HE BULLDOG BREED
WOUNDED MAN WALKS SEVEN MILES. An astounding instance of the British soldier's endurance is provided I'v ease of a member of the Royal, kurcex Regiment, now in hospital. During one of the cre.it battles on 'lie Somme a high explosive shell shattered one of his legs. Nothimr daunted, lie obtained a couple of rifles, and, crutches, walked for seven miles Ihwii-h shell and machine-gun fire to a « s " a lty eiearin" station. When he arrived at the station his leg was immediately amnutated, and he was theii sent home to E""iand. He is now making a lapid recovory.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 26 July 1918, Page 6
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101HE BULLDOG BREED Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 26 July 1918, Page 6
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