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mn ' i 'rsamrro sousenuiimirr.

' ` ZA sergeant of' the Rille Brigade

E' ‘ uioundedat Neuve, Chapelle, says:

qsnmms ofres monev “ -1-u lan _ ~ An umm ____-__ R A M C e __¢'\£r§5.‘i__m'l‘i2?1‘i"{.‘hi“i.§.‘ii’§'i.r"r?ri- Rg§_'=§=,_gr__»_§r1»¢ or ularsr 9. 2_2. ww: .

, e. . .wo‘ urz,.says:_' _ °U1°V° 011° 01?'

wnivreientitneivncnipsiis,writer- ._ nina Naive ousriais. our aspen," ve as followsz. ' _ » _ edHs:‘;i:‘r?°:?l££;“gr'l'rl§ tr;:r‘_‘r‘;f‘$:g *Egg was the viiisgz. There were f,wn’_phas-

__ Life has been absolute I-isll; there been uurdruluu um und our rub “_ es in the at ek. The Royal Befk-

_ _rr ni; other word rar it. My ates may ‘um Emu muu mpeg, ruru or ,entry ehires were on our right and the

e s sky as I lost count of everything, go ou, huur by umm uuu two huuru Lincoln: ou our left. The Berks and ,

Li l s were to take the Garnish ‘

but on thenisbt ot the 9tbl was sent' b ~

. . y. day, and -i ou t li th 0°° ll .-

‘ “ ' '°““ °"’ “'° ir me n mbnrarnenu

to an advanced dressing post, Mig. .mur Mums “nm” r r

_ _ _ _ _ 4 1 (1 |, (_ rbnc es 1’ a 0 -age lgeintzgcihe treuehes to berresdy in a position where 1 noglgygsgf 51;. Our iii-et bombardment was begun'

lg ”°x 33" A979- m- °0 _ervlse and coutrolthe men under 'me at 755 BUD- by 100 811116. Tile- BNH-

’ . . ter-

the oth °‘"' 3"" °9°h°d “fe °"'“I¥m There was a “dug-out' in the trench, 0l 011 W8! 3, 000 verde It 'Wal

over our heads. and for an hour you

. mum not h not a very good one. but l was only riilc. The guns included 11-poundere Germanr_ep?;'w’;:?;`:bf:°:§‘;r_ay E23 in it for two hours, when l had some fish* UD £0 13 inch- The shell fire uuuu uurrrrrrem ' Sleep- was tremendous. The Germans were

At 3 ,_ ru_ we “track started and The men have to ure over me pam. practically stunned by it. Their shel-

wlm; few qu,-muur were le" “uve net. and at the same time scan the ters and 'trench supports were knock-

uurcmy uurrr,udurud_ About 10 “_ m_ ground in front to see if there is any- Gd in-

cgguameu buguu tu pour ‘ru but ur 12 thing doing. Of course, il there is When the Berks and liiucolns ad 5 guru urguuu orders m so to me 2nd i;ri_y_i_._i:_lu_g sgeriagr' _doi_r;_g_, th_e_ vvlaols; vuucad___they_ mot with some slight _

eu o err s. ' ie rs opposi on rom ii machine gun and

Battalion Rifle Brigade in N

eu" night (Saturday) was comparatively some rlllemen who had riot-'popped'

Chapelle. From that time onwards it r

is almost impossible to describe things q" °t“'°“\' 8111111 uvlns the stronger. the shells, ' ,

I" B I “£00 lil] econd boinbardment, equally ter-

lhavo had wonderful experience of This °°“dm°“ °f ‘h 5 8 A H . - u muueru uumu_uuurr Germans “rms Si_1_uday afternoon about four oicloclr. ,~;u1u_ ou _Nwvo chupelie, was the to rush the trench we were in and 1; en them w°‘°'“ “We” t°"l`m°'» °XPl°' second phase. The village had been felling back by hundreds; seen them fr°“i' w“‘°‘};r“‘;r°__‘$ “W g"°““'3~ Ifamell' put iowa state of strong defence by giving themselves up as prisoners and boa? yrdfal’ 5 was staffed bl’ the Germans. From our advanced bolus hauled into one trench. have r° b 'ir 3”' ““d,r§;’_° G""m““ 3"” mf' position we could see the Germans re-

Y e 0 “B 8” ""5 got 501115' tiring into a. wood They brought up

dressed Germans (and been offered ' .

