Gallant Fusiliers.
BLUISH-GREY CLOUDS OF GERMAN MARKSMEN.
(Received 1.35 p.m.) London, September 1
The wounded Highlander, continuing, said: Three guns had weak infantry supports, which did their utmost to stay the onward rush of the bluish-grey clouds of German marksmen, who picked off our horses. Then the cavalry swooped down. The officers realised that, it was useless to make further sacrifices, and ordered abandonment. I only saw one battery t]ips lost. In another case lancers spooped down and killed the last man Cjf one battery, but the situation was saved, by a couple of companies of Munster Fusiliers, who rushed at' the eneipy with, fixed bayonets ' and ' put them to flight.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 13, 2 September 1914, Page 6
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111Gallant Fusiliers. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 13, 2 September 1914, Page 6
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