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Show CANADIANS M' GALLANT FORCE Thrilling Stories of Individual Bravery and Initiative in Recent Fighting. CANADIAN FORCES IN FRANCE, Aug. 26. (Canadian Press.) Numerous Numer-ous stories arc coming to hand of individual in-dividual gallantry and Initiative on the field in the recent fighting east of Amiens. A Manitoba battalion was held up in an attack on Foquescourt which lies within the old Soramc defenses, de-fenses, and was strongly held by an elaborate trench system of machine guns and wire. Realizing tho capture of the stronghold strong-hold was essential to success of the entire operations, the commanding office of-fice collected all the men available and personally led a dashing assault into tho heart of the enemy position. A tank coming up, tho officer led this through the streets. His example so inspired all ranks that their advance ad-vance was Irresistible and, after tho village had been mopped up, tho battalion bat-talion consolidated a position to the east and held It against all counterattacks counter-attacks for two days. A central Ontario battalion also did good work in front of Beucourt. |