Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookbout us, and it was an awful order to give. We got the order alright, but, with a few exceptions, it did not reach the Gordons, with disastrous results to them. So we began the never-to-be-forgotten retreat, with shells and bullets flying about everywhere. We got into Einecourt. When we got between a church and a farmhouse we came across two women and a child. Pipe-Major Duff said he would stay behind and look after them. This he did, and we saw no more of them. Our Adjutant, Capt. Price, who was one of the finest and most popular of the officers, and who was on horseback, said to us 'Keep your heads, men. There are no marked men here. If the bullets are going to hit you they will hit you.' The Gordons, 18th Royal Irish and 2nd Royal Scots were all together on the retreat, falling back as fast as they could. The last fight on the retreat was at St. Quentin, and then we fell back to Hams, within 24 kilometres of Paris. We blew up all the bridges and the roads as we retreated except one bridge, and upon that solitary bridge and for five miles beyond it 150 guns of the outer defences of Paris were trained. On came the massed forces of the Germans and started to cross the bridge. Out blazed the guns and the bridge was blown to bits, along with the Germans who were approaching and crossing it. Their losses were awful. But for us it was a terrible retreat, and I shall never forget it. Then came the turning movement. We were seventeen days and nights in the trenches at the Aisne without being relieved. It was a time of artillery duels. Here we lost Capt. Price, who had saved thousands of men at Cambray. He lost his life trying to save another's. One of our N.C.O.'s was wounded and began to yell. Capt. Price was in his bomb-proof dug-out when he heard the shouting, and he called out to the man, 'Alright man, I will be with you in a few minutes.' Just as he got out of the trench he was hit by a bit of shell, and died a few hours afterwards. His loss was deeply regretted, because he was beloved by everybody." At Mons, when the troops were in full retreat, men of many regts. hurrying down the road, and getting hopelessly mixed and out of hand, under heavy shell-fire, he noticed some guns on a ridge and succeeded in rallying some of his men in all that ghastly confusion, and holding the ridge for over an hour, while the guns were removed. Capt. Price was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914, "for gallant and distinguished service in the field." He had the Coronation medal and was Past Grand Sword Bearer of England. In a speech at the Annual Dinner of the Royal Scots, Edinburgh Association (29 March, 1902), Col. Douglas described how, during the Boer War, Capt. Price was recommended for the V.C. They attacked the Boers, said Col. Douglas, in a very strong position at Bermondsey, their flanks being protected by precipices. It was a difficult position to turn. He sent Lieut. Dalmahoy with E Coy. to the left and they were round the Boer's right in no time. The guns were in action at 1,600 yards. But E Coy. made the Boers bolt. Major Moir and Lieut. Dalmahoy went after them. Then the Boers took up a rearguard position, and it was here that Major Moir got hit in five places. He (Col. Douglas) sent Lieut. Price with a message to the firing line. When he reached it Corpl. Paul was in command. Lieut. Dalmahoy, Private Sheddon and another man were lying wounded about 50 yards in front of the firing line, which was 400 yards from the Boers. The men had two of the small intrenching implements with them, and with these each scraped up a little earth in front of them. This was the only cover they had. Lieut. Price ran out, picked up the nearest of the three wounded men, and carried him in. He found it heavy work and called for three volunteers. Three young L.-Corpls., M'Gill, Miller and Smith, at once responded. He made them take off their equipment and coats, and did the same himself, and then unarmed and in shirt sleeves they ran out. Nevertheless, the Boers at once turned a heavy fire on them, and, in bringing in the wounded, one of the bearers was hit. Lieut. Dalmahoy was again hit in the head, and Private Sheddon was killed. Lord Kitchener promoted Corpl. Paul to Sergt. for his gallantry, and recommended Lieut. Price for the V.C., and the three young L.-Corpls. for Distinguished Conduct Medals. [Illustration: =Charles L. Price.=] =PRICE, EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307395, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PRICE, EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3876), 188494, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PRICE, PHILIP FRANCIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2434), 297773, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PRICHARD, FREDERICK GILES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; _b._ Whalley Vicarage, co. Lancaster, 23 Aug. 1891; educ. Heswall (Miss Gore); Lindley Lodge, Nuneaton; Marlborough College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 4 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 Aug. 1914; served one year in England, and subsequently three years in India at Tezpur, Fyzabad, Kailana, and Kamptee; returned to England on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 Jan. 1915; was invalided home, suffering from frostbite, 19 Feb. following, but rejoined his regt. at the end of April; was severely wounded in the head and in six places in limbs and body as he was leading a platoon to the trenches on 3 May, within a week of his rejoining, and died in the Military Hospital, Millbank, London, S.W., 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. R. G. Prichard, was killed in action, 27 April, 1915 (see following notice). [Illustration: =Frederick Giles Prichard.=] =PRICHARD, ROWLAND GEORGE=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. The Suffolk Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. Charles Collwyn Prichard, M.A., Rector of Alresford, co. Essex, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of William McConnel, of Manchester, and Knockdolian, Ayrshire; _b._ Thornton-le-Moors Rectory, co. Chester, 23 Sept. 1895; educ. Lindley Lodge School (Mr. R. S. Lea, M.A.), and Hereford Cathedral School (where he was for three years in the O.T.C.), and had been accepted for matriculation at Brasenose College, Oxford, but war breaking out, obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined his regt. at Felixstowe, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; went to France the same month attd. to the 1st Battn.; took part in the heavy fighting to the north of Ypres, for 11 days, and was then ordered to join the composite brigade of survivors, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 27 April following, while g |