Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1918
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in the Jl!I\I'"""&t the
01 NOVOOl.
ber--oame that epic fightiDJr
Bourlon
Wood. w~ ive post. 01 thq lat Royal
BeJb p.lwed aU eIMJID.l attMk. and killed
oftr :fv.e hUll4red of the
y (at deeeribed laet week). The magni1i~nt .torr. of
the delaoe by
Lieu naat Valeatine,
It.C.⢠aDd hia men is ODe of the outftandiDa am~.,
pllaJlt deea~ 1rhIch
wen
d1U~ the war. This is
what a U)(o'
Poet' wri~_!I:t th& front
_ill 'of the firhtina': "The M!l Brilf8(\o
will ahr..,..-nmemlier that da:r <If ala gllteor-.
They w"'~ the 22l1d and 23rd :h.oyal Fn ~i·
I' â¢. ' the 18t King's Royal Rifles. Illld tho
hi Berkshirm. the riflemen bei~'
If .on tho
rigbt in front 01 Bourloll:. vi
e... .
Two batta.l:i~ol grey infantry
e out of
the nU
of BourIon villoge-in full marcbing order as thoogb on manreuvree. &
fore the cia", w~~ b¥l spent th~OnlY SUT'ivors of th()ee fi~at W&v\!S of
l'D',Inn influttrY w8I'e . dribbling throQg
the 2nd
Division to the l!I'i."O~ CAgt!!I, L daMd Md
panto..!tricken â¢â¢till wparing thelr kit. HI't-Wlf tlbe G~m'a.n «Tonp commander
wed the fiE-Ids in front of the 2nd Divi~io n
,..t
man,
with f"",h troop a:nd M proml.'t;ly our m ..n
harvesW eaoh c:EOP with their! maebin ~
U1IlI8 aehod from the @hN'r
phy.waI Mfort of killing Huns.'
guD8.. . Their
LAST YEAR'S .FIGHTIfG.
In the great German olfensive91 last y~ar
th battaliQ». howed th same fibe t !lUlCitv
rOT which it
hll.8 been. remaebb]
ail
through the W&l'. but Ilp806 d 't' ot permit
~et il
d~ription of its
i "emente,
The oommaDdin eflicer. Col. G..
H unt,
C.M.G .⢠D.S,Q;. wa~ killed on
arcb 2~rrl
t
uoourt. IUld then u. yo UK nffir.. r.
pt. M. P. Pugh. M. u ⢠II of Hr. R. T.
Pa,h; &8SUDl~ command. thon~ .... itholl[
au, PI' .tons MJ)erienoo of blUl i g \n r~r
bodil'4 of meu. By bis per!I(>Jlal
erv 1\11(\
a nmarkab18 appTeCiation of vllr diffi cul t
aDd intricate situations. he wit!,ure-w the
rl'giment from peaillan. to p08ihp n. alway"
keppmll: it intlwit for f~thec filC1.Jtillg~ On
Ilijrbt
or
Mn.rc;1i 26th 7th . "him tbe batrelieve<!... he reorgnJlir,ed. per80n.
oomp&nr.
' ⢠nen.l,. III I
t:'A
~me
Ilalti~ JIe lin·
l!.'1ved the
.l1ion on f<) ur
&lLd distinct !lU&S' 9. Ca lJt..
'already
hel
the ~c.. WM
D.S.O. Ql;hl!f' ,. 0
'T
Sild
,IIlen, w~ alao;d 'l ted ,w
nllantry in tb '
dillicult
.".8'1Ufllf· 'Tbe 'oiviaioll f. II'ht its ay ~
SOIIIme battlefi.ekI. frC)m
e neigh.
I'bcmr:b.ruJd of BsrtineOllrt to tlie
ere.
BritHh .advance from Aiull'U t fl n·
Royal Derks aR'llin ' di pla vod
thpi T ~"n fisrhtinl!' ",&ttJ ... OR Anl(1ut ~l,t
the 2nd Divit?oD A.tt'aoked a Ayotte. nnd in
"u, dave' COD hUlt fightinlr did ll&D.t "...r·
vice. In tb6 _rse of its -advftl!S6. it capturod the ..-illagM of 'Ervil,1,er ⢠)I;IeII agni ......
an.d Sapioroiee .,.ith
eral ~r«I pri .
eqnel"8. Tbpl divi.oon again a
ed wit\l
1UC«88 Olt Scptembt-r 'l!nd and Igllowir!l:
daYI. At tb.e end of the lIIUXle month an,l
the beginninJt of October it did* I'plend id
yorlt Dell' Novell... where the fiS tiog Wu«
Vllre.. l>@spit.e the maebl -.cun fire
the approach to thl). una1 !!he
.... fof-ctod , the ~lInlll c"~ t.
vill
taken. At POljenvil1 on
the WtaUon bad". "n.asty
Jlumber of men, and th!'
the 8U1listice they
60 that th4Y _ro
in
Jst BEllS omaas·~~L~ OR
DIED OF WOUNDS.'t
The followin« 0---01 the lilt Royal
bYe beeII killed or died \If wounds
-niJac with tha hattalion :H. H. Shott, D.B.O.
UII..alln Oliver
teel .
G. R . . Wyld. Wilts, attd. 16t