"THE BLACK DEVILS OF THE ENGLISH"

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2296, 2 November 1914, Page 6

"THE BLACK DEVILS OF THE ENGLISH"

>. .'" ■ "-■ .1 >■■:■: ■■'■ ■' • - ■■;',■.■ TERRIBLE VALOUR OF THE ': V •:■■'■ < r '- GURKHA ::;[. ; ■ ~, Paris, October 30. The Germans call the Gurkhas, the "Black devils of the English.". During 1 the' fighting .on the' Ysor, 1 some of the '■ trenches '.on the' British flank were' 6 empty, and the' Germans occupied thein. : The Gurkhas, ;who wore in reserve, saw their opportunity. ■ Their ■ excitement . l - amounted: •to ecstasy. Many threw * away their rifles, and charged arid clear-' I ed the trenches with .their knives. . !.- 5 On another occasion air-scouts locat- ' ed the German, ammunition store, seven ' miles from the shore and three and-a half miles behind the. German entrench- [ raents. A Gurkha detachment obtain--[ed two gunboats arid steamed'to the I mouth of the Yeer:River. :By a'silent; >. march they reached within' a-'mile of' i ■ the, ammunition convoy, where sat two ■ German sentries.' , The" Gurkhas shel- ; I tered in. and six of their comrades wriggled on their hands and ' lcriees,'with .their knives between their' 1 teeth, and surprised and'killed the sen-'. > tries. : .. : ■'■•■'.. •.■'...' .. .'■':. ■' ; • 'Noiselessly the detachment then ap-. ■ proached the camp, which only awaken- ■ ed;after_ a great explosion, followed by, i countless 'others as the camp was shelf-; ■ ed, and .shrapnel exploded. • The Gurkhas regained, the gunboats.-'