The Cambria Daily Leader

BRAVO WELSH! FUSILIERS' CREAT .c, CHARGE I VIVID STORY OF FESTUBERT I FIGHTiNC. I r t MAGNIFICENT VALOUR I BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. No words can fittingly describe the pluck and gallantry shown by our troops, Regul.ars and Territorials alike, during the recent fighting in Fostubert district, where a big advance has been made. The ope.rations afforded ample oppor- tunities for both dash and endurance, and not one unit was found lacking in either quality. The men throughout be- haved splendidly. After the successful bayonet assaults on the night of the loth-lrtth of May, when on v men advanced unflinchingly across the open ground dividing two trenches, paying no heed to the withering fire of the enemy, the British troops had to endure a very heavy and prolonged bombardment from German batteries, to which they could make but little effectual reply from the trenches they had won. Subalterns in Command. All the officers in command during those days and nights are unanimous in their high praise of the men, and they also speak especially highly of the splendid leading qualities sbo.wn by vonng subal- terns of only a bare halt-year's service, who, when their superior officers had fallen, were callMupon. to assume com-, mand Th& movement really began just I)cf<)rel midnight on the 15th inst. with a heavy bombardment by our guns of about Lali an hour, which was followed by an infantry assault at 12.30. by which a long scctiou of German trench was gained. Another bayonet attack was successfully carried out at a quarter-past three. The result, of these two attacks was that a big bulge was made in tho enemy's line be- tween La Quinqu Rue and Rue d'ûllvert, which bulge was subsequently extended in either direction by the activity of bomb- throwing parties. Bomb-throwing played an especially important part in these operations, and many trenches were captured by this method. Each man in the bomb-throwing party carried a certain number of bombs fitted into a wooden case, which he wore round his waist. To each bomb is nt- tached a wooden handle, much in the style of a rocket, and when the time of action comes the bomb is drawn out and thrown, stick and all, with a high, lob- bing motion into the enemy's trench, to which,, if the aim be accurate, it causes great destruction. A regular course of bomb-throwing is provided at a special school behind the British front. Roval Welsh Fusiliers. The experiences of the Royal Welsh FusiiieTS. who went through all the j thickest fighting during this engagement, may fae quoted as an illustration of what our troops are rolled upon to do and how magnificently they carry out their task. The men of Wales have set an example to their countrymen, who will be justly proud of their kith and kin. Though their (asKmItifs were severe, the I  -bo are n,)w rest- men of the battalion,'who are now rest- 1 ing, are in the best of spirits, and only too anxious to br bsck in the firing line and have another smack at the Germans. The battalion arrived in the trenches, assigned to tliem on the evening of the 15th and lined up behind the parapet. I Orders had been given that the assault j was to be made immediately the bombard- ment of th6 enemy'? line had ceased. ) Dufcing the hours of darkness, which afforded them cover from the enemy, the Royal Engineers were busily engaged in preparing the ground between the lines of trenches, which at this point were some 500 yards apart. The ground had been carefully reconnoitred and made fit for the rapid passage of the charging in- fantry. Barbed wire CD tanglements pro- tecting our trenches had been cut in places to let our ven through; a broad ditch full of water which ran between the lines had been bridged over at several points, f and further scaling ladders had been provided for our men to climb over the parapets of their trenches. All this the Royal Engineers did. and did well. Theirs is a branch of the ser- vice which sees but little of the excite- ment of actual fighting, but has much hard work to do, exposed to constant danger. The Advance. I Officers of the Welsh stood watch in hand by their parapets waiting for our bombardment-tbe object of which was, of course, to make breaches in the enemy's trenches—to cease. There was, however, a moment's delay, probably owing to the: fact that the watchers of the gunners did! not exactly coincide with those of the men in. the trenches, but in a second the leading company was scrambling up the! scaling ladders, and two minutes laterl found themselves masters of the enemy's trench confronting them. The intervening operations, which in, doing took such a short time, take longer to tell. As soon as the first company was out: of the trench it started off at full speed across the open, while the second and third followed up the leaders and dashed after them. The Germans, however, were not caught napping. No sooner had the first man of the assaulting party got his head above the parapet than a tremendous bombard- ment, in which musketry fire was the