The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-10
ENGLISH OFFICER AVENGED HIS BABY
Air Raid Crippled Little Daughter and With a Club He Killed Eight GermaHs-Led a Wild Charge
 on Machine Gun.
From The Kansas City Star.

From The Kansas City Star.
 The full story of the heroism of a British captain, who was so moved with hatred of the Germans for crippling his child with bomb that he attacked and killed eight of them with Q club and withstood sudden German onslaught by his inspiring leadership, has just been received. The tale has made the captains name byword of gallantry and bravery in the British camp. Here are the facts:
 When the Germans delivered their tremendous assault against Masnieres and Marcoing during their general offensive on November 30, those two towns and the terri tory about them were being held by division of English troops. On the stan of the commanding general there was a dashing captain, who may be designated as Captain Black for purposes of this narrative.
 Teutons Crippled His Child
 Black was a man of long service
 nd much beloved by all the troops.
 had been jovial companion un-,
 recently, when, during a German
 raid over England, his baby girl .as crippled for life by a bomb. Black had become bitter against the Germans and had sworn that he would exact full penalty for the airman's decd.
 The captain little knew when he turned in on the night of November 29 how soon he would be able Co get his revenge. Next morning the Ger mans attacked Masineres in force and the brigade to the right of the troops holding the town was forced to fall back The brigade in the town, however, stood firm and fought the enemy off. Meanwhile waves of Germans had swept by 10 the south of the town and were swarming westward
 Captain Black came out of his headquarters south of Marcong to find five Germans already in pos session of a great dump nearby. So quickly had the enemy advanced that this was the first intimation that they were nearby. Black had in his hand a heavy walking stick, which was his only weapon. With out a moments hesitation he| charged the dump alone and beat about him so fiercely that he brained all five opponents before they rseG-- cred from the surprise. He had made good his vow, but his work was not finished.
 Drove Them From House to House.
 Other Germans appeared west of Les Rue Verts, a southern suburb of iMasnieres. Black collected all the signallers, cooks, orderlies and other servants available, and with two companies of regulars delivered an attack toward Rue Verts. The Germans fell back and fierce hand- to-hand fighting followed. Black led his little army from house to house and as often as the Germans made stand he drove them out, until final- ly the whole suburb had been cleared with the exception of one machine gun, whose crew of eight men kept pumping bullets into the British ranks.
 Black charged this machine with one orderly Four other brave or derlies had been shot beside him previously and this one was caught as the machine gun was reached. Black then attacked the Germans with a revolver in each hand and shot down the last man of the eight This cleared Rues yedtes of the en- emy and outposts were established about the place. Black had been wounded during the fighting. but he held on to his command until relief came the next day.