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INDIAN V.C.'S' DARING. EXPLOIT,
A SUCCESSFUL MISSION,
The latest Indian V.C. Jemader Lieut. Gobind Singh, has been visit
MARSEILLES AND LONDON, ing London on short leave from the
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VIBITORS AT THE HOTELS.
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HONGKONG HUTNE Me D. Abraham Mr and Mrs J. H Miss & G. Anderson Mr El. L Katz Me E. C. Allan
Jadro Mrs W. Atkins
Mr A. H. Lay
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Leris
Mr Rabt. L. Logan Mr H W. Lucas Mr G. Ludin
The dispatch that he brought re- [quired a reply!" He offer to ride HIDING THRICE INTO THE JAWS through the Valley of the Shadow of Death for the third time was OF DEATH.
Мг 4. Квиклад accepted.
Bo was given lease to Mr. J. Baring Mr and Mrs, C. shoose any house that he wanted, and Mr H. A Baxter Lauritaan brate hearts wished God-speed to Mr.O. Belton
Mrs E. R. Balillos
believe hore a charred lifes. their comrade, who they had come to Mr and Mrs C
Renwick When Gobind Singh galloped into Mr R. J. Birbock
Mr J.D. Birrel! he missed their CO. Bohanan Westen theatre of war, where his usual Gertain greeting of mebi Mr and Mrs-A. L. Mr F. Lumping cavalry regiment is at present stugun fire. Not a bullet whizzed past Bocet
San. For all the noise that was
Mr Boyd tioned, and where he earned the being made, the German trench Caps Franch Dr G. W. Mackenn coveted distinction
might have been simpty,
Mts Brand.
Dr and Mrs. (0. Mr W. G. Browell Marriott Butler this and quite tall for a He must have povered half, his Mr J. A. H. Brown Mr G.D. Matthews Rajput.. Jeradar Gobind Singh hasile-and-a-half fight when he dis. Mr and Mrs. J. Mr G.H. May the clear-cut, intelligen: features of big guns suddenly begun to thunder Hr B. V. Cameron Mr. M. Mclanes
covered the German game. Their Burgess and child Mrs. M. McCleary
Mr LA. Calderon Uapt. F. Melarity the Indo-Aryans, among when his forth, creating in front of him a wall Mr. B. Campbell Mr J. Mereck Jelan of Rathores, with his Highness of bursting shal
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12. di Caniva, Mr M R. Nicholson atits head, runks high-for the fight-g in a shell hole told hine that to afe W. E. Clarke Mr J. 8. Nicolson ing and administrative qualities meant certain death. Gobind Sings F. E. Lavis Mrs. Pritchard and
attempt to ride through that barrage Mr D. Courtney Miss M. 8. Oly
·Mr L. R. van Dan Mr E Pan its menbers. He spoke to me, replied that he did not mind raking Mr. C. J. Donnell says Mr. Saint Nihal Singh, in his life for the success of his mission, Moe. Emantt, McE. H. Bay
children simple Hindi-the principal deriva-and he charged the wall of fre. MFA. F. Felamman Misa F. Reay tive of ancient Sanskrit-jerking out that the Indian was riding. Ita hind. Mr R. N. Fald Mr D. Reïcholnian
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quarters were blown to atoms. The squadron to which he is at pre- The shock did not render him sent attached through the good senseless, but the sight of the horse's offices of Lieut-General His High blood, with which he was covered, ness Malmenja Sir Pertab Singh, win, he him think he had been mortally wounded. "Convinced that he could conversation with me, referred to not run, ite slowly walkerk the 200 Gobital Singir as "ing boy," found yurds or so that still stretched before itself completely cut off from the him, the Germans constantly firing armies operating against the Gemma is ut him.
"On arriving at headquarters, during the recent "push" at Cam Gobind Singh discovered that he had Encircled by the enemas once unscathed for the third time ont three sides, with a stream canal on of the jaws of death. The surgeon the fourth, the mett dug themselves who examined bin found that he had
not suffered u scratch. in, determined to give the Huns a The General found his spirit as
high as ever. He asked if there was MrW.B.Hoogeworff Mr and Mrs H. TO, Butcher, Esq. Hon. Mr.! The officer in command, finding it another message to be sent, and imperative to get into commenien- it through the German lines if that dectured that he was willing to take tion with the General Staff, asked for were necessary. a volunteer to carry his dispatch. To go by the stream route was out of the question. The only alterative was to brave the enemy fire over a distance of a mile and a half.
bot time.
Mounted on his horse, an Indian fared forth into "No Man's Land." He had not gone very far when Ger
man bullets struck dop him and, his horse..
It only remains to add that soon afterwards our armies, pushing from behind, dislodged the Germans from their positions and rescued the Indian cavalry that had been isolated."
RIGHT TO DIVORCE LOST.
One after another, other BY HUSBAND TIED TO A GERMAN Indians followed this volunteer and shared his fate.
Gobind Singh, then Iance- Dufadar (kince sergeant), was among
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nt full speed into No Man's Land "Robertson who, when a lot of 19. and made straight for his objective-married a German woman, of bad The Gertuan machine-guns riddled character.
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THE RETURN JOURNEY. The reply bad to be carried back husband, Mr. Robertson fell in love to the trench, over the mile-und-a-with a young woman who acted as half stretch raked by German bullets, his clerk, uni if the court would free Gobinil Singh cffered to take it back. him, he would marry her? It would Mounted on the boise that belonged the hard if he were tied to the other THIS disewe is so dangerous and so per satum, et
rapid in its development that every to the General's orderly, he lied woman for the rest of his life.
mother of young children should be. forth on the return journey. He whe Mr. Justice Horridge: Hard cases prepared for it. It is very risky to wait until the attack of croup appears and instantly greeted by heavy machine- make bad lows. DAN
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