predominant note, was opened upon the advancing columns, which had also to fight a way through a dense mass of lyddite fumes caused by the explosion of our shells. I No Wavering. In the dull, dark juorning it was a fine eight, as one of the officers said after- wards, to see the gallant way in which the first company advanced across that shell-swept area. There was no waver- ing. Every man was burning to get to work with h,is bayonet. Both wire and deep ditch had to be surmounted, and these obstacles, never trifling, acquired gigantic proportions amid such condi- tions. The line kept on growing thinner and thinner, but the men's enthusiasm never craned, and the roar of their voices, shouting word? of encouragement, t? each other, could be plainly heard from our parapet. They continued advancing un- til, through the dim light, they dis- covered the breaches made by our guns in the German trenches. That was enough, and with a combined Hurrah they threw themselves through, the open- ings with irresistible dash, and bayoneted or shot, the Germans occupying them. It was very "hard to see in the trench, and I amid the curling fumes of all the per- vadin? lyddite smoke the struggling figures, dimly seen through the murk, mu?t have presented a truly impressive picture. Through one of the breaches, nearly thirty yards across, the Germans poured a withering machine-gun fire on the ad-! vancing troops, who had also to meet an enfilade fire from the right. The troubles of the sturdy Welshmen had only begun, however, for no sooner had the Germans been cleared out than huge quantities of high explosive and shrapnel were plastered on the British trcops. Notwithstanding, one company after another reached the shelter of the! enemy's trench. The Gallant Sixty. After a few minutes' pause further ad- vance was made with some of the men. Some )(I{) yards had been covered, when they met another tornado of enfilading machine-gun fire, which made heavy gaps in the rankf. A halt was called, and the men lay down for an hour. The little force numbered 60, and scouts were sent out, and found that there was sup- port on the right. At this moment a German officer and two men were sighted carrying a machine-gun up the com- munication trench near the 6pot where the Welsh were lying. Before the gun could be got into action, however, the trench was rushed, the three Germans killed, and the gun captured. Cheered by this success, the party then began to work its way up this trench, which ran towards an orchard and clump of houses, where the enemy was strongly entrenched. Owing to the smallness of the British force it was, of course, impos- sible to storm such a position. One house, or rather, a small cottage, was. however, rushed, the occupants bombed out, and the position thus acquired oc- cupied and put into a state of defence. The nearest German post was only 30 yards away, and, naturally, a heavy fire was kept up from this on the Welsh in the cottage. The position was retained, despite all the efforts of the enemy, till 7.30 in the evening, when a retirement was ordered, and the gallant band fell I back on Sunday evening. C. M.S. Captures 103 Prisoners. Of many brave deeds performed by in- dividual members of this regiment this astounding exploit by Company-sergeant- major Barter is especially noteworthy. During the day of the 16th he, with a party of seven bombers, proceeded io the right of a trench, and, with great hardi- hood. successfully bombed down a num- ber of German trenches. He also oc- cupied a trench 500 yards in length and captured 102 prisoners, of whom three were officers. Not content with all this, Barter further found and cut no fewer j tiian eleven enemy mines. He finally re- turned safe and sound to his own line. Another man in the same party—Pri- vate Hardy, of the Queen's-did invalu- able work. Soon after reaching the German trench he was wounded in the left arm and fainted. As soon as he re- coverpd and had had his hurt dresspl he i dashed back to his party, and continued (to throw bombs with his right arm, though he was a left-handed man- With his bandaged arm lie presented a very conspicuous mark for the enemy's fire, and was fioon shot, through the head. with fatal results. Scots Guards' Glorious Stand. One heroic deed that occurred during the attack of the Scots Guards will be for ever remembered in the annals of the regiment. One of the assaulting com- panies went ahead with such dash and impetuosity that, it out-distanced other units, and got cut off by the enemy. XI)- thing more was heard of it for a couple of days. Then it was found possible to send out scouts. In. a certain spot they found some SO dead of that company stretched out in the open. High around them was piled a heap of German corpse. Torn up gra and blood all around testified to the fierceness of the fight and the desperate struggle the splendid Sports- men had made in face of overwhelming odds. The South Staffordshire Regt., which also took part in the dawn assault, showed wonderful pluck. The men from Walsall and Wolverhampton showed what thev were made of that morning, as the 57th Bavarians, who opposed them, can testify. 