HUN MURDER

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 87, 7 January 1919, Page 9

HUN MURDER

:;This' is a, little iiu'iiiJent which' happen--ed~"oyer there';,'-"'iief ldij'g ago, : j list when .a r cert!iiii.'in:ls;r;'iy were beggiiig: lis'iiot . to ~bb.'; too Hiircr- iai: tlic 'leti-eatiiig Hun.:it i?t.ii'.-U'u° stevs;. .■ It, took place up :))"e}'jp"ii(V.'fh?t'''timbi» Yf/ro3. sa'lient-rthe '.lrri'nlest'eprAestcVhpiecß'of ground■6n."the :.¥'!io1o-'bat'tle;'jFr(iilt. . 'A'Vifitrol-'had -been' .'.sent"''out';'l'.b : 'y;eiTetviite tho'eneMiy lines' and bririg'-back certain vital information. Tliey advanced during the night'fa'r into :'the .eiieiny -lines aim'secured the infor•ma'l'iQn before'the''Germans woke up.to ."tliii.'Tact": that tliey 'weie in. their: midst.. Then began a running"figlit.. The Ger- ; 'Maris tvieU't'o'c'iit them off. Dawn was i ':br'eakiug,>h.d/iu'a few more minutes.the j ..invaders'jere.snen' quite plainly." .They, | •:retreated. ; .keening back the advancing j ::Germ'ans-by''.Tifle"fire. . The'/officer; and j ■Ih'e n.c,6.'s in charge of the patrol were, j 'kilhxl,.\-'red ; ciiafgo of the remaining- men ;.was''"taken by a He ordered.the ' ;.o : th'ers;' who had' the • information .which i 'ivas. bo. valuable, toTU'n for ityv.He-liim-'ielf" made for "a shell-hole 'and. ;.with' a .'small eoiioctioh of bombs,- began to'cover .their;-retreat.■ ■'■ '.' '. -•.':•■'•.-. !'.". .The".Germans were coming- fr'om'sev.e.Tarp'oihl's." 'WJieh they approached near enough;.this man began:-to bomb/:them at lohjfj'rahge;;: i His' " missiles, burst "iCmop'g ;grdups..pf: the-'enemy. and; blew .ih'em'.to .pieces." They began to: bomb 'ijiim'; ; ..lkt 'urisuccessfully., - AVhen -his .bombs-'were "finished 'lie took his.' rifle aiuibegan to pick them off, man bymn'n. : ;Blit:he:',had'; tfd't' mucli ammunition ■ and 'soon the;' l in'aga'7,inewas-empty; .:....- ; .: H.O looked over his shoulder; and; saw '.I:hat;:tho otho'fs of 'the patrol werp":fast '.''apjroiicnintri.'safetyV.'-.-j-'He. had only-his '■bayohoijlef I , arid-, as the Huns closed; in on. ..him" ho' -prepared' to use. the -steel. , : .But' ho .fever' got'the opportunity, for ijnst' then ; the real nature" of;tho.'vHnn .•showed .itself.: :?Remember,, there-were '.more. thaii: 7 \i' score, against this -man. :, , :6f-"the Germans bore :on .his.-.Tinck ;: .'a'ffammenwerfer. a' flamc-throweiv;.Th'is .-.Hun;;nxly.anced;.in;front, of liis feilqjnrs, . liirii came'-a.Tn«n-.who fumbled . .for a-riidmont v with the screws; And , ,ihe'n r :~it ■ happened;' They threw.. r;the;. ■ :fla,ming f ,:spray' at the 'lonr'.y .defender—; '.threw.--it'^at'^a'''man:'who liadionly■ his", P: 'y-<-i' ■■'".-■>,-■'■< -.: ,-.■,.' ..-'.-..i- ; '•' ;'.ltr'cauSh6-liim in the face. 'Ttibiinded 'iiinf; j;'He was-a', blind man facing his '-ene'ni.ies'.V'-;'.' '■'''-,■ ■■-.-'.':.■' . - . He cried out' in agonv and olanned. his / : hands;-to; ; his scorched'face; then, ho'-s .Icnolt.dowh'.'. groping-for ;his. rifle.,. -.V;He ..lifted:ib''iin'd throtv■himself, automatical!;*, V.ih.t'vftt.ndsitidn•'■of■■ defence-. '■'-,•• ; .■-'/• : J |''-Th'e?Germans-'eairie : a,thim.;,..Tt r . was :wfls:a murder. .. He went ['■"down; before'' them-; arid: they passed 'over, iiini.'"' ■'.Bnt'.'thevi'did not :ee.t far, .for from'tha 'Britisli trenches forth' ■'such a-storm'Tof- bullets.:that ;the.;.Gernv'ans' were caught .'.in-'.-it • arid*, nidy of ~tlu%i went down-—M.,i.iu thb-5 "Dailv. >'■:•!■ -.:. •, : : X- ?\'\