The latter were vyonderiul,and miles “ard guna and opened me rm “__

money for it afterwards l They are

better than theirs Germans came '

uns In ed on their

in an appalling nine or terror when -

, , _ rr _ _ over until about 200»yards from us. [r))‘;;rri;;§'i°°I‘ g p V _

they ar ve

a f -

08001 the wounded away was the "“ "°“‘ "mt l’°'“‘ cam" “"“‘° '“"“‘ r sew nn instance ni cermnn univ-

HAIR WORK K

- 1 . Th (iid I. -

worst. I had only four stretcher- gf,sxgyuB_r°¥vrrr 882° n§°":_;’o_?_;'_°‘°,r,;’_§_’B .rr-y_ Two gun, were uurvuq by uu Of-

I t ilcer and a man who brought ammu-

Qi' , I _...__ bearers out of 16 and on y wo

` ' . ' una 0 nu 1 tn t , ~

con e s x o nox morning _ _ ___ behind __ _______e_1 house

-~ _ stretchers, and the shell fire was so - and 1 w r ii d M‘0 d “H90” ‘°° - Col' nets. trlnslormetlolll. great that it was Impossible to carry “IKl\twLw¢c 0g0|_w Trzueureulibuutnozx .They would tire und then run behind

T ` ve _slice-

, .-

uilwgk I . th t il li | - _ - . . p -c nom and nnderrulh. ate. h_r‘§;“M?ay_“;o°’_§e‘;_:3'~f0“m‘;“_$’g§“‘1a‘; 0¢l0¢k,_ the house. heir me was ry

The whole business was not half so tive-

llllile. from eombinga or cut hair. Gen- “°:_f_:l:tl°__ti°“D°el also inode. Worlr ggairyersagqsr? r§)‘fr‘:_;° ,?r;';§§“€h;2; bad as I thought. and 1 am very pleas- Germans with heavy guns started W ~il0i’ OM- u mcrauy not K réor 'run M last eil we had the show we hail, us ldon’t playing on our supports and fire

' ‘ r hat ha pens now. lt is not dan- trenches. By their fire they tried to

url i t ri a i _ ‘fa ° W P

_ MISS D. RUDGE, waggglutau chad tgwul, n lkuguéirtt rrsag; _§_5_Bl`°_\i\B 0i\C0__y_0\»\ $45!: |133) l.l1;3 trench. stop our reinforcements.

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111 _G_r_eet"Georlo Street. mi?-lin aghsoth tiidgg siliIgegli_ll>i1emIre;rI)l1rI§ blade; gr; lrirtngsnllplais ilggthii woiiii. A PROUD l\Gl-l1E\'i<;lvll<:.l;'l‘

' R Just before the show bgsii l was going ` ' i

il they see you. ,_ ,_

L0 have te" with X ill me “ex” A member of the 2nd Battalion Bed- V

l

; . __ We are in old German tern hes,ver

' f ' ’ unsqul¢nry~ washing is mmgsg mx “‘°“°h- bm “il ll‘°“Eht9 “Veil °f f°°‘l lerdsbire Regiment, which fought at

were postponed until nine or ten the Neupu Cuapeuu uud received the co _

d

_-gg. _ that remains o e. y ,

T man headquarters, Ishould think wrArtel_;’I"“I° i” me Imyal 1' “BMC” Corp,

The brilliant success uhich th

possible For two days I could not

h d W have now been next morning gratulations of the G O C iorwar

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H110. jll111lJir1g into n side trench. out

e oil the enemy for a considerable _ time. lie was wounded in the leg.

it Prnfesstuvral tam; ~» - ~ e r - ~

‘ un er re and hell fo fi ed ,I I th i 11 ' ' - _ _ .

