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SPECIAL CABLE.

ARMED ROBBERY IN SHANGHAI.

ALL ESCAPE, FIRING ON THEIR PURSUERS.

(From Our Own Correspondent).

Shanghai, September 15, 12,35 a.m.

At seven o'clock last night armed robbare broke into a shop in

the Settlement and stole four thousand dollars in money.

One of the robbers was thrown down on to the tram line, when another robber came up and shot his assailant dozd,

They all escaped, firing on their parGUBIA.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNPIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1916"

-Magallicent Troops, Lieutenant (and Quartermaster) |D. B. Main showed great coolness sad ability in bringing up rations and ammunition for the regiment under heavy shell fire. When only two offosrs were left he came up and took part in the attack, and then returned under very heavy shell fire to bring up rations, By his display of bravery and coolness he has gained the Military Orow,

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

FISH

The behaviour of all ranks of WE HAVE RECEIVED A NEW SHIPMENT

the regiment was magnificent) throughout, sad the 57th Rifles may well look back with pride on the story of their deeds on that memorable 26th of April.

On the night of the 17th May a company of the 15th Bikhs, un- der Captain K. Hyde-Catos, re- lieved a portion of the let Batts- lion Highland Light Infantry in section of a trench known as the

OUR GALLANT INDIANS. forced to give up the attempt. Noth. "Glory Hole" near the Farme Da

Their Exploits In the Ypres Battles.

ཉམ་ཀྱི

Clouds of Polson Gas,

Our

Furious fighting had been in

Ferozepore Brigade, the regiment The French Colonials on the A short time afterwards the

until awn

OF SELECTED

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HADDOCKS

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Only Two Leit.

KIPPERS.

a

HARBOUR OFFENCES.

Before Commander G.W. Bank.

Polico

Reserve, charged two boat-people with unlawfully moving about the Harbour during prohibited hours on the 14th inst. The fire defendant was fined $10 and the other $25.

DRIVEN OUT Whenever LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM

aure-acting remedy the most stubborn

enters a home the headaches are driven out. By simply rubbing in a little of this been killed. Ganda Singh. Barache or pain is soon brought in terms. nam Singh, and Naik Mangel When you apply

LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM· Singh being wounded

you can feel the pain going away. Think of #-from maddening sleepless nights

of absolute relief. Clearheaded, upright and tortured days you can enter a land and tingling with health la every Umb, you can see more face the world with twitching nerves. You become yourself out the dread of throbbing temple or again--the self you would like to be

ing daunted, however, beeventaal-Bois, on the right of the Indian ly managed to bring in his master's Army Corps front, accoutrements. For this not of devotion and gallantry, Bban Progress here for some time, tla Singh has received the Indian posision at the moment of relief chine gun fire, while the air above being that we had taken and oo them was white with the puffs of The following secounts have Distinguished Service Medal.

These casualties left the re- capied a rection of the German shrapnel. To the anxicus Wat been specially communicated from the front by an officer in touch mains of the regiment with only trench, a portion of the same obers in the rest it seemed im with the headquarters of the two officer Captain Mahon, al- trench on our left boing still held possible that a single man should with R.N., at the Marine Conti this morning H, Somme, maiter Indian Army Corps:

ready wounded, and Liont, by the enemy, who had succeded win through,

of es. Yrohow, charged Loung During the attack on the Ger- Deedes. The latter, although in creating a barricade between

After they had accomplished flang hostmaster, together with man positions north of Ypres, in suffering intensely from the effects themselves and our men.

In the early morning Captain more twenty yards of their twenty-five other bat-people, which the Lahore Division of the of a gas shell, was on the left Indian Army Corps was employed flank with his machine guns, en- Oates observed that attempts deadly journey, Sepoy Fastch who were cleverly arrested by over wounded, p. Sutton, with unlawfully from 26th April to 1st May, many deavouring to open fire from an were being made to reinforce the Singh rolled

enemy in the trench. Numbers followed in the next eighty making fact their vessels to the instances of individual gallantry adjacent farm.

of Germans wore seen rushing yards by Sapoya Sucha Singh, said ship whilst under way in came to light, of which the fol-

towards the farther extremity of Ujagar Singh, and Sander Singh, the Harbour on the 14th inst. lowing are typical.

At this juncture the enemy let the enemy's trench. Rapid firs This left only Liant. Smyth and D. fendants, were fined $50 each, On the 28th April the 57th Wilde's Rifles, a regiment which loose dense clouda of poisonous was brought to bear on them as six men to get the two boxes the fine amounting altogether to throughout this campaign haa gee, which, at that short distance, they crossed the open, but in the along. Under ordinary circum. $1300.

