DEEDS THAT WON THE V.C.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2914, 28 October 1916, Page 9

DEEDS THAT WON THE V.C.

FIFTEEN CROSSES AWARDED

I Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, October 26. ■'' Fifteen .Victoria Crosses have been,' ' awarded, including,the following:— ■'-• Colonel Campbell, of the Coldstream Guards, seeing tho first two waves of. iiis battalion decimated by machine-guns, took personal chargo of the third line, and led the men until tho machine-, guns were captured. Later in the day;, he rallied the suryivors of the battalion, at a oritical moment. .'They turned the, fortunes of the day, and.enabled the' division to capture objectives of the j highest tactical importance! Major Latouche.Congreve displayed conspicuous bravery. Fdr fourteen days prior to his death, during the prepara-: tions for the attack, ho continually led' parties 1000 yds, in front of the British line to acquaint them with the ground.Captain Chavasse, of the Medical Corps, saved twenty bady wounded men in No Man's Land. . .'■'■':'. Captain Archie White,' of the York-' shire Regiment, for four days aiid : nights, with indomitable courage and ! by, skilful dispositions, held a redoubt against counter-attacks, though short of ■- supplies of ammunition. -.•■r Private Clark, -a Canadian. . While he was in a captured trench, twentytwo Germans advanced, and Clark,using his revolver and two 'German rifles which were lying iii the trenchj: scattered them. ' Pursuing them, .he shot four. Y Private Hughes, of the Connaught. Rangers, dashed out, and single-handed captured si'machine-gun. Private Thomas Jones, of the Cheshires, went to'-the enemy trenches single-handed and disarmed 102 Germans in their dug-outs. • " Private Kerr; a Canadian, though wounded, went along the parapet, and firing at point-blank range inflicted • heavy loss. Thinking they were surrounded, sixty-two Germans surren-' dered, and 250 yards of trenches were captured.

PARIS CONFERENCE ALLIES WILL CONTROL RAW ~; MATERIAL ■/; Australian-New Zealand Gable Association.. Washington, October 2& " American officials have 'completed ai report on the Paris Conference agreement, which was first regarded as im-' practicable. It is now considered that the Allies will dominate the world's raw. materials to the detriment of the United States. The plans therefore are regarded with alarm. A further investigation has been order*!.,