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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-09-02, Page 7r• „ tRIM VALOR THAT WQN TdE Y.G OM GALLANT ACT Off' 7. EUTEN„ ANT J'. G. MYTIL ' Uero of '21: Woo Alio; Only One .of .1'Sirty° Who Survived brave ti `Exploit, _ Nobody will bo ,alae- to read un- moved tbo wonderful. story, circulates by the • British mess • Bureau, of the winning of the V. fly Lieut. J: a, .Smyth, of the kith 'Ludhiana•:Silchs,.a young hero: of 21, This narrative has been communicated from the front by an officer, in touch with the head, iquarters, of the Indian Arany Corps. On the night of May 1? (writes the officer) a corpany•of the 15th Sikhs, under Captain K..Hyde-Cates, relieved a portion of the 1st Battalion High, land Light Infantry in• a section on <ir " 4!trenc}i known as: the "Glory ,Hole,'' near - the . `Forme Du . ' Bois (neat' Ypres), on the right. of the Indian ,Army. Carps' front t • ' Fu rious.,..ig'htin ;-•had been in :pro- • gtvev• here for some time, the pad- .' • tion at the moment:, of relief being' ; that we had taken and occupied •a sec ,• tion of the German: trench,'.a portion.' Of the 'same trench;: on our left `being• stili held.by,•the'enemy, who had sac- ceeded: in erecting a, barricade bo tween themselves and our ;nen. • Send Bombing Party. ' When• 'day broke it was aster fined thet the German trench was ached' with nien with4he evident intention of attaekan'j(; us. "-"• , . A short tithe afterwards the attack, began by heavy bombing, to which the. ° 15th replied vigorously, and succeeded' in holding' their own until ' noon, when the position became critical, as all our dry bombs had been expended, • •and those that had become wet from ram were found to be useless. • It' was- then resolved -to attempt't relieve the situation by sending up a bombing -party - from the . reserve trenches. Position Desperate. The position. was.' desperate, and Lieut. Smyth, a young 'officer; who, in spite of his years only pnfnberi>ifg 21 --;iia : already been brought to notice, for his gallantry, was ordered to take command of the party. Volunteers were called for,, and wereimmediately forthcoming. - The with which the demand was, responded to speaks volumes for the spirit of theregiment, for each. man felsure that he was proceeding to v almost certain death.' In the Jaws of Death, Lieut. '.Smyth "and his little party of ten men started at 2 p.m. to cover. the 250 yards which. intervened -be- tween them ' and our trench, taking ® with them two boxes of 96 bombs. The ground to be''covered was lab- - _ Widely:open.. - devoid -of-all -natural- cover. Tle2only possible shelter from th ._. frightful Arewhich met the. party. .as '-'soon--gas they .were --over- our -parapet was an , old, . broken-down trench , which, at the best of times,. Was hard- ly knee.deep, but now in places was filled almost to the top with the deed bodies of Highland Light Infantry, Worcesters, Indians and Germans. Peril and. Horror. • 0 tl 0.,,17.111111e 4+41 d • Dress 9000 Dress 8980 . Emil::"14732 Eimb. 14731 TH1'simple'border; 14731,, is for braid and einbroldety " It is 1% Inches wide, and 6 yards and 4 corners are contained in tile • Pattern. This bonders iliustratedon dress 8089, which cuts in ares 82 to 44 inches. 16 cents. The transfer pattern 1s 10 cents, 14732 --This attractive border may bedeveloped in braid and embroidery, or in solid work alone. It is 1n incbealvide and pattern .contains 8 yards and 4 corners. This border, is illustrated on dress 9000; which comes in.sizes 82 to 40. 