A YOUTH'S EXPLOIT
Shoots a German general KNIGHTED AT EIGHTEEN (Rec. September 8, 0.15 a.m.) . Ostend, September 7. 'An official statement supplies details showing how General von. Buelow, ,of the-German Army, wis,killed. It-ap-pears that.a lad named.Hailed, eighteen years ,of ago, 6eei«g nine hundred yards distant, ,an ...officer, studying a .map, crawlfed .among his comrades' corpses .to witluii.fqiir hiuidred yards', and, carer fully aimed and fired at the officer, -ivhb fell, dead. ...Thejadj. rushing forward, discovered his identity. . .He removed General von Buelow's boots, donned his uniform; .and ..traversed the, German lines. . Approaching -the Belgians,,.ho discarded the helmet for ills own cap, fearing that lie would be shot. Germaii notes to the value of 135,000 francs (£5400) were, founded in von .Buelow's. vest pocket. The .King has handed the amount, to the Red ..Cross funds. A secret, pocket in ,tlie .packet contained memoranda,, interesting de; tails of the battlefield and the enemy's intentions. , . ~.'.-., .... -, The. King knighted the lad, and presented him.with General von Biiolow's horse and pocket-book.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2249, 8 September 1914, Page 5
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166A YOUTH'S EXPLOIT Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2249, 8 September 1914, Page 5
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