411 through the night the latter had been shouting to the Staffs to come on, but when the latter d.id come on with a rush the Germans did not wait to receive them, but bolted back along the communication trench. As soon as the trench had been carried the position was consolidated, the parapet was raised in order to face tho German f, and the line was extended by bombing for nearly a mile. A quantity of luxuries, such as cigars and eatables of all kinds were found in this trench, and were greatly enjoyed by our men. Lieutenant Hassell, of this regiment, did splendid work with a party of 25 bombers, w ho, under his leadership, secured a number of enemy trenches. Lieutenant Hassell also gave proof of personal bravery by return- ing to fetch more bombs under very heavy fire. The Warwick", who were in support during the dawn attack, showed great powers of endurance under heavy shell fire. Splendid work was done by their stretcher-bearers in bringing in wounded from the shell area after the enemy's trench had been occupied by our front linei, Sergeant Element, Private Twyn- ham, Corpl. Tilson, and Bandsman Black distinguishing themselves in this service, repeatedly leaping over the parapet of their trench and returning with wounded. In this battalion especially did the young officers demonstrate their rejnarkablo efficiency. Their skill in handling their men reflect great credit upon them. Lieutenant Chavas^e, nephew of the well- known Liverpool bishop of that name, for example, who has only six months' ser- vice. earned the praise of his command- ing officer for the manner in which he led his men. Sergeant Heath, who is a Birmingham man. was also commended for skill in i leading the first company. The Gamerons' Swim. I The 4th Camerons reached the German trenches by swimming. They had to ad- vance over what was apparently a per- fectly level piece of greasy ground, about 800 yards across, in the neighbourhood of the orchard, of which mention has already been made. A report had been heard that German machine guns were concealed somewhere on the right, and accordingly before the attack began our guns shelled the spot suspected. The first line started. but had not got far before heavy machine gun fire was en-  countered from the right. The men, how. j ever, held on with dogged endurance, and t were advancing splendidly when, sud- I denly the leading men found themselves floundering in water out of their depth. They had fallen into a deep ditch, and this had to be ewum across under the enemy's fire. There was no hesitation, however, and on Ni-ent the Highlanders. Tins Germans waited for them till they I had success.ull.y climbed out or the last ditch; and then bol down their com- munication trench lrae rabbits. Later the enemy oounter-atjfccked, and because of a tierce enfilade fire a retirement finally became imperative to save the use- less .waste of human life. Colonel Eraser, though, was shot at the edge of a ditch. He had refused to leave the poet of danger before the last of his men was away, and just as he wa6 starting to go hH was shot, The conduct of this batta- lion, of which many of the men come from the islands off the far North-west of Scotland and only speak Gaelic, wa throughout of the steadiest, and in the retirement there was not the slightest disorder* Unselfishnees was the prevail- ing spirit, and it was all the time, You go first." Some Individual Feats. Individual feats of bravery performed during the lighting was innumerable. A 1 lew may be chronicled. Colonel Wood. of the Scottish Borderers, was shot. and fell into a stream. He was on the povat of drown- ing, being unable to swim in his woundeu condition, when Sergeant Davenport, Ser- goant Burman, and Corporal Coleman clashed up, and, pulling him out, brought him back to safety under very heavy bre. Corporal Coleman was Colonel 'Yood',¡; servant, and, therefore, had no businoss II to be in the firing line. Nevertheless, he spent the whole afternoon in bringing in the wounded. Private J. Jones, Scots Fusiliers, did splendid service by repeatedly carrying messages over dangerous ground. finally, he fell mortally wounded only a short distance from the British trench he was making for. The message he carried irasl urgent and had to be delivered. So Jones, summoning up his last strength as he lay dying on the ground, waved the message high in the air, thus attracting the atten- tion of the British in the trenches. The message was later taken from his dead] body. 1 A very excellent act was d.one by Lieu- tenant Lloyd Jones, of the Yorkshireb. I Several men, including Lieutenant Halli- fax, of the same regiment, had been shot by a bunch of German snipers from some, concealed point of vantage. Lieutenant Lloyd Jones crawled very quietly up to within eight, yards of the hedge, and then just lobbed his bomb over the hedge. The aitn was true, and the bomb burst in the middle of the party, killing two of the Germans and blowing the hand off a third.

