"COME OUT OF IT."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 169, 23 December 1914, Page 6

"COME OUT OF IT."

AND THE GERMANS CAME. Among tho incidents of the fighting which serve to illustrate the resource and iniative of the British rank and vie may be mentioned the following:— An infantry patrol which was digging an advanced trench at night, hearing some of the enemy's cavalry approaching, lay in wait for them, killing four and capturing live without suffering any casualties themselves. The crew of ail armored motor-car obtained information that a party of hostile cavalry was at a farm. They enlisted help from ten men of the nearest battalion, who stationed themselves oil one side of the faim, while the motor waited on the other. Being unable to bolt their quarry, our men carried fire to the farm, which had the desired effect and resulted in two Uhlans being killed and eight captured, no cas. ualties being sustained by the attacking party. Armoured motor-cars, equipped with machine-guns are. now playing a part in tlie war, and have been most successful in dealing with the small parties of German mounted troops. In their employment the Belgians, who are now fighting wit'll us and acquitting themselves nobly, have shown themselves to be experts. They appear to regard Uhlan hunting as a form of sport. Tho crews display the utmost dash and skill in this form of warfare, often going out several miles ahead of their own advanced troops, and seldom failing to return loaded with snnils in the shape of lancer caps, busbie '.' helmets, lances, rifles and other trophies, which they distribute as souvenirs to ihe crowds in the market An easy cajitiir-- --uUy effected by an engineer tele:."* linesman. Weturning in the dark al'uV repairing some ail- lines Which had been cut by shell fire, he was passing through a wood when his horse shied at, some figures crouching in a ditch. lie called out, "Come out of it." Whereupon to his surprise, three German cavalrymen emerged and surrendered. He marched them back to his headquarters.