_ . ._ r wuuug ,urs ,usa me ‘QNX mgrlfr _cl-|ANci=. on FATE ‘§rf_°’f§,tf,’u S‘;,u,§’u,°_w1{’,‘;u§§°°‘§y fue get b:\_¢1< without being int. innrrtnr.. , . - i, ~ _ _ C a hous intel Ger- General Olilcer Commanding the IVth “nt Milla” 8190 grill 11D to the wire

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Spent last night up in the trenches. troops or the rvth Corps have Bc

NEUVE CHAPELLE

l l l w :ici are on y ai mile outside the _ the c__pt____e ____ Ncuve Ch

_ ICQRBON & DUFFY ,

Private selwood, or the nine Bri- town- Set Of! Hi 10 11- ui. icaui1\s 15"” "1 . “

sand bags on a railway truck and el” ii’ Of the 5"9t‘mD°rt““‘;‘;__t° gre

` _-\ r:il.1.AN'r comm.-\.\'nl~:n

_ .

Bsrriiteri one Attorneys side. saysf - ‘ . .

~ ~ lr u t wuizzmg punt your head. lt 411100 °11\1B°.. espcemiiv' at ‘B 1 1; (Worm, Carter. himself is unmrsau

I R 1 B k f C me that was only a tea iight com ar- 0Bl11€ VSFY f088Y We C0 D _

d D thi The me lantry oi regimental oificers and me

u ly said to have behaved with wond-

‘eriul g llsntry lor though wounded

Solicitors for oya an o ans s

~ ed with Neuve Chapelle. In the half- S96 illlylwdy 01’ 9-HY 115- n

id "let and ‘the assistance afforded them bY- H » » __ _ __ t

I 0

noni-'s bombardment that began the heavy suns from behind won

'ller nits is deserving of th

Men who fou it t M n ha told 11 0 S

gl 8 0 B ve 1 uldrys osglbly iod ol the war. The heroism and ga

m

HONEY ‘T0 LOAN. .

' 3 400 guns were used go." The roar of the shells after the arti Y u »

` ' d the corps co

DR. CLIFT

_ CHRONIC DISEASES __Victorla liotoi, Ch‘iown. P. E. l.

“nc °"“5‘"“‘°° "““Y PM ‘““‘ bnuet 1 crawled been about soo

I-sé\c___¢._`4?_:tE_d_i_<E;_°<r,r°__liee_idencc-~-§5.C0. ‘ire

.:41.-z~.1zr41r»°.i-..-.»= __ ,

cases first. When crawling back 1

A. ii.-lfohean. lm.. Donald Mckinuo

MQEIAN I MoKlNNON larrlaierer Atterniys-at-Law ‘ Broth Block. Charlottetown

Our boys went on cheerful enough singing "'l`lpperery“ and anything. When we got to the dug-outs we found dozens of Germans all dead. It was a surprise attack. They did not know it was coming off. At the third line of trenches I was hit ln the leg by -a

n yards.. There was too much work for

the stretcher bearers. They worked herolcnlly. taking the most serious

__ saw two Germans giving themselves

and our artilleryy bringing up guns.

It is not the fighting but the weather our chaps are fed up with After

up, our people digging themselves lu,-

screcch as they ily over your head.

turslly bobbing down, and ducking as a bullet screams -past. Oi course, it’s

"xiii thefcourse otwa letter`uu ` Edin-

Guards, wrltingfroni “Somewhere `Else.' France or Belgium," says:-- _ -“Are you superstitious? How is this .‘ for unlucky 18? Thirteen men were ` taken irom the 13th Platoon to go rin

dey some s y ,

others 5é'5_ Tho noise was ter;-mc, tiring is most weird. They seem to highest praise, an

inander desires to congratulate the

. rr.