10 an4 16 cents,'reapectively. _EMPIRE GOWNS HOLD THEIR . OWNi Empire dresses of very simple cut are extremely: fashionable and will be welcomed by the woman who does her own dressmaking, because they _-Aro ,-So. easy .to -make: ...A_pattern.. that has' the smartest of the Empire feat- ures is, Ladies' .Home:Journal Pattern No., 8989. This has a simple waist with removable chentisette with- high neck or square outline. • The collar • is circular •and the, sewed -in sleeves can be made full length or shorter as pre- ferred. • The 'four -gore skirt finishes at -'the -top with 'an upetanding ` frill. The pattern cutis in sizes • 82 .to 44 inches- bust measure, requiring in size 36, 7% yards 27=inch, 6% yards 36 - inch or 5% yards. 42 -inch material with 14 yard 12 -inch net folr chemis ette' arid 1 yard ribbon for belt. Ladies' Home Journal Pattern No 9000 is a Ladies', Dress 'with wild, closing at the side front` and perforat- ed for' surplice effect, a novelty collar adds distinction and the, _full-length sleeves have circular cuffs; and -the ,four -gore skirt may:be made with or without gathered postillion ; at back. Sizes '32 to 46.•Size 86 requires: 6% --yards 86=inch materia3` With 1 yard -36; inch contrasting goods for girdle. These dresses are made .'charmingly attractive by some: transfer pattern designs; Thctp'simple border,-patte>r`n 1 No: 14731, is for braid and embroid- ry.. Itis 1% inches wide, and con- tains six yards and. four corners, 10 cents, -_.each.-_:Transfer _ pattern.No, 14732, on dress 9000, May be develop- ed in braid or_ solid work. alone. It is 1% inches wide and contains three yards and four corners. Patterns, .15 cents, each, may be ob- tained at.your lecal dealers or at the Home Pattern 'Company,,, 183-A •_ ,George Street, Toronto, Ontario., the trench the gallant , Sepoy Lal Singh was killed. " 'For his most ,conspicuous bravery Lieut. Smyth has now been- awarded the • Victoria. Cross, and each of the brave men with -'him the Indian Dis- tinguished' Service Medal. i OMEN:S.OLDIERS-IN . e: One Ia the Colonel of a. 'Russian egiment",. • _ • • Tt -will no -doubt surprise many people to learn that no 'fewer than four hundred women are bearing arms in the armies of the Czar. So, how- ever, the London. Graphic• asserts. A. majority' of these women are,enrolled in the' Siberian regiments.. A woman,. twice wounded while __fighting in East Prussia, has'received the Cross of St eorge and the promise of a 'military pension in recognition of her bravery. Her name is Kokovtseva, and she is a colonel in command of the -6th �Urgl Cossac .eoa, nd n�'tlie war: be- gan she managed to get into the same regiment. ' •' Quite recently- news • 'came' from Kiev' of a gallant girl Officer in .a regi- ment of Don . Cossacks, Alexandra Ephimovna Lagereva, who showed un- usual initiative and courage. She' and a: handful of filen of her detachment • .ere_..capfured_by the._G;,ermans_and- locked up in a church. When all' was ,still, the prisoners broke a *inflow... and escaped, Alexandra herself :killing the •sentry with a stone. • The little force, Seven in all, managed.to recover their horses, and actually succeeded in capturing -a. petrel' of eighteen- Uhlans,-- • securing important'documents into the bargain; These papers Alexandra delivered into• the hands bf the Rus- sian •general, • A Lithuanian woman in the Russian -cavalry, named Olga Jehlweiser, -is a highly experienced warrior.. She served under General itenneiikampf in the- M huria'ti:•War, aftZl vita fin: sea- eral important battles.. She was of special value in the fighting round Grodno, because of her, inti}mat�ey�, •know - 1P11 e -4-t no�yi"-During• Oho fighting. at Sokatchew, ""Yellow Mar- tha," so called because' of her golden hair; , recaptured a'' Russian flag' from the Gerinans 'who had taken an: ad= Vance section --of -the Russian:trrenches. As the' Russians were making for. -the' second:,trench,..the banner ,bearei;-,was: shot in: the back. Martha saw:•�liixn fa 1 and dashed back to flick up the' #i. '„Two Gerinans pursued :her as sshe made._off with it, anti', site '-`duct, them both dead. ,She has -taken part' in three battles. Although it is probable that --no- other• nation has 'as many women in the ranks as. Russia, doubtless there are 'women in almost all the *armies. A woman has been discovered: serving in the Scotch 'Grays, although' it was nettuit'ti1 she was 'wounded' that her Sex became ' known, .Mine. Eugenie 13uffat is a French eoipoi al. The female 'soldier'. has ,figured in all wars. Without going further back" than the.eighteenth' century,. we find her dotting military history. ,Hannah Snell of `1Voiccster, •born in 1723, en - Hated at Coventry in Colonel Gies reginidnt of foot as dances Gray. She afterward joined iFraser's regiment of: marines,. and Was, drafted to the East. Indies. She received twelve wounds at the siege of Pondicherry; As. a girlt she:Organized and commanded a corps of young. soldiers, •who, often paaraded the' city of .Worcester, and• were known as "Young Amazon Snell's Company." ' Storks' air.' artial to kittens as an article of food. al ti Dropping" over our parapet, they wriggled'their way through the mud,. pulling and pushing the .boxes with them, uutiL they_.- reached.:the_ scanty 'shelter of_the did trench, where the. • conitnenced a, progress_ which,' is Sheer horror,.' can seldom have been • surpassed.•: Pagris (or. Pugrees, the turbans Worn by the Indians) had been.attach- ed- oto the front of the , boxes. , . By means of these the men in front pull= • ed the boxes along over and through the dead bodies; white those in rear ushed-with-all:;their-might. the4whole- arty lying flat. •At any . moment the bombs might have exploded. Six 'Left..• The.whole ground was: hissing with the, deluge, of rifle and machine-gun are-'" while -the -air `above them was white with the puffs of shrapnel:., To the anxious watchdrs in the. rear it seemed impossible that a 'single • Man should win, through. . • After 'they had accomplished a Mere 29 yards of their deadly jour=' ney, .Sepoy Fatteh. Singh rolled over wouisded,_..folrowed__iiss .the tacit.:. 80' by -by Sepoys.Sacha Singh, 'Mager Singh and Sunder Singh. This left.only Yieut. , Smyth and six men to'get the two `boxes along: • rdinary dreamt ou men are' required to handle a box of : ;bombs.' ;• Dwindled .ito: Two ::They- crawled_.oif. and:on, until,- Just; before they reached the end, of the trench, the _party" had _ dwindled, tQ„ two -'Lieut. Smyth. ,and Sepoy ` tat • Singh • , Tho second box of bombs had,to Abandoned; and: to 7iaul "even'onc box along ilii: the face,of• such difficulties•` Appeared. an .impossible task " Still. putl.ng and. hauling, :Smyth and Lal Singh' emerged, wriggling painfully' along into the open; where they were Met •with.. 'an . increased blast of fire', Miraciilous'Escapes a ,. . .' Miraculously surviving. this,. , they crawled "on, only to be confronted su d - deftly. by a small .stream which' was too deep' to wad& • • • Across it lay the direct : line ` to The ordinary man, Under. such cir- . Gutnstandes,' Would ' probably. ;have • taken• it, but these Word' no ordinary Men. They er°.awled • on arid' on, in, full, (View, of an enemy now at close tjuar- ters, until they came to a point in the Strewn which ,wasjust fordable; ' 'Honors for the ,Brave.' • Aerose'thie they struggled 'with their valuable burden; And ..in a. few .arda they were among their friends SW- our trench, both' untouched; ai tortgh 'their elothes were Perforated with bullet holes, . Sad Ito relate,: shortly after fondling' • • THE. SUNDAy.:SCH00 INTERNATIONAL , LESSON, . SEPTEMBER 5TH. Lesson X.• -Elijah• and the Prophets... • of -,Baal; 1 .Kings -18 16=40. G; T. -Prov.. 15: 29: I. Arranging• the Altar • (Verses 30-35). • Verse 30.' Come near unto me— That is, unto Mount . Carmel, the one great headland of Palestine, bounding the.. plain• of Esdraelon on the west, and from the top- of which a view of the whole of Esdraelon is to be seen. 