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osed a position. lulls in the fighting and . In the December Number of McLean’s Hagerine. e the Germans gave rrific, |fensive started. i and ws lows were tryin, Once located we were tied to Shortly afterwards we eres Hae enemy rt Fs In the first place, it was a matter other period of delirious struggle. |getting its “yal a retreat in full cabs Only wi a became certain that Fritz had spotted paiaey a would have ci sxirand. ats. up brought exaggerated x = = = Sw [tn re chored for the day. |to take off his clothes. We ed | Retreat ere a of the auestion £8 odd. ogenis of sleep 4, eae one ‘ : - : f th H Sone first a mont pane of service |food rth be be brought unt. The losing tl e] Syes 0 e un were puent oe the Ypres rei ion and|Germans never left us alone (for a it i we went eee et ee batt! Ss Feo a ve It was ae pat one sae We ‘exis x Le after- r al yr, and us it al 1e ey of the Werk of, a Ss pad ey Re ne h fee ee guns rained shells fr ve for sheer horror wit erthe! we manage 0] By CORPORAL R. N. SIDDLE Cra hadnt the oS ac chat and aeeliy Bene them. beck is X me gun] aii a trench mortar|and I saw it through aid got back|—lousy scarecrows, covered with pCR Ga ce iam lant aah) ‘ht aiy moment at up over the|something of what 01 mtelloers aver filth of weeks, their uniforms in tat- Adam rcolabania ‘sp domatied way aat se) ‘rumjar” in our dir-|getting up in_ th ont line, I ac-\ters and caked with blood. turns as, I si s_do. jection. bey are wicked instruments |counted for fifteen ans in thr then we were mo lown to the 'e would have ce iat Pgs p right it | these tren: ortars, and a shot plac-|weeks. - Most of them were picked|Somme. The business of sniping together whenever possible. One. of jed anywhere close to our post woul pie during shese chars men saunter fake on Ane new: pinaet. uae a] ile |have a speedy and complete |charges that marked the D the other lay Fo aka taeop Sane for on ee ee this Biogay qprer of the silent, [whole day, watching an, immovable \e] ine. e became ig wings st for as long as che S catent ta Pen ed ers the line and figured in an-|on a line that moved ever: Sorwerd e. my sniper | tack, TW! ing ‘when: a ‘works in the open. In order to get|the sate of the line we held. Wejtack in which we figured saw the in- ‘a clear view of the enemy trenches | were in rest billets after a hard spell|itial appearance of the “tanks. he must nenonm le be exposed him-|in the trenches when the word came Hints of what was coming had e us would we take a chance on mov-|luck at being thus phonted 0 of|them. The whole line was agog with ing. our turn pa a ‘est. we we|news. The surprise 0’ e first gas tBnelande sniper that he ise jometimes we oaks up our station Fesiised that the situation was slee attack at-St. Julien was going to be most ee he apesnrang through these }on No Man’s at This, of course, ‘e got into our equipment'|repaid with compount interest. and _hindy was possible only. when the trenches |in omingua silence and fell into line | we hugged ourselves with delight. fesey Wwe would while away|were quite a distal stance apart. Wejin record time. Of course, this new form of atta af s hours, at. our Borla! by, reading, | wor go out during the Tight, pick en began a battle that lasted|meant a lot to the snipers. It ws bt this wasn't always possible. We [our Spo aad plant our eaupiont |continuoul, Zor 28, days, and, we prey one expected that Pitz had. to ke 0 8 ‘e| Before reals wo would ni ite |fought it Tiron n Saat ft rest ol r | would have an attack of nerves when ew, of course, that awe aus ue a ae Teale out through the |moment of respite. For ae days nae he saw: an armored train comin: ig to find us out and {sandbags and ravi to our post. Onceja man in our battalion got a chance | against him and we snipers were to SS SS = - That man isa slandere: | who says that The Farmers of Ontario will vote with Bourassa Pro-Germans Suppressors of Free Speech 7 ane. - Slackers | | When spondei n Lon Carl Ackerman. right up In brief, newspaper, t ay Mr. Ackerman’s dispatches a r exclu- sively in The Toronto “ «D, Yan About once a month we “Scoop” every other paper in the Province with the aid of Mr. Ackerman and other uals Press corre- ie Pag f Cidbdian Wouiga Correspondent ho oad us dispatches exelustvely. r. F. A. McKenzie, assiste: e Star's own Staff, cables the B ie homas Geggie, late Sergt.-Major K.O, B., writes regularly upon Imperial and Military matters. 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Our regular news ae cane 0! ‘anadian P; American ogee Bress ieee nadfan pena The “Toronto Daily Star” is one of the great be kept well informed upon every subject 0 your postmaster, or direct to HE TORONTO DAILY STAR 1 : t Florence Boultbee , lay usketry spread aisne-ahe tro ea-shooters would have been just 5 aee tai spurting from e Germans dropped their ri out of the pastes ep. wards ir poling “"camerade, ” We risoners that morning and ad- 1,200. yards. m that ee on it was a AG Many 2 time we lay all day in ae and water with only our heads and shoulders clear. th Adam and I had many close but the narrowest aueeek of all came one day when, by some evil chance, we discerned the ip of a willow tree that had withstood the ent. It was seven irtner who, of and aaspeeee ° | other side. ere was no mistal ain i ait that portended. The Bostee. Euposite trenches esi to life with @ into a million, pieces. Adam mee cut in "ie ed away when another came over and |decidedly minor character. nded about the same distance the |we were in the front line hed his eye on a bearded a pipe in Ts mout squarely on that stump and blew it/German sniper Tat a The next aay was misty so I went |ing las back and dug up that whet. Ibrought| That t had been the a ef the yuveni: i tl an een peatedhy at this point, bu very So the pied had a|been set for us Bear” shee of it than ey tightened their belts Derk: either Crookshanks nor I had|the worst. No man ever at t the Somme expecting with was showin! the tree and the two of us broke for|enough to give me a chance @lcover. We had barely gone twenty |when ‘suddenly the peoeare came ~ fe | yards when a third shell landed|down on us in * ey lion pieces. A ce by the fly- it the gener- prover communications and that the|al staff needed another ine at this nts 7 Be counter-attacks was|part of the Tine and ‘an objective i had (Continued next week.) 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