platoon.
Corp. zyburt, sergt. Erhard and Pri-
yate Sweredo were cited orally.
the British armies in France. In small
ing order: French. Belgian. Italian,
American, British and neutral. As
the king wore the field marshafs uni
form and the correspondents the dress
of British officers, the,. reception was
according to military etiquette Of this
army, but his majesty did not seem
concerned with matters Of ceremony,
tbut was honestly. pleased to see US. -
The reason was evident when he
quite Informally began to tell of his
appreciation to the American soldiers
and the American people. His blue
gray eyes flashed when he said that
our soldiers went to battle with the
spirit of kill or be killed." and added
that men can do no more His frank
sympathetic attitude almost made me
forget the graciousness shown in re-
ceiving US.
1 feel that It wasn't done 30 much
to compliment us, but rather through
US to come into closer relationship
with all American people, who, after
all, even IL their forbears fought in
the revolutionary war when the
United States was born, are OF Eng
lish blood. He spoke Of our national
prejudice for royalty and at the same
time Of the British subjects insis-
tence upon his rights: Of the great
powers OF our own President; Of the
amount Of authority the British Sow
ereign wields, Of the President Of
France, who employs as much. IL not
mora mower than he