'a8 well as a wide sweep of the Medi- -terranean. • That was thrown, down -Ahab had bia'ken down all. theQ' altars at which the worshipers of Jehovah had been accustomed to worship. (See 1 Kings. 19 '10.)' 81. Twelve 'stones -(See Joshua 4. 5.) The twelve stones signified •the unity of worship'among the tribes of Israel, each tribe proclaiming the one true God:..� • 82. He;�builb an altar= --That is, he "dedicated" the old'• altar which had been. thrown down ,and which, accord- ing to verse 30, he had ""repaired. The ="building," here in verse -32, has reference to the new arrangements which were,made_necessaiy by the THE JORDAN HA:RI$OR PEACH RANCH WILL COMMENCE' SEFTE . BER IST .TO PACK AND SHIP 1.90;000- GALLON .Oii, 30` GALLON 'UOS'ITAL SIZE SANI- TARY CANS,, E4W11 CONTAINING . 6'/ TO 7 LBS. OF SUPERB BRAND , PEACHES FOR •DISTRIBU''ION THROUGHTHE,,CANADIAN REI) CROSS SOCIETY TO ,OVERSEAS .DOS., FITALS IN BRITISH IaLES,. FRANCE. AND BELGIUM. . ° • This undertaking ,is of such inagni- tdde representing fifty' car loads of • ' FRT,SD FRUITS and the employrr sat of over Two Hundred men 'and woolen dur- ing 'the PEACH SEASON, -PACKING .DAILY 5,000 LARGE HOSPITAL CANS. • ; r'• - •These peaches are peeled, pitted aria halved, then packed in large HOSPITAL SANITARY CANS, in HEAVY SYRUP, then crated (six.cans in each crate), tQC be .forwarded to destination•through the ' CANADIAN RED CROSS 'SOCIETY; The total cast is FIFTY 'CENTS .,per :CAN . (500 this chars 'il�c1udes all 'ex- '' menses.. These -,fruits - are packred EX- ELUSIVELY for the:CANADIAN•RED CROSS SOCIETY AND CANNOT ' BE PURCHASED by the GENERAL PUT, LIC` as they are ;prepared and .delivered. to the CANADIAN RED' CROSS SO- CIETY AT ACTUAL COST. By remitting 50 Cents through the CANADIAN RED CROSS'SOCIETY, or direct to the JORDAN '' HARBOR PEACH RANCH, JORDAN STATION P.O., Ontario, it insures one.of these Large Cans of BEAUTIFUL SUPERBA BRAND PEACHES going forward to our sick and. wounded -'soldiers. Don't delay in accepting this OPPOR- TUNITY. THESE FRUITS are UR- - EN'TLY_ NEEDED and} will e iniicT _._ a ipreci>atect by our Gallant Defenders All•SUBSCRIPTION will be -duly ac- knowledged, and shoul be completed by . September last: • Remit' now. , • Contributions are being received 'frona all parts of Ca�vada.: THINK OF OUR'. SICK AND. WOUNDED- DEFENDERS -- IN OVERSEAS' HOSPITALS. It's. UP TO YOU' TO', "DO YOUR BIT" AT ' ONCE. WHAT, IS, YOUR . ANSWER? j WOMEN OF F R A1C E PLAY . Y NOOL • PART DOING. EVERY KIND OF. WORK • AT PRESENT. , Arm 'Depends- n,..-Women-Via-M$ke:: "Animunition-Teach French- to - -- - - Alsatians: When titin year is over there will be: but few crafts and fewer professions barred to women in. France. A year of war has taught •Frenchwomen the tricks of practically every ..trade in which" muscular, strength fs not a dominating^ 'factor. What. suffra- gettes have clamored vainlyfor thorughout 'all the years of their struggle, ' twelve months of combat have brought about in France almost Unconsciously. _ French women haven't yet -achieved •he' o .he. result -of 4he-•waa., bu they could :have it. in a jiffyif they ey y asked for' it, and they have achieved every A.then.reeognitionDawe-,:tha't of the right to fight in the trenchet. Be- hind the firing line they are fighting -and every Frenchman will gladly concede . it-gpite as heroically and efficiently :as the_ men. Theit.. impor tante from--the-t--military---standpoint- even can scarcely -be over-estimated. ment'ien one instance, if the thou- Sands•upon thousanIs of women en- gaged in, making s'heps and cartridges in 'France; were to quit work, Cen. Joffre'& entirestrategic scheme would crumble away in a few .weeks_anLthe war might come tea disastious con- clusion. ' In• every "field ° of endeavor .into which she. was - pitchforked by the events of a year ago, the .French 'wo- man has `.'made: good:" Every char- ity, harity, from the Red Cross- down to , teaching' the