I Mr CRAWLEY I I THE EYESIGHT SPECIALIST IS COMING! I ALBERT HALL-Next Monday to Saturda I

I GUNS TURNED ON B.MVLC. j I Ambulance Men Who Were Driven From the Field. I- j I (Passed by Censor). Private Arthur Jones, 7. Charles-street., Llanelly, who is serving with the R.A.M.C., ha.s had some thrilling experi- I ences at the front. Writing home he says: I am pleased to say I am .-till in the pink." Wo went into action at 5 a.m. on a recent Sunday, and had a very i rough time. We had only been collecting the dead and wounded for about half-an- hour before we had four casualties—3: wounded, 1 killed. During the whole time we were thus engaged, the dirty Germans must have turned a Maxim on us, as the bullets were whizzing and sing- ing all round us. and we were forced to leave the-field als things kept getting hotter.. I Subsequently we managed to get a spell, but we still had to keep our ears open for those beastly shells which constantly arrive, presumably to let us know that the Germans are still alive. When dark- ness had set in we again went out, this time to another part of the line. We had another lively time, but things were not so bad as in the worning. We carried on until 4 next morning. This day was rather easy, but at 8.30 p.m. we started for the front line of trenches, which meant a four-mile tramp i through all kinds of old communication trenches. When we arrived there we! suddenly found ourselves in front of our own trenches collecting the poor chaps who had been out there since the morning before. It took us from that time until 2 o'clock next morning to bring in one patient. The fire was terrible all the time that we were going up and down. We cleared the field that night; so we were able to return to our old routine for a well-earned rest.

I CHIN O-JAPAN AGREEMENT. I Pekin, Thursday.—The publication tQ- day in the columns of the semi-official Pekin Gazette" of the complete text of the two Treaties and thirteen Notes signed on Tuesday by Chiiza and Japan has produced a remarkable impression in diplomatic circles. The general consensus of opinion is that China comes out of the orcfcal extremely well. There is evidence of an entirely new type of diplomacy in the care, precision, and admirable restraint marking her undertakings, whilst such concessions as she has been forced to make prove that she will safeguard her rights of sove- reignty with the utmost stubbomese, economic development being the only guise under which foreign Powers can sar, their way forward. For instance, in the final annexures covering the question of Fuhkien, contrary to what everybody ex- Pected, CbLina gi*s Japan absolutely no status in that province, simply limiting herself to the declaration that she has not given foreign Powers permission to establish dockyards or coaling stations, and has no intention of doing so. The valuable stimulus given to Chinese Nationalism should allow President Yuan- Shi-Kai, if he shows wisdom, to promote a great internal movement during the coming months, leading to a strong and united China.

