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• Methods of i+ryiatg Foods.
Fat is a heat or fuel producing
food 'which is very valuable in cold
weather for supplying the body s(it1L
heat and energy. Often foods that
are cooked in fat .are termed indi-
gestible; this nteatas that the food is
not ttilized in the body and swing to
some digestive dis•turbance, itt be-
_.�....._-_.....conies part of the waste. •
Recent experianents tend'' to show
that animal fats are assimilatedTair-
vcrscas a fat that is used for frying pur-
poses that has given many fried
foods their bad reputation. Every
normal peri on requires a certain
amount of. -fat.
Make it a rule when serving fried
food to have an acid food, either a
vegetable or a garnish, accompanying
the dish.
Here are just a few things 'to keep
in mind 'Alen planning to serve fried
foods. Use very small quantities of
foods that are cooked in fat for peo-
ple occupying sedentary positions,
while those ttTho are employed in ac-
tive or laborious work may eat a
larger proportion. Persons who are
working at hard manual labor, out
By Christine Whiting.
PART I. vin not writin' for quite a spell. He's
The day train from Montreal to her eldest. She thlitaks sumethin'ta
Ttwas ahour pad fifty m . in -1 haleP ened to him sure; but I says:
mrono .t
utes behind time. A freight smash-up 'Land, Lucy, they don't have proper
semets'here beyond Smith's Falls had , wnitin' materials in those trenches.
delayed it an hour and a half. Then, I Like as not he's got no way to get a
later, it had run on to a siding tot postage stamp, or maybe these Ger-
tetra right of way to a special. And plans have got a -hold o' the letter and
all the time the snow was falling !are keepin' it ;just for spite. I would -
with a quiet, steady persistence that ; n't trust one of 'em round the corner
would have discouraged the most' with a toothpick.' If you'll sliprieto
optimistic clerk in the weaher'this again in about ten minutes 111:
bureau, ae real obliged."
It wasBelleville and Tren- F The day train boasted two Pull-,
., between F- .. I
ton, just as peace seemed to be des- i mans, a ilinliljy' cat, day' coaches, bag-
cending on the weary passengers, that gage cars, and smoker. In the first;
something happened to the engine, of the Pullman:, in the seat at the,
and the train came to a dead stop at en:l next the smoking compartment,'
a spot that might have looked, to one vas a white=heired, stern -looking„ old
bred in the city, like a snow -.wept gentleman who had been sitting for;
prairie, .k the engine cam: grind- hours staring alternately into the,
ingly to a halt, a "commercial gentle- steerm and at Tan envelope which he
man" in the la seat cf the smokes
. hest tightly dem:heti in his right
yawned wearily Before straighter ink hand. The next three chairs were
up to look out of the window. va ant; lent the two adjoining were'
"Same sterni!" he commented to occupied by lin-eel-gal College girls;
his nearest neighbor. '`Guess I'll get returning i'rom the Christmas r saga-,
out ane' stretch my leg's :t bit." tion. Across the way was a Varsity!
He rose, tatni•ng u freshman whe kept his eyes with
„ phis collar is alarming persistence on one of the
settling rowel
a brown derby firmly on stephis girls from Havergal, the dark-haired
bard back -ward
Next u. led he rtnak a ass one, who, apparently oblivious of his
that srot aledu into stumbledover
aisle 'from rapt gaze, was deeply absorbed in.
i;
theseat cess the way, and. tiime. Huard's account of her "Home
i
hang, in the Fiekl of Honor," while her;
glared .� r r <: minute at a boy in khaki,
who had been smoking innumerable companion beguiled the time by knit-�
. igarettes ever since he came aboard ,ting a Red Cross muffler.
dee train et Perth. Farther down the aisle sat a dis-
"Well, what in—" His tone chang- I eon te handsomelyokeg woman dressed,oer • much i
f about!
ed suddenly at something he saw in fifty, bejewelled hands clasping a vanity;
the boy'- for. "Say, kid," he went box; while next her was an eminently!
on good-naturedly,e"don' won't have respectable clergyman in spotless'
In • insides left if you don't quit smme' broadcloth and highly polished finger I
ing those poisonous cigarettes.hCome nails; and, lastly, a sour looking, di -s-.1
nut and take ' turnin the fresh air. couraged little gentleman who had
_-here s tionnotha like a bit o'cheerful,'
once published a small volume en-;
.conversation a day like this." „
The boy, after a moment's hesita- 'titled"GoodT Cheer for Every Day."'
