The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-16

It was a nerye-trying ordeal of the most terrible character, and our men came through with credit to them selves and added glory to the regi- ments they belong to.
 Of these regiments it would be inn possible to speak too highly, and I do not care to make distinctions, but if it were left to the vote of the whole army to say which of, the English reg iments was most worthy of praise for it's part in this day of terrible fight ing I think the palm would be award ed to the Leicesters, the Old Tigers, who certainly lived up to their name in that fight.
 Two battalions of the regiment were engaged at widely separted points of the line, but both managed to distinguish themselves. In one case the battalion was entirely isolated by an unexpected success of the enemy s push, and in face of odds of nine to one this battalion held it's ground for hours. When the Germans had com pletely surrounded the battalion, cut ting off all intercourse with the outer world, and pinned the Leicester men tightly in a position into which de- luge of shells was continually being poured and liquid fire and machine gun bullets were streaming, the Ger man commander sent in under flag of truce to say that it was time to end the slaughter, as he and his men were in a hurry to complete the task al loted them and had no time to delay on this job.
 He got the reply that the comman- der of the Leicesters reserved to him. self the right to say when his men should cease fighting, and for the rest, if the German commander was 1 in such a hurry to get on his job, well | let him get on with it. This reply l dd not please the German, and he sent in a message to say that he pro- posed to exterminate the Leicesters | The only answer he got was a polite request from the officer who took his
 message that he would be good | enough to advise the Leicesters wher the exterminating business was to be- | gin.
 A furious attack followed thi.
 pleasantly, and the Leicesters were
 assailed from four different points | Grimly and tenaciousky they held breaking enemy attacks one after the | other, and finally breaking through | the cordon thrown around them b!
 the Huns and retiring to the prepar
 ed position in the rear as soon as th'
 withdrawal of the other troops ha6
 been completed.
 In another instance about 200 mel | of the same regiment, but differen l battalion, were left high and dr!
 when the great tide of German in fantry swept across our front lines
 For S6 hours they held on, entirel,
 cut off from headquarters and hopin;
 for the best. In the end ammunition
 ran out, and when the last round wa
 fired the Germans rushed the posi-
 ton, killing most of those who sur vived and taking as prisoners a mum
 Der of the wounded.
 Staffordshire Men Win Out of Hope ! less Position.
 In Mory village were men of tn Staffordshires, who proved themselve ) real white men. from the Black Coun
 try. Against the village four Ger
 man battalions were hurled after
 furious bombardment. Fierce fight ing at close quarters ragged for som hours Sheer weight of number
 forced the Black Country men out U
 the village but they refused to accep
 defeat.
 Every time they were driven ou they returned to the attack and hnall. threw the Germans out for goei Then they held on until relieved, an the fight was taken up by other regi [ ments. Another battalion of Staf , fordshire men found themselves in dangerous position through the un 7 covering of their Hanks while a stron : attack was being made on their front eI A company of the battalion wa detached to withstand the threatenei