Daily British Whig (1850), 10 May 1919, p. 13

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The Canadian V.C.'s| How Men From Canada Earned the Empire's Highest Tribute for Bravery in the Field of Battle. 3! valley of the Luce, by nightfa®' of | Aug. 8th, 1818. it 'had been a day of wonderful sensation for the troops. | The buoyancy ef victory was in their | blood, 'and they rushed on in spite] of weariness from the forced night | Hmarches of the week previous. They went through the deserted town o Cayeux. They crossed the shrunk en stream of the Luce, passed shut- tered homes of Caix and the unten-| anted. farmsteads of the French pea-| sants. When at last they halted! they had completed seven miles ad- vance in the day. It had been easy | going. ~The Beoche was busy in the fields harvesting the crops of his sto- len territory, never dreaming in his unimaginative soul, but that the al-| lies were settling down to submission to his thieving aggression But by Aug. 9th the Boche was awake. F's machine gunners on this day made a determined effort to check the advance There was lit- tle artillery work on either side, The | vast preparation of the previous day | impossible for the Canadians, and many of the enemy guns had | been captured It was the steady! fire from machine guns which ham- pered the progress of the second day of the advance 1 SERUT. ZPNGEL was For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when protecting the battalion right flank. He was lead- ing his platoon gallantly forward to the attack, but had not gone far when he realized that a gap had oc- curred on his flank, and that an en- emy machine gun was firing at close range .nto the advancing line. Grasp- ing the situation he rushed forward some 200 yards ahead of the pla. toon, tacked the machine gun ems placement, killed the officer and ops erator of the gun, and dispersed the crew. By his boldness and prompt action, he undoubtedly saved the lives of many of his comrades. <Later when the battalion was held up by very heavy machine gun fire he displayed much tactical skill and directed his firé with destructive re- sults, Shortly afterwards he was rendered unconscious for 4 few mine Sergt. utes by an enemy shell, but on re-| charge of Number One platoon, A company . As the battalion advane- covering consciousness he at once. ze,ze) hecame aware that a gap continued to direct harrassing fire on | h3q occurred in the right flank of the epemiys {his platoon. This he discovered was Serjt, Zengel's work throughout | caused by the fire from a machine . {gun at close range on the right.. He the attack was excellent, and his ut-{ 04 ¢orward alone and killed: the ter disregard to¥ personal safety and | officer and opé¥ator of tife gun, the the confidence he imspired in all {crew then scattering in all direc- ranks, greatly assisted in bringing | tions. He rejoined his platoon and they ac esstul Offi the attack to a success I end. worn advancing towards their objec- cial Record. : {tive when one of the tanks lost its i T - "ldirection,, Zengel rushed "in under £ fire and gave the necessary informa- BY CAROLYN CORNELL. Ition so that the.tank was able to use The 5th Battalion Canadians had its guns with destructive effect on the reached a point beyond Caix, in the ememy.: Later one of the large Ger- --r----t. The 6th Battalion moved over wi™ the right of the position taken up the night before Much of the country over which they had to go was open The men sought shelter | béhind trees in the way and in the] sunken roads. But in many parts| the road rose to the surface and at | these points the enemy machine guns directed their fire with disastrous re- sults The men would run a plece, fall flat, rise and make another dash, and in this way reached their new | position about 10 o'clock that morn- | ing Ahead of them stretched the open country ever which they had to | go A bluff was directly in front orl them in which machine guns were| stationed. The battalion was ae-|* companied by 'several tanks when it} left cover. Raphael Zengel was in SAVES yo ur time, your shoe leather, your health and your money BUY TODAY HT WITH NATURE C.L.C. Employees (Leaving Work) [ as the Whirlwinds 1 ; 1 {man guns getting the range landed | a shell in the midst of the line, knocking Zengel down and rendering | him unconscious The force percussion was such that his face be- | came swollen and dark, and his com-; radeés thought that he was gone. But| | this gallant non-commissioned offi | cer was not to die on the Amiens { fields. He recovered consciousness, and again took command of his pla- toon, leading it on to its objective The battalion' reached Warvillers thta evening at 6 o'clock In recognition of the valuable part | played by Sergt. Zengel in the day's | victorious wnding, his officers recom- {mended him for the highest military | troops of the Dominion award in the British army, the Vie-| toria Cross. Ranhael Louis Zengel was born in the city of Fairbault, Minn. USA. Je is the youngest of seven children. {e attained his twenty-fourth year; on the day the armistice was signed, { Nov.-11th, 1918 His father, Louis Zengel, haying died When he small, his mother came to Canada and took up a homestead. Raphael received mqst of his education Minnesota, tad attended school in| Saskatoon for a term after the family | came to Canada During his school | |davs he was a baseball enthusiast, organizing a nme of his own, known | Their red flan- | nel suits, with the white lettering | were known fn many parts of Minne- gota where the young captain led them to' victory teristic of the future V.C. was know- ledge of the habits of the wild ani- mals living near his home, many of which he caught and tamed Sergt. Zengel was working on a tarm near Virden when war broke | out ~He signed up with the 45th] battalion in Decenfber, 1914, ecom- eS ASA. tn Had Hacking Cough Couldn't Sleep Nights Hacking coughs are very wearing {on the system. ing disturbs the rest, and keeps the lungs and bronchial tubes in an {ir- ritated and inflamed condition. Don't neglect the hacking ecofigh. | Youn can get rid of it with a few! doses of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup; the most prompt, pleasant and perfect cough remedy kaown. Miss Catherine M. McLean, Craik, Sask., writes: --*"Last winter I caught a heavy cold and some time. I had such a hacking congh I couldn't sleep at night. I didn't think I would get over it. One day a friend dropped in to see me and was surprised to see how bad my cough was. She advised me to try Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. The next day I sent for a bo.tle, and I sobn got relief, and by of the | was | Another charac-| + peninsula has been placed In opera- The constant cough- | A factory to make paper from rice| has been established in China | was laid up for | pleting his training in Winnipeg. He {was drafted into the 5th Battalion in France Zengel's marksmanship won him a | place as sharp shooter. He fre- quently went oui in charge of scout- {daring raids on enemy tren hes, in {which he showed undaunied fearless- | ness. "He was out | Land almost every night," a com- | rade said Before the Amiens of- | fensive last August he was with the Canadians in the Arras line and took | part in raids in that sector which | were part of the plan of the British high command to deceive thé QGer- j mans as to the location of the shock After win- ning the V.C. at Amiens he returned with his battalion to the Arras front, where he was slightly wounded in the { head from anti-aircraft fire, He re- | turned to England, whére on Dec. 13th he was invested with the Vieto- tria Cross by King George at Buck- i ingham Palace. ( Registered according to the copy- {right Act of Canada. Book rights | reserved.) One avile of a country road in Ore- £on is surfaced with borax. The first coal' mine in the | i in} Newest Notes Of Science Malay tion. 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