Show YOUNG FRENCHMAN DECORATED ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE LIMOGES France Sept 11 a Bor dea x 6 45 p. n On a tra n loadel w th wounded wh h pas ed thro h he e today was a young French oft c r Albert Palaj hy whose unus al bra cr on the f eJ 1 of 1 attle won for h m the Leg on of Honor As a mple corporal of the Tenth dragoons at the 1 eg nn ng of the war Palaphy took part n the recent o lent combat w th the Germans In the th ck of the battle Palaphy s colonel was wounded Palaphv ho sted the n ired man upon h s sho 1 ler an i un er a ra n of nach ne gi n Uets car r ed the colonel afelv to he Fren h 1 nes That same lay t'alarh was j ro motel to be a sergeant Shortl afterwarl altho gh wo ndedr Palaphy led a charge aga t the Baden guard whose stands rl he capture 1 w th h s own hand W tl a b llet n h s al domen and co ere 1 wi h lance thr ts Pala h was ca r cd from the battlef eld lur n th ght an 1 earno 1 that he lad been pronotel to le a sub 1 e tena t an uom nate I che al er n the T eg on of Honor Th s inc dent of decorat ng a soldier on the battlefield recalls Napoleonic times. |