HEROINE OF THE WAR

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 129, 13 March 1931, Page 5

HEROINE OF THE WAR

BRITISH SOLDIERS ASSISTED,

LED 80 MILES TO FRONTIER. DEATH OF MIBS SCOTT JAMEjS. / (United Press Association —Copyright), (Received This Day, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, March 12. Miss Annie Scott James is dead, aged 51. She was mentioned in Earl Haig’s dispatches for gallant and distinguished service in the field, in recognition of heroic deeds similar to those that brought Nurse Cavell to execution. Miss Scott Jamies, who was a teacher of languages in Brussels in 1914, despite German surveillance, communicated valuable information to the British intelligence staff, which gave her an honorary post. Miss Scott Janies assisted homewards 100 British soldiers who escaped from the Germans, first hiding them in a flat and providing them with peasants’ disguise. When half a dozen had gathered, Miss Scott James led them 80 miles to the Dutch frontier. They were provided with rubber pads to enable them to cross the electrified wire. Miss Scott James, speaking of her experience, recalled agonising moments listening until the escaped men were clear away. Despite German precautions, only one was lost. He was electrocuted.