Oren pulled his hat more firmly above I This completes the list of the oc- l
his ears and followed his genial ac-' cupants of the Pullman Plantagenet.
quaintance to the platform. They; Her sister car, the Brittania, carried;
stood for a minute looking out at the an even lighter burden, consisting of!
flying snow, and then, regardless of',a age and reputation, millionaire
of uncertain
ken;
wet feet. stepped down into. the storm, still young and good to look upon, a
and made their wayaytoward the back; woman doctor, a stout gentleman
of the train. i
"Gettin' back to camp?" asked the' whom the doctor suspected strongly i
•drummer sociably. of being a German spy, and two small i
The boy nodded and gave the num- boys travelling in care of then co
:f+:r of his regiment. . ductor, to be met by their Aunt;
"Drafted?" yshouted the drummer � Hattie" in Toronto.
Pato the teeth of the storm. 1 Our friend the commercial gentle-
"No—enlisted." said the boy. • man rarely went to the extravagance'
The man looked at him sharply. i of a Pullman on his short trips. Be -
"Any family?" he questioned brief-, ing a genial fellow, however, he liked,
ly, after a minute. to know with whom he was treveling; i
"Only—a girl," the boy answered,'so, after assuring himself that the
the red creeping into a cheek as sof. coIlege professor was harmless and
as a woman's. 1 his grip safe, he made his way into i
"Oh!" said the drummer, and; the Plantagenet, after exchanging;
walked on in silence. He was think-; friendly witticisms with the colored
ing that, young as the boy looked, he i porter in the vestibule. I
himself had been married at twenty-; "Great day," he remarked socialxlyi
one. She had been nineteen. He rai to the Varsity boy, whose glance had j
membered how— I strayed from les inamorata for a mo -
"Say," he turned quickly and faced; menta The boy colored, hoping de -1
the boy, "it's hard, ain't it?" ; voutly that the girl from Havergal
His honest sympathy brought some- would not mistake this person of i
thing that sparkled on the boy's' doubtful respectability for one of his;
lashes. F family friends; and, while debating i
"I—I've just been to see her—to within himself as to whether or not
say good-bye," he stammered a;vk-' he should reply, the commercial
rardly. "That's why I smoked so gentleman, undaunted by his silence,
much; I couldn't think of anything; continued:
else to do."! "I've been tal dn' with the eondue-
"Lord!" ejaculated 'the drummer,, tor, He says this is the worst storm
'Lord!! Those beasts of Germans—; in ten years. Shouldn't be surprised
Leek out, kid; the train's movin'. if we don't get into port before mid-
Catcl hld." I night."
They swung aboard, and, as the; To the astonishment of the Varsity
door of the day coach slammed be-' boy the girl from Havergal laid down
hind them, stood for a minute, stamp-; her book and leaned forward.
ing the snow from their boots and, "You don't mean that we won't
brushing their clothes. The car was' reach Toronto to -night?" she said
not crowded. Two seats ahead, a' anxiously, addressing the drummer in
pplacid, gray-haired old lady was I such a frank manner that the Varsity
kntiling a khaki -colored sweater. In boy felt a twinge of shame at his own
front of her two girls of the "flapper" snobbishness.
age were giggling over the comic sec-: "Likely not, Miss," replied the
tion of the paper. Toward the middle drummer promptly. "The engine's
of the car a weary .salesahan (he dealt, out o' commission, and the snow's
it was discovered later, in a fine pilin' up higher'n a haystack.
quality of "gent's underwear") ac- 'Twouldn't surprise me none if we
copied two seats and slumbered the stuck right here till mornin', an' I've
unquiet slumber of the exhausted. traveled this territory, off an' on, for
thirty years."
(To be continued.)
HUMAN LIFE IS LONGER NOW
Fifty Per Cent. Of English Nation
Once Died Before Twenty
In the years 1348-50, 26,000,000
deaths from the plague or "black
death" occurred, which was one-fourth
of the entire population of the world
at that time. In the year 1761, 50
per cent. of the English nation died
before reaching the age of twenty
years. Tho average length of life in
the sixteenth century was only twenty-
one years, while in this, the twenty-
ieth century, the average life is forty-
five years. In India, however, the av-
erage life to -day is only twenty-four
years.
We are enabled to see what the
science of Medicine is aceomplishing
in our more civilized countries, where
ignorance and superstition do not
prevail 11:o any very meat extent.
