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ALMOND ICING Small. &% Elizabeth Sts. Phone 250. heart, which might have proved` fatal. The one on the arm was caused by a bomb which blew half the muscle from the bone. The other on the right arm was caused by a bullet from machine gun which just missed the bone and left a_ very nasty wound. `Will explain how all happened. , It was our third trip in the trench-A es at"- the Somme. The work laid out was very dilcult. Our ob- jective was what is called the'Re- gina trench, and a very import- ant one. `At our particular part of line (that means for the 58th to handle), there were two tren_ ches in front of the Regina and were protected by strong barbed lwire. (This was supposed to! have been cut)`. .1 might mention | the Germans had marines in the, line and. they proved great ght_| ers. The distance from our line to the first trench was about 400 yds., to Regina 600. Our time for going over the top was 4.50 on Sunday morning. The Bn. was divided up into four waves, that is four separate lines `or attack- ing forces. Harry (his brother) and I were in the first wave. We had a lot of men and officers all green and new to the game and I` happened to be in the centre part of the line next to an oicer, a new one.. .Our artillery opened a deadly fire on Fritz just after we started our attack, and as soon ~ as the re ceased it was up to us I il1-'.......-.... Flnnnn rinnrn L DD.T\ 5d..| me nre Ueasuu lb was uy uu uol to" mow them down and keep ad- vancing until we reachedour des- tination. Outside of what-I have told you we had nothing to do but dig a new trench for our protec-. tion.. Well, before we get any further, I received my blighties or wounds on-arriving at the wire. Our boys took the trenches and held them a few hours, being driven out. I remained a short time in a shell hole, then the. shells began to come a little. too fast to suit yours truly, so deeid- ed to retire to our own treneh. By this time my wounds were bleed- ing very much and I was feeling "weak, so I made_ the return jour- ney in short intervals. On._get_ t'ing there a Sergt. dressed them and I started to.the nearest dress- ing station about 1 4-2 miles dis- 4....4. mm. Qnrcrf rlirl nnf. want me-I mg SLIM-1011 uuuul. 1 1-9 urxnuo -..m- . taut, The Sergt. did not want me to start, saying I would never reach there owing to the loss of blood. Well, on reaching the dressing station I collapsed. Af- _ ter getting first aid I was carried _about miles to the next dress- ing st.ation.- Here I stayed until night. and then had a quick trip to England. ' \17.. nflnn llninly nf {ho crnnd LU Jl15ldllLl. \Ve often "think of the good times we had in Barrie and will 'always remember your kindness |t0 us. Mrs. N. `B. Johns_ton some time ago received the following inter- esting l'et,ter from one of the men of the -76th Bat,talion:-- Firing Ijine, Somewhere in France Tn.-.6 n 4`.-nu uvnr-riot in oncvnarv fn V were I them to a place of safety or tak- ing messagesto different, points . l I , 1 i Firing Line, Somewhere in rrance Just a few words in answer to an inward conviction that I should write a line or two, so as to let you know that your labor was not all in vain last winter in regard to your efforts in trying to make some of the boys happy. I would have written before but did not think it hardly worth while [until I got to the Front. It is !now that I know I am doing real soldiering and not ornamental. I [suppose that you know that. the |Rattalion was all broken up after in England about seven weeks and we were _ weeks out of that with infectious quarantined ve - diseases` of all descriptions, mea_ l sles, mumps, etc. \Ve didn t get passes of any kind, so you can imagine how disappointed some; of us were who had not seen their folks for ten or twelve years. To pushed through bayonet. work and Vmusketry `practice and after . that were `moved to the Front and were split into differ- ent drafts-_-I think there were four all told to different batta; lions. I was amongst some of. Ithe rst to reach the firing line. Some one has said that war is hell, but the ordinary impres- sion of hell to the ordinary per- son is._something_in the nature of -re and brimstone, but believe me if it is any worse than being out in the trenches when they start shelling it has got t.o go some. It s `no difficult matter for any person to volunteer for the dam. lgerous