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SOUTHEND TRAGEDY I Young Woman Killed by I Anti-Aircraft Shell. It was disclosed at the inqugst yesterday that Miss May Fairs, who wne killed durinc the Zerpelin raid c14 Southend, was hit by a fragment of a shell fired from a British I ,anti-aircraft srtin. The tragedy was described by Miss Fairs' father. Mr. William Fairs, of Old Ford-road, Bow, E., a surgeon.^entist. "I haTe a bungalow on Coleman's Estate. Westcliff, where my wife and daughter live," lie said. On Wednesday night I txavelled to Southend, and my wife and drugrhter came to the 6tation to meet me. "Walking home alonpr Southfiourne-gro-re after we had left the tram car, my daughter was hit. by T. piece of shell and killed in- stantly." Major Reginald Paul, Royal Artillery. identified fragments produced as pieces of a shell fired from -inti-aircraft guns at air- craft. Ho said thit shots were fired that night at a Zeppelin. A special constanle "named James Flack told how he saw th-) ehell explode in the air and diroctly afterardg- saw Miss Fairs o-i the ground. Dr. Harwell said that when Miss Fairs wag admitted to the hospital she was dead, the top of her head having been blown in. The verdict was "Accidental death, caused by a shell fired from anti-aircraft guns." Queenie Pateman, ttu seven-year-old child wlv- mms inj ured, diml in hospital yesterday morning from shock following burne. Th3 inquest was held vefiterday afternoon. Mrs. Pateman gave evidence that she went to thj front door wher. she heard shot3. She saw ec-mething fail through the roof, and namea shot up. Sho went to tho child's room and found that the bed was a mass of flumes. Her daughter Marion eeized the child and ran downetirs with her. A verdict was returned of "t)rath from an incendiary bomb frcm a hostile aircraft," Tbi) coroner and jury joined in expressing sympathy with both families, and difgust an,l horror at German methods.

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CRUSHED AT LLANELLY WORKS. I I Mr. W. W. Brodie conducted an inquest at Glenalla Schoolroom, Llanelly, on Fri- day, concerning the death of David Gray, G1 evening-street, which took place at the Hospital on the previous Wednesday. Mr. Martin R. Richards (solicitor) and Mr. P. J. Thomas represented Messrs. Richard Thomas and Co., Ltd., and Mr. Edward Harris, Swansea, appeared for the deceased's relatives, while Mr. Hils- ditch, H.M. Inspector of Factories, also attended. William Gray^ 13. Wjaterloo-street. father of the deceased, gave evidence of identification, and said deceased, who was 30 years of age, was employed as a teeraer at the South Wales Steelworks. I Th.e evidence 6howed that the deceased was walking on the carrier, which was travelling at half walking pace, presuni- ably to prevent a. stopper from falling, when he was crushed by a lander." Mr. Hilsditeh: I may say that I havo had 22 years' experience of steelworks, but this is the first accident of the kind that I have ever heard of. Dr. J. Edgar Davies said he saw de-1 ceased between 3 and 3.30 a.m. on May 20th, and found him suffering from a crush in the lower region of the chest. The injury was such as witness would ex- pect from the accident described by the previous witness. Deceased died on May 26th from pleura-pneumonia, due to the injury. There were several internal in- juries to the organs of the abdomen. Everything possible had been done for the deceased previous to witness's arrival. A verdict of accidental death wets re- turned.

In the course of excavations in the crypt of St. Mary-le-Bow pieces of Roman brick roofing tiles and four small pieces of Samian red pottery of the first century have been fooind, together wi,th eonle Roman wooden boarding and piles, used for camp-slieeting a stream. "If any reverend doctor, archbishop, bishop or any man who believes in such nonsense says to me, 'Love your enemies,' I will tell that man I should like him to prove his consistency and give him a smack between the eyes," said Mr. W. G. Balcarrae, speaking on behalf of the Anti- German Union on Tower-liill yesterdaj.