" re Miley' eeosoried troopeV" "They
o t to OA. Mao were dire, trritiltoedt
In .y dr .
#cai sbd the
pt�ax•
eta y
* ei3eteyf' ..,
As the boy in khaki started up the
aisle he felt a detaining hand upon
his arm.
"1 wonder"—it was the voice of the
old lady with the knitting—"I wonder
if you'd mind tryin' on this sweater.
Abby said she'd put those Red Cross
directions in my bag, but they ain't
here, and I can't remember whether
it's twenty-six inches or twenty-four
they make 'em now; an', bein' a sol-
dier, I thought 'maybe you'd toy it
on. I was kind of plannin' on finish -
in' it before I got there."
"Well, I guess you'll have time
enough," said the drummer genially.
"I'm blamed if this darn train ain't
stopped again. Looks like a pretty
good fit to me, ma'am," he went on
as the boy squirmed obligingly into
the unfinished sweater. "Well, . so
.long, 1,11 get back to my seat an'
see that that old college professor
across the aisle don't steal my grip."
The "flappers," who were frankly
listening to the conversation nudged
each other in appreciation of his wit,
and cast oda li ing eyes at the boy
in khaki.
"Ilan ever so much blged," the oIci
lady entailed gratefu y as the
sunied her knitting, "Iti. on any way
to visit my daughter Lacy In (' ►
houug. 5he'•s Nellie' kind a' loo fel,
beef aninel test snort on 'ieegatint 0' O•t•
doors, will be able to assimilate
daily portions of fried food without
any physeal disturbances.
For digestion's sake, learn to
bei ve :
Juice of lemon with fried fish.
Apple sauce tit ith pork or goose.
Cranberry or current jelly with
g c ultry, Iamb or mutton.
Horseradish with beef.
It is a curious thing that nature
demands these combinations to
equalize the fatty content of the
meal. Save and classify the various
fats, and utilize each particular kind
so that there need be no waste. Chop
all bits of suet fine and place in a
double boiler and then render. Chicken;
and park fat may be rendered in'
this way,
An excellent shortening that may;
be used to replace butter in cooking;
and baking may be made from
chicken fat, of which there is'
usually three or more ounces in one'
fat bird. Remove the fat from the
bird and place in cold salt water for'
one hour and then drain and cut
into small pieces. Render in a
double boiler. Pour into a jar and
allow to harden. Now, when using
this fat, use one-third less than the
amount called for in the recipe. To
make pastry, allow four tablespoon-
fuls of this fat to each cup of flour.
Chicken fat may Ile used to replace
butter for seasoning vegetables and
mashed potatoes. This is a pure fat
free from moisture and •season hail
and will go farther than butter.
Generally in speaking of the term
drippings, this is taken to mean all
fats rendered from meats used by
the household. This is a mistaken
idea. The word "drippings" is meant
to include fats that cook out from
roast beef, pot roast, soups and corn
beef. This fat is clarified and then
used for sauteing. It cannot be used
with good results for making pastry
and cakes.
To clarify fat: Put the fat in a
saucepan and add one cupful of cold
water to every pound of fat. Add
one-fourth teaspoonful of bicarbonate
of soda, one-half teaspoonful of salt:
Bring to a boil and then let sim-
mer slowly for ten minutes. Pour
through a strainer lined with cheese-
cloth and allow to harden, then cut
into pieces. Reheat and pour into
jars. Bacon, sausages and ham fats
may be blended with beef drippings
for frying purposes.
Mutton or lamb fat must be clari-
fied and then blended with ham and
bacon or sausage fat. Fat from
bacon, ham or sausages may be used
for flavoring vegetables. do place of
butter, for cooking omelets, potato
cakes, mush and scrapple. It is a
splendid seasoning to use for macar-
oni, baked beans with 'tomato sauce,
dried beans and peas in soups and
when cooking dried lima beans.
There is really no need to allow
a spoonful of these fats to be wasted.
Fats that are not available for table
use should be collected and made into
soap.
Do not ,be falsely economical in
trying .to do deep frying with these
fats. They not only will not hold
the temperature forsuccessful fry-
ing without scorching, but they fre-
quently soak into th? food• and make
it unfit to eat. L
The war has brought many good
vegetable oils upon the market that
are ideal for cooking purposes and
are preferable to the animal fabs for
all cooking. They not only hold a
high temperature without burning,
but also they may be used repeatedly
if they are strained each tune after
using. Food cooked in vegetable oil
does not absorb the fat and it is more
digestible and really more coon -
'remittal.