children of reconquered, A,lsaee' the -French:language, depends upon her `° for success. - Commerce' trld -earn_ -te''a'standstill and agiit : culture . cese te exist if she ha& not, shown' herself canab1e_to_•_keeg. -Nei._.. ;husband's'.office or. shop open and his -land tilled in his absence• -at --the front: Even the Banc: of France might' have, to close its doors without her aid. In •the Bank of France. This last statement is based, on in- formation given by Mme. Julie Sieg- fried, head of'the National Federation. of 'Women's Suffrage Societies. "Of the number of employes of the Bank 'of France summoned to the col- ors," , Mme. Siegfried . said, "more than 25- per"`cent. have been replaced -Ty fits it Women. . The same is true to an even exit 'in . e 'amp oir d' s- eonihte and the Credit Lwonnais. And most of the' women thus ,engaged, in work that. is as 'essential to the Gov- ernment as the `army, itself 'were. quite unfamiliar with,such'work before the war. The•Governor of the Bank of. France .himself assured me'that at present he 'is- cane' :content with the t eo pliehment of us women employ- es, and that affairs could not be car- ried out more' smoothly. "It' is scarcely possible to enunier- ate, the; nun'fiber: of -.industries.• -in which- t women playa necessary tole because • of the war: • In the manufacture - munitions .alone there is- -an -army - women enrolled. Their efficiency is unquestioned. • Recently an officerof the. general staff told me that woftten had been found to be.superior"to men in' the •nicking of 'certain parts of• . a shell because tliei�r fingers are .mor stipple than men's as a result of'ion hours with.the needle. :• �, Transpoxttation' by. undergroun railway or surface ;cars •would possible in .host French cities nowa- days were it not for the feminin guards- ' and- station- attendants. Th Paris: 'Metro' runs' .without a hitch yet all its `subordinate etre-oyes. are 'women. They are holding 'only the jobs left .vacant by their husbands or, brothers or sweethearts, of course; but isn't it. likely that those' whose menfolk are killed or . permanently disabled will •. continue in the same of the rich women of society, for the of administrative -talents' they have re- '- vealed in conducting the vast phiian-' thropies erasing ,ficial;, wartime: Misery can never . again : be submerged be- neath social frivolities.' ""We French :women don't prize'the e franchise so highly as- our sisters' in; g. England'and . the United . States.' What we want, : first • is equality ih' , d work and 'wages, and that. I'. am ton- . ffdent we have=shown=: ourselves b - --- xo e titled to, and'. will receive when the= ' -` e war is won:" e The ,Government -'allows the. wife or . woman d'e enslent o. ,r P .. fasold er 25 cents` a day,' plus ,fi-ve cents a day for each child. Living rent fret,, becausg,,.af the moratorium, it is perhaps possible in the country districts for a woman' •` to keep. herself and her children alive' ' on this allowance,. In the city it is' . out' of the question. There are nu-' a capacity after thew Have. Learned- Self -Reliance. "With all its: evils, the war has he- :ar .• • mer-oius charities; designated" •iriider' stowed upon' France two lasting b'rtQ fits—it , has taught _ French-_ tiromen e in the struggle that -goes - on outside , -their 'own homes, and taught Frenchmen esteem for • the abilities of their women: • There are many . thousands of Women who : for the past •. year have ` conducted the businesses . of their husbands in.the market Or on the farm, and among them,; alas! are those who must , con- - roue to "4o• so when' . eace omen: hese- women in this dreadful year have learned to know the world of. af- fairs,'and so have their sisters of. the poorer classes, doing'man's work. in he -factory or the fields.. - "The same knowledge has .come,to • the common h d of "euvroirs," or workshops, which help destitute wives'' to earn a living in addition to their! Gtovermnent-`mope-: -But, , as Gay! : briel Hanotaux, one of . the ",'Immo. - taIs of the Academie Francaise, re • cently pointed • out in.