Topic: James Leach
Quotes
The story of this presidential race could very well come down to which campaign can inspire and mobilize the youth vote the best
Poll: Young Democrats favor Obama Apr 24, 2008
There are few issues more irrationally devastating for the American family than the losses that can accumulate through Internet gambling
On the Net ... with UPI Oct 03, 2002
James Edgar Leach VC (27 July 27, 1892 - 15 August, 1958) was British Army soldier, and English recipient of the Victoria Cross.
He was 22 years old, and a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 29 October 1914 near Festubert, France, after their trench had been taken by the enemy and two attempts to recapture it had failed, Second Lieutenant Leach and a sergeant (John Hogan) with a party of 10 volunteers went to recover it themselves. They took the Germans by surprise with a sudden bayonet attack and then working from traverse to traverse they gradually succeeded in regaining possession, killing eight of the enemy, wounding two and taking 16 prisoners.
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