THE LITTLE CORPORAL
TAKING ON THE BIGGEST. LONDON. 30th September. A little corporal, with a bandaged head, a foot partially paralysed, and minus an arm, from the battle-front at Loos, said : "Everyone itched for a scrap, and when the. word to advance came we wci'o like a menagerie let loose as wo bprinted. for tho enemy's trenches* 1 aejec^^a^ljk^^a^ep^ej^^klßgi^
Jack Johnson, dodged -a blow from the butt of bis rifle, and bavonetted him ; then I took on another, ''"and down he went. My third man looked more like a patriarch than, a soldier. 'Oh, don't !' he cried, as I dashed at him. I hadn't the heart to finish the job. "We went through trench after trench, until the Germans were piled thick. A terrific machine-gun fire swept us. I saw strong German forces . advancing. We dashed among them with terrible effect. Our artillery wrought fearful havoc, the enemy literally being blown to pieces. Six Germans assailed one •of our men, and he accounted for all of them. The bravest among us were the chaplains, who stuck to our sides, where the fighting was fiercest."
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Evening Post, Volume xc, Issue 79, 1 October 1915, Page 7
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184THE LITTLE CORPORAL Evening Post, Volume xc, Issue 79, 1 October 1915, Page 7
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