There are two methods of frying:
First. Sauteing; cooking food in
the pan with just sufficient fat to
prevent scorching. This method is
commonly used, but has nothing to
really recommend it, ae the foot' ab -
Naha quantities of greare; this mates
it difficult to digest.
Seeolid. Deep -fat frying --tit is
usual to dip tbo :fond : to he fried in
a Mixture to gloat it and then to
roll it in fine bread crumbs and then
cook in sufficient fat to cover. This
forms an airtight. cover that prevents
• the grease from soaking through. A
few easential utensil's are necessary
to produce euccessful results; first,
a heavy kettle that will not tilt, and
second, a frying )basket, so that the
food 'allay be removed quickly when
cooked.
The correct temperature for deep
fat frying is 350 degrees Fahrenheit,
for raw foods, such as crullers, fish,.
fritters, potatoes, etc. For cooked
dishes and oysters, choe e -balls, etc.,
370 degrees Fahrenheit..
Do not *attempt to cook large quan-
tities at one time. This will cause a
sudden drop • in the temperature of
the fat, allowing it to permeate the
food which is cooking, and thus give
a greasy product.
Now for a word of protection. Do
not use too large a kettle. Keep a
bucket of sand handy ,in the kitchen,
and if by any reason the fat catches
Are, throw sand on it; do not attempt
to remove it from the stove—serious
burns are apt to result. Keep the
fact in mind that water spreads the
flames; if no sand is at hand use salt
of flour.
Many leftover foods may be team-
ed into palatable products and thus
help to extend the food budget, re-
quiring only a minimum cost and
labor to prepare them..
• Healthy Hair.
It is quite possible to brush the
has too much, but few women are
given to the fault. The use of the
brush twice a day for five minutes
each time is most beneficial, encour-
aging the growth of 'the Bair, cleans-
ing tit of dust and promoting the
gloss, which is the fairest feature of
the hair. But thin ,brushing must be
done gently, with smooth, slow, down-
ward strokes and, without snapping
away the brush suddenly when the
ends .of the hair are reached. It is
jerky brushing that is injurious to
the hair, wreaking it off and severing
it from the follicle. The hair does •
not drop out, especially in winter,
though growth is somewhat ,impeded
with cold; the ,slight shedding mani-
fested in the combings is a natural
process, fulfilling the law of the sur-
vival of the strongest. The loosened
and broken hairs drop in this man-
ner, and a new crop of young hairs
take their places.
Fadeless Kitchen Gowns.
Kitchen dresses of light weight un-
bleached cotton were adopted by a
dainty young housewife who found
that her colored wash dresses faded
quickly, "and," she says, "I never
looked so well in the kitchen before."
All are made by some simple pattern
and have a touch of colored embroid-
ery or crochet on the neck, belt,
sleeves and pockets. These dresses
can be waahed .and boiled, and need
no starch, and they look new until
they are worn out, and will outwear
gingham .or percale. The material
should be shrunk before cutting.
PHOTOGRAPH 70,000 GRAVES.
Directorate of Graves Will Photograph
Graves of All Soldiers Burled
Overseas.
Work of photographing all graves of
soldiers buried overseas is now in pro-
gress, and eventually, it is hoped that
a photograph of each permanent grave
will be obtainable. This information
is contained in a memorandum for-
warded to the Militia Department at
Ottawa by Major-General Fabian Ware,
director-general of graves registration
and enquiries.
So many thousands of applications
for photographs of graves have been
received by the Directorate..of Graves
Registration and Enquiries that it is
feared there will be considerable de-
lay in supplying them.
Up to the present 70,000 photo-
graphs have been supplied, but many
thousand requests still remain to be
dealt with. •
The delay is due to the small num-
ber of photographers available, and
the increased difficulties, owing to the
requirements of demobilization, in
providing transport for them to the
various cemeteries, which as will be
seen from a glance at any of the maps
showing the area of fighting, are scat-
tered over a large extent of country.
As regards isolated graves, the diffi-
culties aro naturally even greater. It
is feared that it will be impossible to
supply photographs of many of these
within any reasonable time, but event-
ually it is hoped that a photograph of
each permanent grave will be obtain-
able.