- an'' article °en- '' titled "The Work of,the .Women," it!, is their. own initiative: and adaptabil-1 ity'. which chiefly has kept ' French -j •' - women and • children from want. • utting:' He -Do you know, I' have :lately; fallen into the habit • of . talking • to myself. •• -She-I aro' wondered why<=you . , mere .._.:.._. seeking so. bored. - Particular kind �of offering: -lie Was .to ,• � - make. - IOW BRITISH .SHIPMENTOF FIFTY- TWO 'MILLION 'DOLLARSTwo: measures of seed -In Hebrew;. - a 'two -yeah measure. One "seah�' OF GOLD .AND SECLURITIS' WAS TAKEN THROUGH •equalled about three of our gallons.�'W YQ The - trench would hold, therefore, about six gallonsof water. 83. -In oJde tijah oIlowed car -"e fully, the-irflinetiorr of the I'av--(-see j —;I,3.3): Jars -The word is•'the'' same as in Gen. 24.. 1.4-20; Judg.' 7.. 16, 19:. These; ;tan •-contairigid-less- t amhaif alio each. • 36. Fill the 'trench also -As the wa- ter .poured on the altar .did not fill the trench, afore water was added: ' • .ILL •The 'Prayet -end the• Constiinitig . Fire- (Yeses 3r -39)„..- • -36. The time of the offering of` the evening objaifena-.•hioe ;o'cloelt\an: the iifternoon.: About,'.fiie hours of'.daiy r. light''still remained.: Elijah the jirophet came near41e Was not "rpi•iest,r'but a •prophet. On o'ccasion's„ such• as ".thie, however; . the prophet assumed the ' priests; func� tions: • Atthy warts Elijah, as•Moses (see Num:: r 16 28); was commanded to do these,.things. He did not take the ini tiativer he was only the instrtunent,of- Cod: .« 87: `That'thou, Jellor�ah, ai�t 3Ood That .thou. are the, Lord ;God•. The pante of Baal, 'or tribal god} or of any other inch idol, could not be applied ,to ''"Elohini;" the One tipue God. ' 89. They fell on their faces -test they he blinded (see Lev. 9. 24; :2 Chron, 7. 3.). . . All the people said -Not Only the worshippers' of Jehovah, but, also those of Baal. ' : 'Vacation Time. • "We should all do t< port. th y p, o 'world's Wv rk." i . "'leo doubt. 1 alto .m' ai:ntain''. that wo'• are entitled to a share , of • tl t ' world's loafin . b " • .., .,, ,0 V .f . • _•r a v -.. vac. ...WO .. Fila'y -two netilion dollars in treasixre, two-thirds In gold 'and one-thirdin securities London, via Halifax arrived at the terinlna ., which had litmt`trshipped by the haute of England Igoe , • 1 of' Om .4nibrfcUts Exlnr,,s C'om tan • At Thirty-third, strut and '1`ertt.h -nreli ,.. an ears gaf°risoned by forty armed _nit.. Th greatest trensuro cargo ever trttstiecl to ' 1r see . tie • in ,l rr.tt steel • aocoinpnniod by a ftotifar q s . 'tale bottont, erossed < 1 flit • Atlantic 1 in n Dram) of .toYc �o boat dosfiroytati�A and a th • . ,l h Ii,•tiitc�nhi i cruiser, .. , neuAh the .rat zoite ttc a•ct!i� thr•:litnittirtcf Halifax: 1 that 'Vico-Actmoral Sir D vmd' : f it winner ofIt is reported se Y,the/ na:rafl battle on .,ugtiwt ..6th, ilii•f, eP i'Cr�lgrrlatttri L'ig']tt, lit rrltic�h'irr•n <,t�x°i � � cruisers and . Dom d two Goren torpedo•boat dcstroyere Were ankh attci h . ( . irntt .,moor Tlie fok'ty rieneed of the nteridaii Exp _, 'from ethe t..! set were ent lett asitia t4 rruard ttO tir i;old phi tto * cont its, po A Express guards from file �..�ct tyro xiwtt to rittllta.:r t:o guard rite tr'r� ;: • P oy`• C nada to trite Vatted States. Tho undo* • Ing n ler on its 1ttty fro. g � clollrrri lith sltitirnent front, i•nitadictii border Craw the la � •' Mut by an' ex n . tt, , . owe the t. t ,tx,t stun r` ionic ' t°e'' taif f 'it q a sh • C wenty three wagon loads of the gold being. •tt'atisl`�orted through the streets Of NOW . * n 1.10 l wynvoy+ed yotat 1 Pan >ti 1lfta b a d i o ruoiirtttc+ci i• •