1 ll-'S VBPY fulllll’ I-0 906 llleil illllf-9 119" on the severe deficat they have in ic

ted upon the enemy, whose loase

_ all “pot--luck" if you are hit. You .ru kmeu gud ul-igouprg Blom., may as well_ stay where you are-if "Tue magnmcuut behaviour of tu y°“‘° “umbers “°“iI5 up' infantry units is deserving oi th

highest commendation. Sir Hen

A NUMB” THIRTEEN Luc” nnwungson hopes that su sinner

and men fully realize that what the

ievement of which they should a feel proud." ,_

A BRII.l.1A:\"r Gi-xlxuim.

standin still for four months we were B “listening post. ' otherwise certa n _ _ _

Au oi'i`1cci‘ of the Kings Liverpuo

.» _ g

very pleased t0 set 11 move on-" 1101101- We were 011 24 "0"" 01°” 01 _

itwlce 13, and the day was Saturdsy_Regimcnt'w1rif1¢s1

North France.

wgngugfqn gHAw_ _ KEPT VERY BUSY `the 13th. The strange thing is we are .

' , the first party that has come back ` I am writing to tell you what

complete We did nothrdu lidf rdrdrr can gather of the action of the 10th. _ _ _ _ _

ru to the wire, still it pinned ii grcirr

B\!1‘iI\0l‘i» Af.\0i'l.\8!l, N011!! PUD' A *private writes; .

Ao. Etc. Bolloitorl-for Canada Bank-. --Wu do our turu urruugu rue urguu complete. we did not even get any- The brigsrls was ordered to asssu Url Allociltioil, Bank of Montrell, and Bwu uuout three or tour a_ m__ , one wounded. As the 'post' is situst- the Gorman trenches, iollowlug

' ed between four lines ol' Gorman and uevur-9 b¢,ml,ur-r1rr_¢n¢ by the artillery,

t the first army to succeed ou i-uc left

Canada, Permanent Mortgage Gorpora- u I u u L ruu _. mm' ' 'Flite ilvratwliiizlfsll time igbdltilt iiiighaayii- Elm” "'°““l‘95» Y°“ 'mn Imagme A and B companies of the regimen

ihow dangerous it ls. Of course I was were uuuuued fm- the uuuuu;-¢_ d

. . b

Offices-Old Guardian Omoo. Pi-own u

od out of my wits. We had just esun one or me .unlucky “_ and uuruuu A company was commando

uma' cn“I°W°"°W“'P'm‘ I* working when a perfect ball of fire

came. and we had to lie flat in tl1orI°__“‘° mm l’l'“°°“~ Captain Feneran, who has spent u

Last week a board appeared above his me in tho regiment and rreuu ou

o tllrough the shoulder, e re lse _ come out of the fight und continued rr, in command during the day. Poor _ Fenerun wus killed lending his men-

E enemy's wire cntanglements. _

y ting: “Come on, the Kinp;‘s" ns ho

' ii I1 Ll ` ll iii _

l’“l`5.h IW' 0- l“'I"“~'-0 In U19 50°” Egrirfuguagagnigurzugu mtg is kfgauulif lay dying. lie will not be forgotten

11 by the old regiment. .Huyes-Nowing-

ton and seven men were killed by at shell. Onc of these was ii sou of it former oillccr of the King’s.

We bmi 219 all told, ol whom Ili)

1 are wounded. The reuirmxit was

warmly praised by General Fim- shawe, commanding the brigade, and

1 he said that although the ussnult

was brought to it standstill owing

8, number of the enemy to their gr:-.rnd

and made it easier for the rest of

in carrying Ncuve Uh wells.

y 'I‘hc nth Batt-alien is in p,\‘cut. lol -li rr and arc going to 1-lay us ut foot-

Imll this ulternunn ul:.i -villl pr\'-l:.h-

. _ r ,_ u t _ u _ . _

mud it is like this every ugh \\ tho Gorman trenches wiih the words from Aldershot irr Auguur with uu ly give us ii good uidiug.

we work on while the bullets whistle _ _

C' I°1'°°d" K'c" W' E' B°““°."K°C' about us. On the roads to our trenches 900% W*iSl0 Y011\° BliJI11\\1_1ltl011 011 115- and was wouuuuu ou thu ur-up day uf _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _

