"THE IMMORTAL SALIENT."
V.C. Gained in the Retreat from Mons.
The Ypres Times.
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A Historical Record with Maps. Complete Guide for Pilgrims to the Salient of Ypres.
We are glad to announce the publication of a book of supreme interest to everyone
concerned in any way with remembrance of the Salient of Ypres.
This book is primarily a Guide for Pilgrims, but it is much more than this, and those
who are unable to visit Flanders themselves, or wish just to renew old memories, can
follow the roads as they lead from Central Ypres, and picture history as it was made. The
Immortal Salient grows, and lies before you as a map in these pages.
Even- historical detail has been supplied, or corroborated by the Historical Section
of the Committee of Imperial Defence, so that these have a value—at present probably
uniquein being every one absolutely accurate. The meaning of our "Sign posts" and
origins of War place names is told.
The map, printed by courtesy of the War Office, for the benefit of Pilgrims, and
showing every Landmark and War Memorial is another unique production of the League,
in that even- road at present available for traffic is shown in colour, standing out
from misleading pre-war roads that no longer exist. A member of the executive
Committee went out to explore and mark these.
The book includes interesting articles, one being a description of the Belgian sector,
and as without the Navy the Ypres Salient had not existedthe Pilgrim starts forth
from Zeebrugge with an account of the heroic Raid, written by Captain A. F. Carpenter, V.C.
We are publishing this book (John Murray, Albemarle St.) at the very low price of 2S. 6d.
so as to bring it within reach of all, but it must not be judged by its price you could
not get such value elsewhere for the money. We are getting it out now to be in good
time for Christmas, as we think it will be welcomed as the perfect Christmas gift-book
by members of the League.
ALEXANDER, Lieutenant-Colonel, Ernest
Wright, 119th Battery, Royal Field
Artillery.
Date of Act of Bravery, 24th August, 1914.
For conspicuous bravery and great ability
at Elouges, on the 24th August, 1914, when
the flank guard was attacked by a German
corps, in handling his battery against over
whelming odds with such conspicuous suc
cess that all his guns were saved, notwith
standing that they had to be withdrawn by
hand by himself and three other men.
This enabled the retirement of the 5th
Division to be carried out without serious
loss.
Subsequently Lieutenant-Colonel Alexan
der (then Major) rescued a wounded man
under a heavy fire with the greatest gallan
try and devotion to duty.
London Gazette, 18th February, 1915.
Major-General Sir John Headlam
writes
"In the Ypres Times for July there
appeared an account of the assistance
rendered to the 119th Battery, R.F.A.,
during the Battle of Mons, by a party of the
