HEROINE OF LOOS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 827, 4 October 1916, Page 4

HEROINE OF LOOS.

DECORATED WITH BRITISH MEDALS. Mile. Emilieime Moreau, the young French school teacher, known throughout France as the "heroine of Loos," was to-day the recipient of unusual honours at the British Embassy (writes the Taris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on July 29). Wearing deep crepe —her father and brother were both killed at the front—Ml ie. Moreau was decorated by Lord Bertie, the Ambassador, with the British Military Medal and the Cross of St. John of Jerusalem. Lord Bertie expressed his admiration of Mile. Moreau's conduct at Loos on September 25, 1915, when our troops were under the enemy's fire. During 24 hours, in the midst of a violent bombardment, she did not cease to aid in removing British wounded to her father's house, which she converted into an ambulance station, and there gave them every possible attention. Lord Bertie pinned both decorations on Mile. Moreau's corsage. The young girl was so moved that it was with difficulty that she found words to express her thanks.

Mile. Moreau, when decorated by the Ambassador, drew from her pocket another medal, which she pinned by the side of those she had just received. It was the French Military Cross, which she already held.