. . . .. _

the uuuuuu ou tue mud side are un rreepv it for the Prus_iguurx_ ;wri_i.teu (ual: the battle ur thu Aiuuu_ B uumuuuy A bil-Ulsbilmlt \,.\li.ltl.l..ri.»l.

t lieu i was on o s eu ng p d d by Lieutenant Smit

MGLSOD ‘ BENTLEY' i tl and the roads are nothin else '

5 tl Go-mans sinsins wa” "'°““"““ ° rr ruui one nf ure new nlnrv-rn rin: 'wri-

_ ru ue ,

larrlllirl and Attorneys-at»Law but shell holes about 10 or 12 radius. 1 ‘Wald “Dm” ‘lf 1° ‘ _ ,u rr 1,0 ou., og me 0 5 lhael-B_\li`\t of N; B. Chambers. Char' One nighti saw ahorsc lying with its ‘l““° l“*l’P"Y' T025' “"0 *“"'°“’ “l°”°i‘,~ lfarfd will :mud in Auguut und was

r | other in English.

0“'°“ ‘~ wounded during tue time ni the _ -._____ ,_ _ -.*_,__ 1..

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some of ours this afternoon.

susssion An'rn..|.snv

coming quick. They do hate us. They were crying all sorts of r\ar_nes to u__s,

r r s

. ' the villages the smell is awful. on ,,

we come_-been in t_rie__ri_ior,nln§ we gut “G5l“MN° °° “ATE Us nrho' word ,mug rrruu ,msc two

1 - ' n cup o rum, an s sen s us o . _ _ . _ _

sleep without rocking. I can hardly Writing to a friend in Ii_nwii,k, Prlv- ;:om_l';__sn\es_ gsriénrugr u_1_.:_o1i_i_»;1:_1_1_::>_i:_

md rrmu_\r_u.u,rne to _auyoruu uu Wu iii.o_~it. McGowan, of thc .ind K.0.S. r y, _ o wi

r rf u r uur of uuu Borderers, says:-“I am very glad trenches had not been out by the an-

Xorklzii uuinuuf gesux, ueeu uuuu that tho worst of tho bad weather is tiidcry preparation, consequently thc "ru u‘;e'uu| Wm, pmrruuu druuuueu oteruow. It has been very cold in the msn had get hung up on it and the _

' I or snow most 0!1(_lormnns had time to bring their l

to 0 ll

- 1 _ trenches, with ra u _ but I am glad to my th” I ren: “Sgr the' time. and waist-deep in water. Maxima into notion. The assault,

d lost heavily.

.iiigdnl ildiiiltiillgouéltilldnig nevgr hadi 'film I5 WW' 50 "WHY E110" lla” 000 therefore foiled all We

` my kilt oflrsince we came up hero,and ,` "°°'.'_l;¥"r°“ rxet- TT_m9G C_f’“““`5' I;’__I‘;`r . Ali' eye-witnesses agree in saying

_anauss. eemsnsiv '

gmeqriéal I,\:,f:,\;',l|(}r,1gui;leu|I:,)rv:;r3‘;o_;’,’If,‘r',x;§_ not loft a house nor s church stand-

. ‘ lug, levelling everything they ame

‘uh 'md me Germans were -guns on uiidoss: but their day is coming? and

Company-Sergeant-Major Jones

An oiilcer of the 9th Battalion .01\1‘ trench _being only tb ty ya

German wire trying to cut it.

