HERO OF LAGNICOURT
A BOY LIEUTENANT,
London, April 26: The hero of the battle of Lagnicourt is a boy lieutenant, a Londoner, whose name is unknown. He remained at an observation post when encircled by Germans, and while the enemy attacked and captured a battery he transmitted their dispositions to Headquarters, enabling a counter-attack to be made which annihilated the Germans and allowed of the recapture of the guns.—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3066, 30 April 1917, Page 6
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