Faster Boys - Give Them Hell! Loos, September 25th 1915 by Jason Askew. REG149 Lieutenant Colonel Henry M Bourgeois

Lieutenant Colonel Henry M Bourgeois USMC (deceased)

At the forefront of the German offensive and pivotal during the defence of the Reich

Northern Ardennes

The Rose assisted the Armide and Russian frigates also helped to achieve victory

Flying a Curtis P-40 out of bases in Darwin and Port Moresby

Faster Boys - Give Them Hell! Loos, September 25th 1915 by Jason Askew. REG149 Lieutenant Colonel Henry M BourgeoisDHM1664. Faster Boys Give Them Hell! Loos, September 25th 1915 by Jason Askew. Dawn. British artillery thundered, and the territorial soldiers 15th Scottish division stormed towards the German trenches defending the coal mining village of Loos. The gas cloud that preceded the Highland advance was pendulous and largely stationary due to a distinct lack of wind, and ,upon emerging from the smudgy gas, the highlanders were pelted with machine gun fire