Jorgan Christian Jensen ["Tales of the V.C."], item 5

• October 21, 2018 20:23:03 Sarika Jain

  enemy, who kept up a continuous fire upon him and

  his small band. When still some distance away he

  threw a bomb, which fell on the parapet of the German trench.

  Taking advantage of the confusion caused among the enemy by the explosion, he succeeded in reaching

  a small trench close by, and beckoned to the others

  to follow him. Two of his small party had been

  wounded, and were practically out of action, but the

  survivors made up in courage for what they lacked in

  numbers. There were two bodies of Germans in front of

  them, about fifty men in all, and they had a

  machine gun. Such odds as these must have daunted

  men less stout-hearted than Private Jensen and his Australian comrades. But they 

  fought on. 

    At first they concentrated their fire on the party of Germans

  on their right front, who had brought their machine gun

  into position, and were using it to prevent the advance

  of another company of the battalion. Meanwhile the

  second party of Germans had lined a barricade, and

  were already opening fire on some of the British, who

  were moving up to the attack just beyond a sunken

  road. Hitherto Pte. Jensen and his small band had

  refrained from firing upon this second party of the

  enemy, as they were observed to be wearing white 

  bands upon their arms, which the Australians took to

  be a sign of the Red Cross. As became soldiers of Britain, they had not forgotten

  their chivalry and humanity even in the heat of battle.

    In the meantime a lucky shot from one of the Australian soldiers had

  knocked at the German machine gun on the right. Pte. Jensen

• January 24, 2018 01:41:52 Thomas A. Lingner

  enemy, who kept up a continuous fire upon him and

  his small band. When still some distance away he

  threw a bomb, which fell on the parapet of the German trench.

  Taking advantage of the confusion caused among the enemy by the explosion, he succeeded in reaching

  a small trench close by, and beckoned to the others

  to follow him. Two of his small party had been

  wounded, and were practically out of action, but the

  survivors made up in courage for what they lacked in

  numbers. There were two bodies of Germans in front of

  them, about fifty men in all, and they had a

  machine gun. Such odds as these must have daunted

  men less stout-hearted than Private Jensen and his Australian comrades. But they 

  fought on. 

    At first they concentrated their fire on the party of Germans

  on their right front, who had brought their machine gun

  into position, and were using it to prevent the advance

  of another company of the battalion. Meanwhile the

  second party of Germans had lined a barricade, and

  were already opening fire on some of the British, who

  were moving up to the attack just beyond a sunken

  road. Hitherto Pte. Jensen and his small band had

  refrained from firing upon this second party of the

  enemy, as they were observed to be wearing white 

  bands upon their arms, which the Australians took to

  be a sign of the Red Cross. As became soldiers of Britain, they had not forgotten

  their chivalry and humanity even in the heat of battle.

    In the meantime a lucky shot from one of the Australian soldiers had

  knocked at the German machine gun on the right. Pte. Jensen

  
  

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• January 24, 2018 01:39:25 Thomas A. Lingner

  enemy, who kept up a continuous fire upon him and

  his small band. When still some distance away he

  threw a bomb, which fell on the parapet of the German trench.

  Taking advantage of the confusion caused among the enemy by the explosion, he succeeded in reaching

  a small trench close by, and beckoned to the others

  to follow him. Two of his small party had been

  wounded, and were practically out of action, but the

  survivors made up in courage for what they lacked in

  numbers. There were two bodies of Germans in front of

  them, about fifty men in all, and they had a

  machine gun. Such odds as these must have daunted

  men less stout-hearted than Private Jensen and his Australian comrades. But they 

  fought on. 

    At first they concentrated their fire on the party of Germans

  on their right front, who had brought their machine gun

  into position, and were using it to prevent the advance

  of another company of the battalion. Meanwhile the

  second party of Germans had lined a barricade, and were already

  opening fire on some of the British, who were moving up to the

  attack just beyond a sunken road. Hitherto Pte. Jensen and

  his small band had refrained from firing upon this second party 

  of the enemy, as they were observed to be wearing white 

  bands upon their arms, which the Australians took to be a 

  sign of the Red Cross. As became soldiers of Britain, they

  had not forgotten their chivalry and humanity even in the heat

  of battle.

    In the meantime a lucky shot from one of the 

  Australian soldiers had knocked at the German machine gun on

  the right. Pte. Jensen was quick to seize the opportunity.

  Shouting to a comrade to cover his advance with rifle fire, 

  he rushed across to the barricade with a bomb in each hand. 

  The enemy, with British bullets sweeping their parapet,

  dared not raise their heads to fire at him, but one of them

  threw a stick bomb, which fell at Jensen's feet. Even that

  failed to stop him, however, and he finished the duel by

  throwing a Lill's Grenade over the parapet. It exploded

  beneath the German's feet, and blew him nearly into the sunken

  road.

    The remaining Germans fled for refuge to a 

  deep dug-out adjoining the barricade. Pte. Jensen followed

  them up, took his stand at the entrance, and invited the 

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  enemy, who kept up a continuous fire upon him and his small band. When still some

  distance away he threw a bomb, which fell on the parapet of the

  German trench. Taking advantage of the confusion caused among 

  the enemy by the explosion, he succeeded in reaching a small

  trench close by, and beckoned to the others to follow him.

  Two of his small party had been wounded, and were practically 

  out of action, but the survivors made up in courage for what

  they lacked in numbers. There were two bodies of Germans in front

  of them, about fifty men in all, and they had a machine gun.

  
  

  
  

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