Inspector Wilden, it was absolutely beyond the dim light the effect could not be stances foar men are required to most gallantly uphold the reposa-limits of human endurance to judged. When day broke it was handle a box of bombs. How tion of the Indian Army in every

Ascertained that the German withatand, anprovided as

ever, these were supermeny and action in which it has been

packed with the the thought of their comrades in engaged, formed the centre bat-men then were with any form of trenob we

dire necessity ahead of them pus talion of the front line of the protection against this devilish evident intention of atrooked us,

device,

They The German Attack. fresh heart into them.

crawled on and an, until, jast being under the command of

left of the Connaught Rangers attack began by heavy bombing, before they reached the end of the Major T. J. Willans, D 8.0.

On the left of the regiment wens received the fall force of the gas, to which the 15th repliod vigor- trench, the party had dwindled the Connaught Rangers, in touch and were compelled to retire, ously, and succeeded in holding to two, Lieut. Smyth and Sepoy acon, Dal Singh. Of the remainder of with the French Colonial troops; leaving many unconscious on their on the right were the 120th the ground. Our men were-fall-when the position became oritic the band of heroes, Sepoys Sarain Balachie, the line being continuing fast from the effects of the al, as all our dry bombs had been Singh and Sapooram Singh had gae, and ware also being mown expended, and those that had ed by the Jullundur Brigade,

The position to be Bucaulted down by a perfect hail of machine- become wet from rain were found was an extremely strong one, and gun fire and bombs. To remain, to be useless, It was then readly

The second box of bomba had, the assaulting force laboured up- obviously meant annihilation to ed to attempt to relieve the gilus- der heavy disadvantages. Owing no purpose. Balactantly, then, tion by sending up a bombing therefore, to to abandoned, and to the limited time at our disposal they were forced to abandon the party from the reserve trenches.to haul even one b.x along in the The desperate nature of this face of such difficulties appeared it was impossible to reconnoitra fruits of their gallantry, and they the ground in a satisfactory man-retired leaving the ground cover undertaking may be gauged from an impossible task. Smyth, how ner, and little was known of the od with the bodies of their dead the fact that two previous steyer, does not include the word tempts had been made by the "impossible" in his vocabulary. exact position of the German line and unconscious comrades.

Winner of Victoria Cross. Highland Light Infantry. Oa Still pulling and baaling, be and beyond the fact that it was some-

Jemadar Mir Daet, 58th Coke's both occasions they failed, the Lal Singh emerged, wriggling where on the opposito ridge about

Rides (F. F.), attached to 57th officers in command being killed painfully along, into the open, 1,500 yards distant.

During the first five hundred Kifles, a most gallant Indisa and the parties having suffered where they met with an increased yards the casualties were fairly officer, who already held the very severely. numerous from ahrapnel and rifle Indian Order of Merit, second doing to Almost Certain Death, However, the position was des- fire, but the ground was covered olsas, for his services on the by short, rapid rushes in fine North-West frontier, remained be perate, and Lieut. Smyth, a young style. On orossing the first ridge hind in the British trench. Un-officer, who, in spite of his years the regiment came under an sb-daunted by the coaseless fire only numbering twenty-one they crawled on, only to be coc solute tornado of fire of every des- which was poured upon him, he had already been brought to fronted suddenly by a small collected all the men he could notios for his gallantry, wHA

stream, which WAI too deep cription, shrapnel, machine goo, rifle, and last, but not least, high find, amongst them many who ordered to take command of

Volunteers

to wade. Across it lay the were direct line to safety. The ordinary explosive shells filled with asphy- were slowly recovering from the the party.

for and · were effects of gae. During his retire-called

man, under Buch circumstances, xisting gas.

