TWO GOOD STORIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 89, 16 August 1915, Page 7

TWO GOOD STORIES.

A BRIGADIER’S FOOL ACT. Captain Charlie Bean has told us all (says the Sydney “Sun”) about the famous charge of the 2nd Brigade led by Brigadier-General (name suppressed by order of the Minister for Defence). When Senator Pearce was approached with the object of having the order for suppression of officers’ names relaxed, he stated that the instruction was his own, that he bad no intention of altering or modifying it, and that his reason was that officers should not get kudos for anything they had done until it was officially reported! Colonel (name suppressed by order of the Minister for Defence) writing from the front, tells a couple of stories full of Australian colour. The Australian Brigade had advanced under heavy lire to the foremost British trench. There was ground in front of them to be won from the I’urks. Groat dash and daring were needed. Brigadier-General (name suppressed by order of the Minister 1 For Defence) sized up the situation and reckoned it was desirable for him to give Lite men a bold lead. Turning o Captain (name suppressed by

order of [he Minister for 'defence), who was beside him, he remarked. “This is where I have to do the fool act.” and clambered up on the trench parapet. Captain Bean has described how the brigadier walked miraculously unhurt through a storm of lead, but there was another little incident which the official correspondent hadn’t a chance of noting. It was a private from tho brigadier’s own town who peered at him from the trench and shouted in wild entreaty, ‘Colonel, Colonel, Colonel, come in out of the wet. you fool.” “And T do not believe,” said the brigadier afterwards to Major —— ] (name suppressed by order of the Minister for Defence), “that the man iknows to this minute that ho didn’t . pall mo Sir.”-