BRITISH CYCLIST'S FEAT.
SAVES FRENCH FROM AN AMBUSH Paris, October 1. French wounded narrate that during the Aisne battle it became necessary to warn French reinforcements ot an ambush. Two Frenchmen who were signalling the warning wore killed. A British cyclist dashed forward, but was shot; another following him was also shot, but a third, riding at full speed, got across the inferno, and reached the trench untouched. The commander took from his own tunic a medal ho had won for bravery, and pinning it on the cyclist's breast, said: "This was given to me for saving one life, you have saved hundreds." " 'A-USEFUL DOG. London, October 1. A wounded Frenchman lying on the Marno battlefield was surprised by a we + caress on tho face. It proved to have been given by-a regimental pet dog, trained to carry the kepis (hats) of tho wounded back to headquarters. The man told the dog to bring help, and it returned guiding the ambulance. The dog goes to the firing lino, and when the fighting is ho~t, digs a hole, and buries himself.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2271, 3 October 1914, Page 7
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180BRITISH CYCLIST'S FEAT. Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2271, 3 October 1914, Page 7
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