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BEFORE, TH E WAR

_*__ Bn.

in bermefw 19,15 lv msec me li New M4# _ln Germany "

the men behaved in a most magnr flcent way. I saw the artillery 011- seving ofllcer this morning. He said that they were absolutely splendid.

ac-

tually stayed tive minutes under t_i_}e

toriulu have brought hack with thmn

is "getting your \-:md up." i‘\'l_i-.iii

man "gets his wind up" :io gets fright. To assist the cii0l;t=u.i'Cun, wounded suldien :rt llulluozly t.,ld grim story. A _vollug uulzlicr was on night engaged at 'Lo hrciisxwork when n liars-ligiit wont np. lie ilun himself into n hole for i-ova-1*, but i

it lay the body of :L #curl if mr, \\'l»_e

r land march about three miles to with-

ubont 700 nrdn of the trenches,

a. in y n carrying with us barbed wire, wire a

,-netting, spades, and all the necessary

e implements. We ,then set to work on B .the reserve trenches, returning to

E icump about six in thc morning.

t| There are usually plenty of stray

rhuilot lly g , q

h is-ration, I don‘t tliinkl The Germans

was at “Jack Johnson" hole, onli in 5 in about uite u me nu-

k .

he touched in his lull. '!'L\e sho'

must wuste a queer lot of ammuni-

L

‘WIS U10 mimi' fU1' U10 Y011“frSt€1`. who tion and tire their rifles over the

scrambled hastily out mul was nm ini: for other cover, when he vm rudely brought to earth by ri com

li-itrench for tho sake of making ii

S inoise. There has been nobody hit so ' far and that is always one consola-

0

ii very sad loss. indeed, to-'us, but, n\ psnion to save him from the vcr

' Tl

Y run. C The work is pretty hard, but real-

"Poor little Webb wus hcnrd shon-ii

amourrt to nur wus than 4 000 me; gallnnthend. Snatt was shot throughi,Dl`0B0l1l1 dafigef 0! 21- Sf\1l’<11’~ 10

‘ the ing, but mnnngrrs to rrnwi buck. r youngster “got his wind ur" and `

e But. Madden, Webb,, 0’Donoghue,nnd_‘wus some time before he recovered thing is ru_ 'rue mud, are (un og

¢` Young were killed during the assnult,i uy the latter being hit actually on the

from the shock.-

liie oi the Territorials which som

had just came back from it he

prospect of it fine breakfast, lor, use .the s0ldicr‘s own words, the was “a dandy hum" being cooke Moreover, it -was the morning

on that account. The last raelie were hcing cooked when a. surpr'

it was nightiull before the men cou return. Northing more wus seen

the ham.

THE "DANDY NINTI-I."

A private in the “Du.ridy Ninth

writing on the Sth ol March, says:

unnr- under ilrc. r pu it

But there is another side to th

what restores the balance. The me

l`

night/s work, and there ws5`th

' i.

ll\u'r\s‘ Day, and the Scots were pr

u . _

PiU`ifli; to en.i0Y I-l1¢’»mH0lV€B the m01`0 The thing that bothers us most is

rc all

is

of __

ilur company, "H," is doinchc

from the rest of the Battalion. The pool today fm- grading wrgu nu. eue. mlnpany has been sent up country to my. Ho pleaded guilty to sending it dig trenches, und are consequently r-.ohio to his employers. the Sison Com- the iiust company in the Ninth to puny. Piillsidolphla, about o, cotton

- W, r de. at night iriu1sn.i:tinn with Germany.

Ill ly nothing to the pretty mess every-

holes caused by shells, and you are

0 over the puttees in mud and water 0- before reaching the trenches. When D there, we have to -work in the mud ‘1 und darkness lor lonr hours, and B thou mitrch hack through more mud. 0 The Germans put up hundreds ol ‘"0 star shells during the night. and

0- these illuminate the whole ..plsce. Of They are, of course, to prevent our-~

0- rises in the darkness

F9 wet and cold feet, so we a

praying for dry weather, as it bus

e

order came_to man the brcnstworks. mined pretty constantly since wo llreukiux-xt had to hc abandoned, an

<1 cnrrn ont. I think the thunder or ure

lil . guns is responsible for this.

_ osonca cwrsuouee

is rouuo Gun.-rv.

,, i.0`t\iDON. April l7.»~ George Ari.~ - hui' (iatehouse. ia. native of Montreal, “ . was sentenced to one month imprison- ‘I ' ment and fined 75 gulneas at Liver-

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