Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 288, 3 December 1914, Page 6

Great Britain

A GREAT FEAT. . WHY THEIR HANDS WERE BANDAGED. (Received 12.40 p.m,\ Paris, December 1. The latest Gurkha exploit occurred at Dixmude. For several days in one position the British were unable to dislodge a body of Germans, who apparently were kept heavily reinforced. A regiment of Gurkhas arrived and entrenched next to the British. Towards midnight the British officers noticed that a majority of the Indians had disappeared and assumed they had been drafted to another part of the fighting line. At dawn they noticed, however, that their Indian comrades were back at their previous posts and also that the majority of them had their left arms and hands bandaged. The Britisuers did not think to ask the Gurkhas for an explanation, though they detected a curious silence from the crowded German trenches. They feared a trap, but finally decided to risk an attack. Two Midland Regiments charged, and to their surprise took the trenches without opposition. They found the guns in''position, but only a row of dead Germans within. The explanation was that the intrepid Gurghas had evidently seized the enemy’s bayonets in their left hands, while they knifed the Germans with the right.