SAVED BY POCKET-BOOK.
DESERTER FROM BRITISH
TRENCHES
After fighting at the battle of Mons and escaping as a refugee to England, a soldier was charged at Tottenham with being a deserter from the 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, stationed at Fort Rousted, Chatham, He gave ‘the name of Edward W. Smith, of Burlington Road, Enfield, his age being eighteen.
According to the police, Smith was at the battle of Mons, When the order came to retire, he and a pal rose from the trenches. The pal’s head was shot off. Smith crept 500 yards on his hands and knees, and eventually reached a farmhouse.
On examining his clothes, he discovered two bullets in his hip pocket, wUere they had come into contact with, and been stopped from going further, by a pocketbook.
He fell asleep at the farm, and next morning, after securing clothes, he went through the German lines, got into Belgium, and went to England with the refugees. On reaching Folkestone he was ordered to go to Chatham, but went home to Enfield instead. He was remanded to await an escort.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1342, 31 December 1914, Page 4
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182SAVED BY POCKET-BOOK. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1342, 31 December 1914, Page 4
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