HIGHLANDERS TRAPPED
MANY MOWED DOWN IN THE DARK COLONEL GORDON KILLED London, September 10. 'A private in the Gordon Highlanders etates that during the retirement from Mons the regiment was marching along a narrow road, believing it was approaching tho French lines, when shots wero fired on the left. Lieutenant-Colonel \V. E. Gordon ordered, the men to the right, and went alono to\ the other side, calling out "Anglais." Meanwhile, the other party, h'ho wore Germans, ■worked to the rear. .The colonel, realising his error, returned, and placed himself in front of his men, who stood helpless in the darkness. The Germans fired at close quarters from all sides. Dawn disclosed groups of dead everywhere. Tho colonel lay dead apart from his comrades. < Lieutenaut-Colonel William, Eagleson,
Gordon, V.C., 'was appointed to the Gordon Highlanders in 1888. He served with, the Chitral Relief Expedition , in 1895, including the storming of Mslai kand Pass (medal with clasp), with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, 1897-1898 (clasp), and as adjutant of the Ist Battalion .of the Gordon s Highlanders throughout the South African campaign, 1899-1902 (dangerously wounded at Magersfontein; despatches, V.C.. : BRITISH CASUALTIES. i ' '■ ■ SUPPLEMENTARY FIGURES (Reo. September 11, 9.5 p.m.) London, September 10. ' The Press Bureau gives tho following additional British casualties:— . \ ' ' Other Officers. (Ranks. Killed 10 61 Wounded 63 509 Missing '»,......„... 61 2883 • [Totals'..Biy.m« 134 8463
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2253, 12 September 1914, Page 7
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223HIGHLANDERS TRAPPED Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2253, 12 September 1914, Page 7
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