GALLANT REGIMENT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11686, 1 May 1916, Page 1

GALLANT REGIMENT.

! _____ ; LIGHT INFANTRY'S FEAT. 1 ! ADVANCE IN SEA OF MUD. i ! ;Br Telegraph.—Press association C'.prjjjrhi. J (Received May 1, 10.15 a.m.) itj ! PARIS, April 30. i Tlie King's (Shropshire Light Infann ! j try) feat was carried out with, great is j ' J gallantry and endurance iu torrents of j rain, and in a Roman's land, honeyj combed with mine craters and sheTli fire, while the entire churned up area | was a morass. The men were occa- | sionally floudering to their armpits in I liquid mud, and took some hours in . crossing two hundred yards of bogland. j mostly by progressing on. ail-fours and throwing the rifle in advance, vhen crawling up and repeating the process. The enemy Arere taken by surprise. ;. Their main trench was almost deserted, owing Uo floods, and a sharp hand-to-hand fight in one or two traverses enabled ttho Sliropsbires to secure and consolidate the position. . Two counter-attacks were easily ::■- pulsed. j (Sir Douglas Haig reported on April ■j 23 : — <: The King's (Shropshire Light I Infantry) on Friday nicdit recaptured -1 the trench lost on Wednesday night <x\ the Yprcs-Langemarek road. T<-.-.- ; Yscr line there has been eomnletclv ;••:- j established.") i i _-______—_-_-