NOTABLE INCIDENTS

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15444, 5 September 1914, Page 10

NOTABLE INCIDENTS

THE NINTH LANCERS. MAKE BALACLAVA CHARGE. I.ON DON. Sept. (a.m.) An c.ui.-iandinii incident. o! tho ro-tr.-ai was thv charge 01 the Ninth Lancers. Eii-vt ii of tli>> Gonnan sivge gtins Ivor.' po-ted inside .1 wood. At first their lire caused a terrific loss to the British. who had not suspected their prvsencv as ".'icy were hidden by pi-rul quantities of forage, rziving the appearance 01 small hardtacks. Alter several hours" ' fighting tlio British found it impassible to silence the guns. The Lancers then rode ■straight at the guns. debouching when thc-y got imo tho op-'ii and charging under a. hail of melinito and lyddite from other German gunners. Nothing coiml stop the men and the horses. The Lancers cut down the gunners and put the puns out of action. Then like the heroes 01 the charge at Balaclava they rode hack, losing men oven more quickly. It is (Climated that the regiment was it liic.'d to -H-0 men, but some an- siil; roinminp. Captain E. O. Grenfell, of tho Ninth Lancers, who 011 another occasion was wounded in both logs and lost two fingers. yet- directly after he saw two puns nearly deprived of their servers owing to shrapnel and tho horses under cover near by. said: "We w'"!l pet these puns back." Regardlew of his wounds he headed a number of men. hariussd tho puns up. and saved them. Captain Grcnfcll was then taken to the hospital.

BRITISHERS IN A NET. MANAGE TO GET OUT. PARIS. Sept. 3. A great- feat of arms was performed at Solemos, east of Cambrai, on August 2(J. Six regiments were holding an exposed position, and expecting support all day. This was not forthcoming. Tho Germans crept round the British and there was danger of their l>eing encircled. The British with fixed bayonets charged through the gap of eight hundred yards which was gradually closing the rings, yelling and shouting. Artillery was trained on the spot and they lost heavily, particularly a North Country regiment. This regiment lost its transport column ono day and marched thirtysix and twenty miles on successive <iays upon two biscuits per man. Then they revenged themselves by capturing a German supply column. BRITISH SECTION. IN FINE CONDITION. DOING VALUABLE WORK. A French officer stated that tho British Expeditionary Force is still intact. and continues to show superb valour in tiro face of colossal odds and lo<-% taking tar less than it gives. Ho married at tho condition of the: liriti>h troops. They bear the strain much bolter than tho French, and seem to an aiuiy o: athletes at top form. J | BRITISH CASUALTIES. j OFFICERS KILLED. LONDON. Sept. 3 (a.m.) 'l'll, hrsi li-t of officers killed in-Majur-Gcneral Sir John Gatacre'.s elue-t joii. Captain Luther (Army rackets chain-,-pioii). Vis -ouni II a warden. Major Brooke (lately military secretary io the Viceroy of India). The Royal Field Artillery, the Duke i>;' Wellington's regiment, the West K; nts. and Yorkshire Light Infantry suffered most heavily during the retreat. The Germans captured several men and stripped and bound them to gimvheels in order that they might not esvape. A hrav<> pcii-ant. cut. the ropes and the men regained the British lineGerman Taiil>e aeroplanes weiv very daring. They fly the whole length of a tretfeh. British howitzers brought some <!mvn. I.ut many more remain. Two aeroplanes rose one from each -i'!. 1 . The Germans havering ovpv K.imanvill'' fort-, exchanged shots. There was thrilling for ten minme<. ilie German rising all the time lisr. i; it was at such ;i height that the Kreiuh.-mn were unable to follow. riiiiie.u-'y it was lo<-t to sight.