DYING OFFICER'S CRY.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20345, 4 May 1915, Page 8

DYING OFFICER'S CRY.

"COME-ON, THE KING'S.' 3

(An OiScer of the King's Liverpool Regiment writes.)

NORTH FRANCE, March 2G. I am writing to te;l you what 1 can gather of .the action or the 10th. The brigade was ordered to assault the German trenches, following a severe bombardment by the artillery. A. and B. companies of the regiment were detailed for the assault.

The word being given, these two companies charged, but, unfortunately, the wire in front of the German trenches had not been cut by the artillery preparation, consequently the men got hung up on it and the Germans had time to bring their Maxims into action. The assault therefore failed and we lost heavily.

All eye-witnesses agree in saying the men behave 3in a most magnificent way. I saw the artillery observing officer this morning. He said that they were abso--1 utely splendT3. Company-Sergeant-Major Jones actually stayed five minutse under the German wire trying to cut it. He got back without being hit. Lieutenaift Millar also got up to the wire, and, jumping into a side trench, cut off the enemy for a considerable time. He was wounded in the le£.

Colonel Carter himself is universally said to have behaved with wonderful gallantry, for, though wounded through the shoulder, he refused to come out of the. fight an 3 continued in commpnd during tlte day. Poor Fen iran was killed leading his men —a very sad loss, indeed, to us, but a gallant end. Snatt was shot through the leg, b'lt managed to crawl back. But Madden, .Webb, O'Donoghue, and Young were killed during, the assault, the latter being hitactually on the enemy's wire entanglements. Poor little Webb was heard shouting, "Come on, <the King's," as he lay dying. He will not be forgotten by the old regiment. Hayes-Now-ag'bon and seven men were killed by a sh'.?ll One of these w>w a soa of a foivwi-.? officer of the KingV. Wo lost 219,a1l told, of whom 319 are wounded...