With further reference to this sub-
ject the directorate -wish it to he
known that authorative information
has been received that in certain lo-
calities a rumor has been started that
the photograph received is not gen-
utile, but is only that of a. dummy
grave: this rumor is a most cruel ono,
not only to the relatives, but also • to
. the off' is and men of the directorate
engaged in the various theatres of war
on t11 „r
i� v,-ark.•The dire .t tato
o can n as•
sure the public that eaoh photograph.
of a grave sent to a relative is that of
' the actltai grave taken on the spot..
OLYMPIC CARRIED
300,000 MEN OVER
ADVENTUROUS CAREER OF THE
•
WHITE STAR LINER.
Dodging U -Boat Attacks and Saving
Sinking Ships Part of Her
Achievement.
Dodglug Geranau submarines in the
Mediterranean, trying to save sinking
warships in the North Atiautic, and
fighting oft vicious U-boat attacks
while carrying American troops are
some of the achievements credited to
the White Star liner Olympic during
her adventurous career of the war-
time. These were only incidents of
Iter experience, because, on account of
her great passenger capacity; she was
steadily and faithfully keeping to the
task of transporting men and material
for the armies in Europe. First it was
Chinese coolies fur road building. then
reinforcements frnili Canada to replace
the losses of Vimy Ridge, and finally
many thousands of U. S. troops to face
the Germans on the western battle-
front.
"Her work during the Gallipoli cam-
paign," writes a member of the crew
to the London Daily News, "when she
carried about 8,000 troops—at that
time the greatest number ever carried
by any ship—following upon her gal-
lant attempt off the north of Ireland
to tow the water-logged dreadnought
Audacious, was sufficient to put her in
the first rank of transports, but her
subsequent work In bringing Canadian
troops and Chinese labor battalions,
and then her wonderful career since
Christmas, 1917, when she arrived in
New York for her first load of Ameri-
can troops, must put her in a class by
herself as a 'trooper.'
"She has carried well over 300,000
people while on war service.
"It would not be correct to say that
Captain Hayes has brought her
through without a scratch, but her
scars are marks of honor. She bent
and fractured some of her plates when,
in the darkness early one morning
she 'strafed' one of Germany's finest
U-boats.
Attacks by U -Boats.
"The Olympic had most of her ad-
ventures while she. was carrying
American troops. During March, Ap-
ril and May, 1918, the German sub-
marine commanders made at least
seven daring attacks on her. Not once
did the enemy have time to launch a
torpedo, for in every case he was
greeted by a six-inch shell or one of
the destroyers was on the track with
her depth charges. Perhaps some of
Germany's missing submarines are
now lying below the track of the
Olympic.
"The most thrilling experience
which the Olympic had took place in
the darkness of early morning of May,
1918, near the entrance to the English
Channel. It was just about 4 o'clock
when the lookout man picked out of
the almost total darkness the outline
of a lurking submarine, which was
lying on the surface. Immediately af-
ter his warning shout one of our for-
ward guns blazed out, and the ship,
with her helm hard over, spun around
like a great racing yacht and crashed
into the enemy.
"The blow was, of course, not a
clean one, or there would have been
few survivors from the submarine.
Judging from the damage on the bows
of the ship when drydocked a few days
later the blow cut' off one end of the
submarine. The rest drifted past the
stern of the Olympic, and one of the
gun crews on the poop planted a six-
inch shell squarely into it. One of the
destroyers in the escort dropped be-
hind, and' by the light of star shells
Picked up thirty-one survivors, three
of whom died on the way to port. The
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total crew of the submarine was more
than sixty."
TO COMMEMORATE SACRIFICE
iilemerials To Be Erected To Various
• Arrny'Regilnents
In a statement on the work of, the
Imperial War Commission by Rudyard
Kipling, announcement is made that
memorials to commemorate the part
borne by the various army divisions
or regiments in the campaign and
battles, as, for instance, by the Can-
adians at Ypres, the SouthAfricans
in the Deville Wood, the Au,stralians
at Amiens, and the British at the
breaking of the I3indenburg Line, will
be considered by representatives of
the military committee.
It has been recommended that in
each cemetery there should be erected
a "Cross of Sacrifice" and an altar
of stone in remembrance of the dead
and that headstones of graves should:
be of uniform shape and size. Oh
these would be chiseled the name
of the dead and his regiment, and
also a cross or other religious sy m-
bpl of the dead man's faith.
It has also been recommended that
a Mohammedan and Hindu temple
should be erected as z remembrance,
of the sacrifice made by the Moham-
medans and the Hindus in the war.
