RUSSIAN HEROINE.
LEADS MEN TO VICTORY. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received De.tobor 2, 11.30 a.m.) PETROGRAT>, October 1. Unheeding the appeals of officers to take shelter from the hail of bullets, Mira "Jvanova, a nurse, tended wounded in a thiok battle on September 21 until all the officers, including her brother, ha<l fallen, and the men were wavering. Mira realised that the moment wast critical, rallied tho remnants of the Piussinn. forces, charged at their head, and captured the enemy's trench. She* was then struck in the head by a bullet and soon died.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11508, 2 October 1915, Page 1
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