From this point onwards men ment after nightfall be picked up immediately forthcoming. The would probably have taken it, but began to fall rapidly, but still the many men, who were in esoh sac- alacrity with which the demand these were no ordinary men. They gallant regiment pushed on, log.cessive line of old trenches, was responded to epeaks volumes crawled on and no, in fail view of

brought them in. for the spirit of the regiment, for.

an enemy now at close quarters, ing, of course, to some extent its sad

"officer had led his each man felt sure that he was until they came to a point in the formation, partly owing to the This heavy casualties and partly be platoon with the greatest gallantry proceeding to almost certain death. trenta which was just fordable. Licat. Smyth and his little Aorosa this they struggled with cause the brigade on its right throughout the attack, and subse

quently assisted in bringing in party of ten men started at 2 p.m. their valuable burden, and in a THE Steamship was crowding it out,

sight wounded British and Indian to cover the 250 yarde which few yarda they were amongst their Many Officers Fall, The murderous nature of the officers, although he was exposed intervened between them and our friends in our trench, both un having arrived from the above fire can be gauged by the fact in doing so to a very heavy are, trench taking with them two touched, although their clothes porte, that when the bottom of the slope being himself slightly wounded. boges of 98 bombs. The ground were perforated with ballet holes. was reached, at a point some 900 For his most conspicuous bravery to be covered was absolutely open, Bad to relate, shortly after reach yards from the start, the Com-Jemadar Mir Dast has now been devoid of all natural cover. The ing the trench, the gallant Sepoy

Cargo impeding the discharge manding Officer, Major Willans, awarded the Victoria Cross, being only possible shelter from the Lai Singh was killed. had been wounded, also Captain the fourth Indian soldier to receive frightful fire which met the party

For his most conspicuous bra will be landed at Consignees

risk and expense into the hazar- as soon as they were over our very, Lieutenant Smyth has now dous and/or extra hazardous Go Radford; Lieutenant Bainbridge this high honour.

Only Three Officers Left. parapet was an old broken-down been awarded the Victoria Cross, downs of the Hongkong and had been knocked out by an

The regiment came out of action trendit which, at the best of times, and each of the brave men with Kowloon Wharf and Godown asphyxiating shell, and Captain Mahon had been hit in the knee, terribly reduced in numbers. Only was hardly knee deep, but now him the Indian Distinguished Company Limited. bus refused to report himself shree British officers were still on in places, was filled almost to the Service Medal. wounded, and carried on until the their fest. Of these Lieut. Bain top with the dead bodies of High- The men in the regiment be end of the attack. In the face of bridge had been stunned by land Light Infantry, Woroasters, lieve that Liontenant Smyth bears these lonses the attack was pressed a shell, and Lieut. Desdes had Indians, and Germans. Truly it

cap blown off by shells five times, to a point about twenty yards been gassed, but both re was an undertaking to appal thea charmed life, for he has had his from the German trenches.

fused to give in. Captain Mab-stoutest heart,

has had bullets through his A Deluge of Fire. Here Major Daban, Captain on, having been wounded early Mackie, and Captain Banks, of the in the sotion, kept going all day,

Dropping over our parapet, clothes and lately, while lighting a cigarette, the match was taken Guides, who was attached to the and performed good service after they wriggled their way through out of his fingers by a bullet. regiment, were all killed, as were nightfall in re-organising the re- the mad, palling and pushing the Long may be continue to have also Sabador Badawa Singh and giment, after which he was com boxes with them, until they auch luck

Jemader Kirpa Singh.

A Faithful Servant.

blast of fire.

A Miraculous Escape.

Miraculously surviving this,

Correspondent.

pelled to go to hospital. Of the ranched the soanty shelter of the Indian officers only three were old treno b, where they commencedĮ Captain Banks's orderly, a Sikh left, Subedar Arele Khan, slightly a progress which, for sheer named Bhan Singh, had been wounded in two places; Jemadar horrors, con seldom have been Baverely wounded in the face Mir Dast, slightly wounded; and earpassed. Puggarees had "béon" early in the action. In spite of Jemadar Gajar. Havildar, now attached to the front of the boxes. We shall be pleased to publish this he insisted on following Jemadar, Mangal Singh was ren- By means of these the men in Jurist's letter, if he will send us Captain Banks till he was killed. dered unconscions by the gas, front pulled the horse along over his card-not necessarily for In the face of the appalling fire, and was brought in by Jemadar, and through the dead bodies, publication. Door and severely wounded as he was, now Sahadar, Mir Daat. In spite while those in the rear pushed Left To-day.

Mrs. Harrison, the wife of his one thought was to bring book of his intense suffering he then with all their might, the whole the body of his officer. Weak as he assisted in bringing in the party lying flat, At any moment Governor General Harrison of the was from loss of blood, hestaggered wounded under heavy are. For the bombs might have exploded. Philippine Islands, who has been along carrying the body until he this be has been awarded the In-The whole ground was hissing staying at the Hongkong Hotel, fell from exhaustion, and was dian Order of Merit, mysond class with the deluge of rifle and ma- left to-day by the ma. Tango Mara,

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