In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 36, 12 June 1915, Page 4

In the West

GERMAN FALSEHOOD ONCE MORE. Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, June 10. The Press Bureau issues a French official Note proving seratim the falsity of recent German communiques. HEROISM OF BRITISH TROOPS. London, June 10. A correspondent at the British headquarters says special commendation is due to the Third Dragoon Guards for their defence of a Chateau at Hoogo throughout June 2. The German artillery were fighting high explosives, shrapnel, and bombs, and searched the lines of communication with a torrent of projectiles, often twenty a minute.' Infantry attacks followed the bombardment. The Germans wore khaki tunics, giving the lie to the declaration that they had not used our uniforms. The attackers were allowed to reach the chateau, when the batteries opened fire, and the Germans rushed into the open, where they were caught by th« machine-guns, losing heavily.

There was an incident of heroism by the Dragooon Guards during the heavy shelling of the Hooge village. Three men were blown to bits, and another man replaced one man killed and was buried to the shoulder by falling brickwork. Private Leigh, a stretcher-bearer, went out under a heavy shell-fire, and for hours tried to disentangle the man. He was eventually freed, but he was dead.