[英文] 法國英雄童子軍

A HEROIC FRENCH BOY SCOUT.

Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell, addressing a central meeting of Boy Scouts at the Guildhall, told of work done by French Boy Scouts in the neighbourhood of the fighting line. A heroic deed by one French scout was described in a letter found on the body of a dead German. General Baden-Powell read the letter, which follows:-

"A traitor has just been shot a little French lad belonging to one of those gymnastic societies which wears the tri-colour button. The poor little fellow, in his infatuation, wanted to be a hero.

"A German column was passing along a wooded defile and the boy was caught and asked whether the French were about. He refused to give information. Fifty yards further on fire was opened from the cover of the wood.

"The prisoner was asked in French if he had known that the enemy was in the forest, and he did not deny it. He went with firm steps to a telegraph post and stood up against it, with a green vineyard behind him, and received the volley of the firing party with a proud smile on his face. Infatuated boy - it was a pity to see such wasted courage."

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1. 中華民國7年7月12日（星期五）《孖剌西報》第7頁

   • 戊午年六月初五日

   • 公元1918年7月12日（星期五）

2. 中華民國7年7月27日（星期六）《德臣西報》第5頁

   • 戊午年六月二十日

   • 公元1918年7月27日（星期六）