Ripley County democrat., 1918-05-24
WOUNDED DRITON HIDES TWO MONTHS
BEHIND HUN Lines, Then ESCAPES
hg Shattered He Takes Refuge Shell Hole and Enemy Believes
Him Dead-ie Crawls Across Trench and No Mans Land
to English Positon-Many Stories Of Brave Deeds
on Battle Front in France

o'opeu almost into a marksman. mr.
ing from his left shoulder Althnroh
ne Is still Obliged to use crutches n
limbs. "'e u ootn
Sergeant Captures Fifteen Men.
90 many stories Of brave deeds come
.r"m tne battle fronts that II IL diff,-
cult Tor the STATS to select the heroes
most entitled to military honorr A
New York Herald correspondent has
soue through a record OF the most
recent awards and chosen the follow.
.ns as worthy Of special newspaper
sergeant A. W. Bennett, of East Sur.
rey, led the first wave Of an attaching
party with great gallantry and dash to
!ne nrst objective, capturing fifteen Of
.ne enemy and killing many more. He
nen .ook command Of the party and
leo Them to their second objective
where ne killed IN officer ana several
men. During the withdrawal Of the
ra'uing party he showed a flne EXAM
pie 70 his men. and Withdrew them ~
= On parade. although subjected to.
severe rifle fire.
frivate j. W. BARKER. Royal Scots
Fusiiiers--A bomber was shot c,ose N
nun, ana two Of the bombs In his pouch
were ignlted. Barker pulled open the
mans pouch and threw both bombs
away. when they Immediately explod.
ca. He was dressing the wounded
man at the time, and his action saved |
many Of his comrades.
Stand on Live Grenade.
Corp. T. w. Allison, Northumber. |
land Fusiliers--When his officer was |
severely wounded and lying under Gre |
ne went back and sheltered him with
ms body at great personal risk until n
was possible to move him to a place
O safety. No praise can be too great
Tor this splendid act Of devotion
Private D. Novel; Royal Scots--He
was preparing to fre rife grenade
wnen an enemy shell burst, knocked
me rife out Of his hand and caused
me grenade to fall out. Calling to the
men near to get clear, he put his foot
q the grenade which exploded and |
,lew of his foot, BY this act he saved
ne lives Of an officer and Eve men.
Private T. n. Seel. Northumberland
'esiment-While carrying q message
rom brigade headquarters to a for
ward station was badly wounded IN the
read and both legs by shell withip
w yards of his destination. He
rawied the rest Of the way and do
lvered the dispatches.
Private @. r. Passoe. Manchesser
eglment-Accompanled by another
older he went 200 yards to detached
ost to bring In wounded man. They
ressed the wounds and carried the
nan 100 yards across the open In broad
ayiight. In spite Of rifle flre, machine
I'M fire from an airpiane and the
round, and sniping, as iweil as heavy
hell fire during the Concluding 100
ards Of their journey.
Avistor Saves Menin Boat;
Pioneer W. T. SmithsRoyal Flying
'rps--As gunner in an airplane NJ
lot down an enemy machine, but his
Vn pilot was then wounded and fall
'rward insensible on the control lag.
!. Smith climbed forward along the 4
lane. pulled the pilot or the lever
% got the machine under control.
10 pilot partly recovered and Smith
mained standing on the side az the,
'dy OF the machine shouting words |
encouragement to him. The ma
Inc was. eventually landed without
uch damage
Agents Of the British and rore,rD
ilor's society tell q thrilling story 81
French airman's quick and heroic
tion 10 saving life. Several nr4tish
Iiors were in an exhausted condition
an open boat. having been ona tor
ioed steamship, when q French aver.
ming from nowhere apparently.
ooped down close to him and drop.
! life belt. On II was q slip az
per with this message:
Cheer up. lads. I'm going for heips
de vanished IN jiftya Five hours
ter o ship he had summoned arrived
4 rescued the drifting men who
I'D have survived butsa few hours
ger. The name of the French ayi-
= WAa nnror Ian rnad