Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1914-10-23 | Page 3 | Trio of Frenchmen Army in Themselves

TRIO OF FRENCHMEN ARMY IN THEMSELVES Bordeaux The story of how three Vendi soldiers captured two German Wick-firers and put to flight two companies com-panies of German infantry is related a letter from the front. Two corporals and a private soldier, reconnoitering, crawled within ten ''"ds of the German trenches. Most of the German soldiers were away to i Set dinner, and the officers were some ance back of the guns. The three Frenchmen sprang into the trenches and turned the guns on tho unsuspecting Germans, who fled, communicating the panic to two com- i panies. French artillerymen who had been watching the proceedings then opened fire and exterminated the Germans. Ger-mans. The same night the two corporals were made second lieutenants and : the soldier was made a sergeant major ma-jor as a reward for their daring.