MILITARY AWARDS
British Honour French Sergeant (British Official Wireless,) (Received May 5, 7 p.m.) RUGBY, May 4. The award of the Military Medal to a French agent de liaison serving with the Cheshire Regiment is announced by British general headquarters. The recipient, Sergeant George Lecoiute, was in charge of a post manned by detachments of French and British troops when the enemy vigorously attacked the sector in which the post was situated. During a violent bombardment Sergeant Lecointe, though wounded, continued in command, giving good, clear orders to the men and setting a fine example of courage. The story of a successful British ambush is told in the announcement of the award of the Military Cross to Captain Mark Fisher.
Commanding a patrol of the Warwickshire Regiment, Captain Fisher penetrated a mile into German lines, where he lay in ambush for a probable enemy approach. When an enemy patrol appeared it was engaged at very short range. One German subaltern was killed and the remainder of the patrol ran away after returning fire, leaving valuable details of identification in British hands.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 188, 6 May 1940, Page 9
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181MILITARY AWARDS Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 188, 6 May 1940, Page 9
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