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Show Chip of the Old Block. It Is curious how episodes of the Boer war are recalled by the world conflict, says a writer In the Yorkshire Post. In our Issue for May 10, 1900, for Instance, we published an account pf the bravery In the field of Private B. Wlschusen, who threw a live shell pver a cliff during an engagement. Now his son, Private Eric Wlschusen, Wls-chusen, duke of Cambridge's Middlesex Middle-sex regiment, has proved himself to be no less brave. As a parchment certificate from his commanding officer offi-cer shows, In a raid neur Voormezeele, on June lii '.:o, he was "conspicuous for his determination and bravery." De- m spite a heavy artillery and muchine- gun barrage, he reached the enemy trenches, cleared them, and finally covered cov-ered the raiders' withdrawal, "showing "show-ing complete disregard to his own safety." PrlvatS Wlschusen, who la only twenty, fs BOW In hospital at Lowestoft Lowes-toft with a shot wound In bis leg. His home Is In Hornsey, |