TWO MEN AND A GUN

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 245, 4 July 1918, Page 4

TWO MEN AND A GUN

VC «Y\RDEP FOR.. HOLDING UP ' AN ENEMY ADVANCE.

Tlie King recently approved the award of the Victoria Cross to Lance-Cornoral Clinrlca Graham llobcrtsou, JI.JL, Koyal I'lisilisrs (Mcrstham), for most constiicuoiiß siillnntry in roiielliug a strong attack bv tlie enemy. . 'On realising that ho was being cut oil Lance-Corporal Robertson sent back two men to "et reinforcements, nnd remained at liis post (with only one other man) iirintr his Lewis gun and killing largo numbers of the enemy. No reinforcements came up, and the two men withdrew to a point about ten yards further back. . , Hero Robc-rlson again stayed for some considerable! lime, firing his Lewis gun and indicting casualties on tho enemy. The position was. however, made impossible for him by the heavy hostile bombin" ami machine-Rim fire, so he was forced" a»ain to , withdraw, and arrived at n (Mended post. At this post he got on top of the parapet mlh a comrade, mounted his gun i» a shell-hole, nnd continued firins at the enemy, who wore pouring ('.cross the top'of nnd down an adjacent trench, lie had not been firini! Ion" when his comrade was killed and lie "himself severely wounded. Me managed to e-rawl back, bringing his Rim with him, but could no longer lire it, as hi , !i:id rxhausled all his ammunition. T,:ii:!'i'-C'nrpori:l Robertson was alone tl'.rmrr'.Hiiil the* , opwr.iions, except, for tiio piwiice of on? other mnn who later v:i< killed, arrV tin , most determined refistancn and fine fight which ho pnl. up undonbtodly prevented tho enemy from makiiis a more rapid advance.