Both Satisfied
"Please, teacher, would you pun-
ish a chap for something he hadn't
done?"
"Certainly r.ot, Billy. That would
be unjust,"
"That's all right, then, 'cause I
didn't do my housework."
A DARING RUM
OF OUR CAVALRY
CANADIANS DASHED THROUGH
HUN LINE AT CAMBRAL.
An instance of the •Magnificent Works
Done by Dominion Horsemen
During the War.
With all occasion for military sec-
recy passed, it Is now possible to give
in detail one of the daring exploits of .
the Canadian Cavalry Brigade which*
failed owing to sheer bad luck, but
which, nevertheless, was an outstand-
ing feature of cavalry work during the
war.
'U('Iion the Hindenburg line was
broken by General Sir Julian l3yng's
army at Cambrai on March 20, 1917
the Canadian Brigade had the start-
ling task allotted to it of plunging
through, making a detour of Cambrai.
and' kidnapping the German general
who commanded the .1,r1I corps, an
aggressive type of Teuton, marked by
the British Intelligence. for his atroci-
ties in Belgium early in the War. Ac-
cording to the dashing officers who led
the 'Canadian Horsemen, the venture
would have been a success and they
were well on their way when the Bri-
tish cavalry commander, afraid of .the
darkness that was comical on and un-
certain as to what extent the Germans
were.. demoralized, recalled the would -
I be abductors. He had heard that the
!bridge spanning the canal at Mcs•
nieres had caved in under the weight
of a tank pressing through to the at-
tack. He had not heard that the Cana-
diane. with the assistance of relieved
French civilians, had constructed an-
other bridge out of umbers with which
the Germans had been repairing one
of the locks and that the squadron of
the Fort Garry horse was well on its
way.
So well planned wzta the adventure
the Canadian raiders Had with them
photographs of the general, of the du. -
teen in which he he d his headquarter:
and plans of the place showing where
his private office was. It was a clever
piece of intelligence work, also, t11
had gathered in tete overawe numlWr
of men on duty at the chateau and the
usual motienients of the general dur-
ing the afternoon.
The Canadian brigade followed
through the first attack at early dawn.
Pioneers which accompanied them
filled in the wide Ilindenburg trenches
so the horses could pant. The tanks
ploughed routes through the mass of
wire protecting the "impregnable Posi-
tion," and about nine o'clock the caval-
ry captured Masniores village.
Cut Up Germany Battery.
The special squadron of the Port
Garrys galloped ahead into the blue.
The remainder of the regiment with
the Strathconas and the Royal Cana-
dian Dragoons fanned out on each side
to protect their flanks and keep a line
open. Then, as dusk was setting in,
came the recall, It was imperative,
and the Canadians could do nothing
but obey.
The raiding party had gained clean
through to the village of Rumilly and
for .a time runners could not reach
them. Although they had orders not
to allow anything to divert their at-
tention from the quest of the Hun
commander, the alluring prospect
that appeared before them on the edge
of the plain beyond the village was
too much. Out iu the open fields,
without even a strand of barbed wile
to protect it, and with no knowledge
of the nearness of the Canadians, was
a complete German battery at rapid
fire. The Fort Garrys formed in a hol-
low and with drawn sabres charged
pell-mell into them. It was a minie-
ture Balaclava. They Out clown all the
gun crews and were busy destroying
the guns when news reached them that
their communicating supports had
been withdrawn and they must get
back 'to' the British line, abandoning;
the kidnapping plans.
Lieut. Strachan, who received t!,e
Victoria Cross for His part of the
work, with the squadron, str,m 3ded
all the horses, which, runnin 'Id
through the German encampments,
added to the enemy's demoralization,
and fought their way back on foot, tak-
ing with them a number of prisoners
from the battery.
Just on the outskirts of Masnieres
the party were challenged by a Ger-
man patrol and matters looked seri-
ous. Fortunately, one of the officers,
Lieut. Cohen, spoke German and, go-
ing ahead, he taunted the I7un ofllcer
with "having his wino up." During
the .parley the little party crept near
enough to rush the patrol and prac-
tically annihilated them. Then they
dived back across the bridge to safety.
The casualties of the squadron were
under sixty. They brought in practi•
tally that number of prisoners.
The disappointment that the Grand
Fleet Was unable to strike a blow for
the freedom of the world is counter-
acted by the fact that it was their
prestige alone that brought about
this achievement.—Admiral Sir D.
Beatty.
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