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Show INDIAN HERO WINS THE VICTORIA CROSS Machine Gun Operator Tires on Foes - Until Wounded and Then Wrecks Weapon Special Cable o The Tribune LONDON Feb 28 The first Indian solder to v n the coveted Vic or a crosa Is a Mohammedan Khudadad Khan of e 1 9th Duke of Comfa gh s Own Ba uchl He ea ned his honor four months ago but wounds have keot him unt 1 ow from recetv nz his i s gn a f on the 1 ne: He s the so e s rvi or of a ero c ach e 0un team ho were tayone ed at tl e po s l The re n ental n ach re grun sect on of ! the 1 9 was on October 30 p aced ln the port o of the defense e d by the : F f La ce s Th a part of the lne was subjected to a verv hea v bombardment and the mach ne gun sect on In par cu lar vas s ne ed out fo an espec a v ; 1 eavy s e I fire Man after man vias but the brave detac ment co Unued to serve their guns Infl ct ng se e e loss on the enemy E entual y one of he two gu s was put out of action by a d rect h t on it by a bhrapnel s e L The British officer Lapta n R F D vho was command ng he sect on was oun ed in t e he d at about th s ne but -con Inued n a t o u til forced o g e p the co nmand and -was carr ed to he rear Tl e team of e e alning gun 1 ow ever st I 1 ept on f ng under e com n and of Co o Ha lar G u an Muham mad a Punjab Mo an medan The Gern ans afforded an e ce ent target at clogg ange and the gu did much execu on Eventualy however the e emy j broue; t up as Ij super or for et ad j anc ng to the at ack regaro ess of the osset infi cted T e 1 ero c gu team fiht ng t I the 'las we e bayoneted at he r pos s Khudadad K. an the sole surv or t oug badl wounded mana fd after a time to rejo 1 s company but d d not qu t h s t,un t 1 he had nsured that It would be alue ess o he enemj |