Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

LATE NEWS

DEEDS THAT WON

THE DAY • INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE OF FESTUBERT (Reo. May 31, 0.10 a.m.) London, May 29. A correspondent at British Headquarters details some of the gallant deeds at Festubert. A company of the Scots' Guards, with two officers, went too far ahead, and was cut off oil the Rue de Caillans. A few day 6 later the bodies were found, soaked with the rain and blackened by tlie sun, amid piles of German corpses. The bloodsoakedgrass, of broken rifles and twisted bayonets, testified to the Scots' desperate struggle against overwhelming odds. The Welsh fusiliers made a brilliant dash through the dense lyddite fumes, due to the British shells, and hurled themselves on the breaches in the parapets. Lieutenant-Colonel Gabbett died of five bullet wounds at the beginning of the charge. Major Dickson, the second in command, fell a moment later. A desperate bayonet struggle resulted, and the Germans were cleared out of the trenches. Two batteries of German artillery then plastered the Welshmen witfi Tiigh explosives. NeverfcheldSs company after company reached the captured trenches. A party of Welshmen rushed another trench, and although only four bombthrowers were left, bombed the Germans out of a cottage which was held as an advanced until they were ordered to retire m tne evening. _ "Sergeant Barter, of the Welsh Fusiliers, went out on May 16 with seven bomb-throwers, bombed a number of trenches, and occupied one 500 yds. long, took 102 prisoners, cut wires leading to 11 mines, and emerged scathless. The Eighth Royal Scota' Territorials kept their place throughout the thickest fighting. . "The Fourth Camerons advanced at nightfall, and found themselves facing a deep ditch. Some of them swam across and others used planks left by the Germans.

Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19150531.2.28.7

Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2475, 31 May 1915, Page 5

Word count
Tapeke kupu
290

LATE NEWS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2475, 31 May 1915, Page 5

LATE NEWS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2475, 31 May 1915, Page 5

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert