The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Signalar Edward W. Auty, British Expeditionary Forces, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 112th Battery, 24th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, British Expeditionary Forces, near Vierstraat, Belgium, August 30 and 31, 1918. Signaler Auty accompanied an officer in a daring reconnaissance in advance of our lines. In an encounter with an enemy patrol near Rossignol Wood two of the enemy were captured. This action took place when fighting alongside the American 27th Division.