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Show DOGS GIVEN VICTORIA CROSS Three Have Been Awarded Highest British Decoration for Bravery in Face of the Enemy. The English in asking that the Victoria Vic-toria Cross be awarded to the cat which so heroically saved her young during the tire of the Printenips only follow an example given by the queen of England herself. To appreciate the value of this reward we must remember re-member that the Victoria Cross is for a soldier, general or private, the highest high-est military order. In the last war at the utmost fifty have been awarded. However, several dogs belonging to the British' army have received this honor. These were: Bob, of the Royal Berkshire, which in the Afghanistan war saved the life of several soldiers; Jack, which accomplished accom-plished the same feats at the battle of the Alma, and Jerry, a hero of the Crimean war, which received from the city of Dublin a medal and a dinner. The odds are that the mess made the dog happier than the medal. New York Tribune. |