Captain Rodney George Watson, of the Royal Scots, who, after the failure lof the counterattack on the Scheldt on reorganized troops with utter: disregard of personal danger, thereby saving many lives; on May 22 he brought in two survivors of the counterattack and on May' 24 led a, Lieut-Colonel Erik Lechmer Ste benson, of the Dorsets, who skilfully withdrew the remnant of his battalion on May 28 when the Dorsets were surrounded at Barfestubert; Stephenson guided his men through the German tines, and by means of swimming and wading took them across the River Lys to British lines.
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