Again He Rode,

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 12, 9 October 1918, Page 6

Again He Rode,

The dispatch that ho brought required a reply. 'His offer to ride through the valley of the shadow of death for the third time was accepted. He was given leave to choose any horse that ho wanted. . Brave hearts wished Godspeed to their comrade, who, they had come to believe, bore a charmed life. When Gobind Singh galloped for the third time into "No Man's Land" he was not greeted with German machinegun fire, as had been his experience on both the previous ocqasions. Not a bulled whizzed past him. For nil the noise that he could hear, the Him trench might have been empty. He must have covered half of _ the mile and a half flight when he discovered the German game. Their, big guns suddenly thundered forth, creating a wall of 'bursting shells in front of him. A friendly voico from a shell-hole yarned Mm mat to attempt to ride through tnat barrage meant certain death. Gobind Singh, however, without stopping to count tho cost, charged the wall of fire. A shell'fell on tho horse that the Rajput was riding. Its nindquarters were , 'blown to atoms. Still seateoyiti the saddle, with his feet in the stirrups, Gobind Singh fell violently to the ground, his wholo body drenched with gore. The sight of tho horse's blood with which he was covered made him believe that he had been seriously wounded. Hyjjn.otiscd with the conviction that he was not able to run, he slowly walked the 200 yards or so that still stretched between him and tlie British Headquarters, the Germans ceaselessly firing at him. On arriving at Headquarters, Gobind Singh discovered, .to his great surprise, that for the third time he had slipped unhurt mit of the jaws of death. The surgeon who examined , him found that he bad not suffered so much ns a scratch. The General found his spirit as high as over. Ho asked if there was any iressage to bo sent, and expressed his willingness to carry it through the German lines if that were necessary. It only remains to be added that soon nfterwaids our armies, pushing from behind, dislodged the Germans from their position and rescued the Indian cavalry that had been isolated. 1 am told that many other decorations were won by our countrymen, among them a Military Cross and several Indian Orders of Merit. The Indian hero Land his valiant comrades were feasted and feted in London. Each time that a fresh party of Indian soldiers comgs from tho .Western theatre of war for a short holiday m London, I am more and moro impressed by the link of comradeship that binds together men of various races and religions. Friendship does not follow among them the line of common origin or faith, and yet there are interested persons who go on talking of the ' aces and creeds of India- eternally warring against ono another.