THE DRINK evil I Unitarian Temperance I Association Resolution. I (FROM OCR OWN Cobbespondext.) The anniversary meetings of the British and Foreign Unitarian Association concluded in London last night, when the National Unitarian Temperance Associa- tion held their annual meeting. Tlifl report, of the committee. stated that the work of o Association had been carried on 'steadily and increasingly during thfi I year. When war broke out it likely that temperance, in common with other social work, migh t sustain a. serioua set-back, but tho very opposite eoon proved to be the case, and public atten- tion had been more and more focuseed upon tho subject during the past eight months. Those responsible for the con- duct, of tho war vory soon saw that their [ work was being seriously hampered, ani in-some cases nullified, owing to th. drinking habits of the men in training and the men making munitions of war, and they took fcteps to remedy that otiito of things. The Aberdare Association had been affiliated during the year, and fhe Pontv., pridd Band of Hope was successful in the local examination- A National Evil. Mr..T. L. F. Brunner, II.P., secured the adoption of a. resolution" That being j deeply impressed by the moral and [economic evils arising from the usa (If | strong drink, the Association warpd till Government of its ruj)port in any 4telv it may take to fp-,rure national sobriety." Mr Brunner said that no one could realise the fearful evils which the war was causing, and no one would ever know a tithe of them. Most of the social d'.earns they had would not be fulfilled, and it would take years, and perhapi generations, to repair the ravages cause.; by the war before they could hope for an advance from their present, position. There was some good derived from tl1@ war. and that was that, some had beconif teetotallers during the war. He hoped, that they would continue to be So. (Hear, hear). Public opinion had been awakened to the fact that drink was » national evil, but it was a pity that it took a war to bring it home to a number of sleepy people. Mr. Brunner thought that it was perhaps too much to hope fot complete prohibition, but at least alcohol 1 should be prohibited to minors. (Hear, hear). He thought that the troubVi over the drink question had a lot to ei), with Mr. Asquith having to form a new! Cabinet The resolution was supported by Mr, J. W. Pratt, M.P. and Mr. H. G. Chan, cellor, M.P. -J

EMPLOYERS CANNOT STOP THEM. At Friday's meeting of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce, several speakers stated that employers were doing vhat they could to prevent men in their ser- vice from enlisting. Mr. R. L. Sails' remarks upon this was: A man who wants to go cannot be stopped by his employer!

ROAD MYSTERY AT CARMARTHEN. An unknown man was found yesterday lying: on the roadside at Login, Llan- i gunnor', near Carmarthen, with a severe! gash in his throat. He was discovered; by a haulier, named John Davies, WhrJ gave information to the police. He war conveyed to the infirmary at Carmarthen, where he lies in a precarious condition. His identity has not yet been estab- lished, and how he came by his injuries is a mystery. He is about 45 years of age, and when found was wearing a well- worn suit of clothes. There was no money in his possession. >

BELOVED BURRYPCRT SCHOOL MISTRESS I Miss Elizabeth Williams, the respected' headmistress of the Burryport Girls' School, passed away on Thursday at her mother's residence. Tyislja Farm. Burry-, port, at the age of 60. Deceased, who was a pupil teacher under the old School Board, was appointed head mietretB ta 1879, which position s he has heM @!MS. She hils taught thousands of Burryport girls, and was loved by all. The funeral will take place next Monday at Jerusa- lem. The cause of death was pneumonia- She was the daughter of the late Mr. Beu- jamin Willias, Tyisha Farm, Registrar off I Births and Deaths.

In consequence of the 15t per cent. war' wago increase, to be paid to the Cannock1 miners to-clay. the Cannock C,'ha,-e Coal,l owners' Association has raised the pric-4 of coal 3s. a ton. ■ ■' Printed and Published for the swinoes Presa. Ltd.. by ARTHUR PABN: HlGEAll, at Leader BAildiige, £ wanM«J