Untitled

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 959, 8 March 1917, Page 7

HOW COMMANDER JONES WON THE V.C.

FURTHER INSTANCES OF GERMAN PRISON HORRORS British cavalry are in touch with the fleeing Turks nine miles from Ctesiphon, which brings them within less than 30 miles of Bagdad. The enemy booty is spread over 80 miles of country, and has not yet been counted, but over 30 guns have been salvaged from the Tigris. The Turks have also suffered defeat east of Suez, having been driven from a position which they spent two months in fortifying. The Rules Committee of the United States Senate has suggested the adoption of the closure to prevent in future such a stonewall as killed the Armed Neutrality Bill. A thrilling story is told of the gallantry of the late Commander Jones, of H.M. destroyer Shark, who was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for his conduct in the Jutland Battle. An eye-witness says that the scenes on the battlefield round Bapaume are indescribable. The Germans must have suffered terrible losses. Their withdrawal was due solely to the fearful loss of life. The British are now opposed by twice the number of German divisions as last year, including the best troops the enemy has. A French doctor tells a terrible story of the brutal treatment of sick prisoners by the Germans.