duties of a soldier, such ias ,charging the enemy or recov_ ering the wounded andtaking I or rations under re, for all those duties there is`. a reason or- an in- centive to go on. But sitting or croiicbingor vlaying down with! your face against the parapet} while the shrapnel shells and; high explosives are burstine: a-` round about. blowing everything to pieces and killing and wound-? ing the pride of the Ang1o_S/`axon race, that's where the horror of war comes` in; when there is no | i\way of defending ynurselffbiit just lay still and wait for the for.._ LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS Tl-IE" emu: Isxnlllmn Amp srrunbhv Ivldtmlna Another 16th Man Gone tunes of war to bring what is aI-' lotted to you. That s what we! would call death by misadventure in the soldier s life, but neverthe-` less the price has got to be paid` by somebody and it has always been the sacrifice of blood for anything worth while. We feel prouder today of the British as a` race of people, .for its voluntary` service and for the men who have done their duty on the firing line. There should be nothing too good` for them. We try and do our; duty cheerfully and if we can keep` nn {Inn -nnnnnrl n-P lhn Fnnoiona. uuhy UIlUUl1Llll`Y auu ll. VVU K./Clall. up the record of t.he Canadiansil that have been in before us, why 1 we shall be doing Well. Well Ill think I have said enough about ` the bloody part of the war. AlI`l we can say is that it is dangerous ` yet and exciting and intensely in- teresting. especially at night when the ares are going up in different direction_s and the shell bursting always up in the air like a lava eruption and makes quite ` a sight and only" for the deadlyll effect of rifle re and machine; guns and the other man-killingl inventions it s just like. a 24th" of- May celebration or the fireworks at Toronto. -The emotional and sentimental _effect of all this on the fellows is great,and more sthan once hard..hearted men and especially young men have said: `If I ever come out of this war a- live l ll lead a better life. Dur- ing those tense moments we are living in the reection or the af- termath as it were; of our past -association and companion'ship, whether they be good or evil. Af_ .ter all the only real staying ef_ fects are the inuence of the full; Cross, when a person can rest assured that. the past is blotted out by the Blood of Jesus Christ. One can see by the fellows atti-| tudes during these times that` there is a longing for the spiri- tual side of life, and do you know I was thinking of the place where .' it says That the gospel of peace! shall be preached no more and` people will be seeking it out and can't nd it." That s what it seemed to me when-you hear no- thing but the cruel ingenuity of human intelligence hurled at one another and it seems that you are living_ in the dark times the Scrip- Itures talk about. But I will say no more on that subject. There gar-e millions of rats around here i` and I can assure you that they ' know trench warfare better than Jwe do; When one IS alone some- times at the post `at night, one :' sees about ten go past all at the 9 same time `in single le, but not t inzfour abreast formation and ._they carry their Wounded away `atonement that was made on the !too, that do not use the ground `for their eld ofoperations but the human body. Well I think I `have tried your patience _long enough at my attempt to write a letter. I might say that I am in perfect health and fguite consent- 'ed with my lot inas ar as so ier- ing goes, but there will be some happy boys when this war is ov- er. I expect you get more news 2 E{`1? :v;"33Ew23 ii, `3h?%` m23s`iftI; iown Battalion and we are not a1- ilowled to give any detaik, so I wig pac up my troubles in my 01 1kit_bag and smile, smiIe`,"snfi'le. God bless and keep you till we |`too. We have other company\ `meet if not on this earth in the [Great Beyond. _ 1 pm? 6. nbaws, D1-aft 76th Battalion [Editor's Note -- Mr- Roberts was instantly killed in action on |Oct. 24. He leaves a wife, and gfom` small children] V , . GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Fri. and Sat, Dec. 15 and 16 THE RAVEN" Featuring HENRY B. WALTHALL, Prices As Usual :-: V`, - --...- Yours truly, -:1-9 r\ /xv-.1-wry L.-Gp|.'F. Best Badly wounded The Welland papers recently reported. the serious `wounding of L-Cpl. 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