A GALLANT FEAT
HOW THE CROSS OF THE LEGION OP HONOUR WAS WON. t Paris, June 18. 1 A gallant feat was performed by Lion- 1 tenant !a llochcfoucault wliilo acting as a observer in an aeroplane. The macnino 6 foil abruptly twenty yards from the ? Gorman fines, with tho pilot wounded. 5 La Bochofoucault dragged tho pilot from tho machino, then set it on fire, and carried his comrade through a terrific hail of shells and machine-gun firn into tho French lines. Ho was immediately decorated with: the Cross of the Legion of Honour— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 233, 20 June 1918, Page 5
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98A GALLANT FEAT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 233, 20 June 1918, Page 5
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