CANADIAN CAVALRY CHASING UHLANS.
WESTERN AIRMAN WARNED BAT;p:,, TALION OF AMBUSS. LONDON, March 22. ...TJiei Canadian ca.valry have been hav-•iHg'-a splendid time chasing 1 Uhlan rear-j
guardsv on the 1 Bapaume-Perbnne retreat, according to ail Imperial officer now* 1 in London.
"I heaa-di of one case," lie said, "where a certain- WesteVn ' airman had warned a certain: Western " Canadian squadron of a Htfn ambush; They surrounded what Remained of "a' well-known wood and in • trite - ! Vild 1 west' • fashion circled fringes bf trees' in. ' splendid style, shooting-' ftvnhi the saddle. "'They killed Tbany : arid ' tooft Y ' < ia'b6u^ i - a ! dozen prisoners!'- I happened ;^ f be near" the Canadian cavalry in the South Africa days and the incident reminded me of those times. I hope therd willbg many more such incidents to Come 'on the Western front." '-"' : "
The Canadian^ Ifiavealsb >scarried5 carried out several , very in^gqrt^ht ' raids"' during tlie last few days..J r " „,,„, ..,._,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14286, 1 May 1917, Page 8
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