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rdaRelationship:contains "Letters From The front\nThe McHveraith boys write\nThe instructor told us that all the\nfiner parts of the course of machine\ngunning would have to bo learned by\nourselves after drill hours For in-\n0:stance, 0:instance, they used to teach signalling\nafter tho course but now thu call for\nmen is so great that they don't both\ner with that at all So my night are\noccupied teaching the other boys how\nto signal, etc.\nAs you will readily know from ex-\n0:perience, 0:experience, that if you miss the first\nfew lessons in any lesson, you will\nha e to worJ. like a hen scratching\non a tin roof, to catch up Then I\nam making a notebook and all tho\npictures are guaranteed to be my\nown Several of our 89th oiheerts and\nmen have been wounded or killed 1\nsuppose you know that Charlie Al-\n0:ford 0:Al-ford has been killed We were talking\nto a returned ' B\" Co fellow by\nname of Burton and ho said that Al-\n0:ford 0:Al-ford and -mother fellow wero togeth-\n0:er 0:together one night, when the bunch wero\nout picking up the wounded, when a\nshell buist right on the place where\nthese two were Ihis fellow Burton\nwas hit by shrapnel below the knee\nand he may have to lose the leg Do\nyou remember a fellow burler of\nmine by tho name of Craick? you've\nlieaid me speak of him, well, he has\nbeen seriously wounded aboe the\nknee I was down to see him the oth-\n0:ei 0:oth-ei night and he says that its jake\nI over there Paul is having tough\nluck He generally is sick when tho\n'ooys move and he misses the fun\nHad our toats on machine gun fir\n\ning last Thursday and befiheve mo,\nit s jake work When you hit behind\nthe gun, holding the trigger and all\nthe empty cases being thrown out in\na continuous stream, you wonder\nhow the Germans stand before it Its\ngot hi nig with a Ross rifle beat a\nmile J list a flick of the trigger and\nfive shots are out We are going to\n, the ranges at Hytho on Tuesd ly 01\nI Wednesday to hre our examinations\nI Ihen we have about three weeks\nmore training and then France Vou\nsee we stand a good show of getting\nback to Epgland with a nice littlo\nI wound before the cold weather sets m\nEverybody that comes baek my that\n1 you have nine chances out of ten of\ncoming b ick alive Only no out of\nten is killed, so you see it isn t v cry\ndangerous after all If I get wound-\n0:ed, 0:wounded, the people in Pontefeact are go\nto put in a claim for me to be sint\nthere so they can visit mo 3Very day\nJust got word that Billy Miben is\nwounded, not seriously, only a slight\nwound in the leg He got it a w cok\nago Suoday and is in nospital in\nLancashire\nA letter from Pte D A Campbell\nw ntten on October 20\nVm writing this from a front lino\ntrench and in a good doep down dug\nout, so you will know by that, that\nwe are better off than a few wooks\nago, when we went through some\npretty hot fights, which I wrote you\nabout Wo advanced on two occa-\n0:sions, 0:occasions, while in tho trenches on the\nfront wo recently wore at Both\ntimes we wero very fortunate in gain-\n0:ing 0:gaining our objectives without much\ntrouble, even although he did peg at\nus with rifles and mao ac. .. is ill\nthe time wo were advancing ooi\n' No-Man's Land,\" and then we had\nhis artillery barrages to go tnrou.rli\nWe has a number of casualties, but\nthey were light considering all that\nour battalion accomplished We tok\na bunch of prisoners, some macluue\nguns and other war material Wnen\n. we secured his tier ch, it was j ut a-\n0:bout 0:a-bout 12 at noon so arrived jiut in\ntime for dinner, making good uso of\nhis line coffee, bread and cigais, el r\nWe weie relieved two days after\nthis scrap, and most of us camo out\nladen down with souvenirs, but they\nweie not much use, as we are not al\nlowed to send anything away\nBrought back with me a helmet, a\nround cap, two belts with inscrip-\n0:tions 0:inscriptions on the buckles, some German\nmoney, a couple of letters and a cer-\n0:tificate 0:certificate calling a German lieutenant\nto service Also secured an identifica-\n0:tion 0:identification disc which I took off a Fritz\nwho had shot a captain after having\nheld up his hands The samo Fritz\nhad an iron cross in his pocket, but\ndid not manage to get it Took a fine\npair of prismatic binoculars off a\nGerman officer and sold same to one\nof our own officers\n\ni Fred Iteinholt was wounded beside\nme last month Ho was on tho same\ngun crew Wo just got our machine\ngun set up when a shell camo along\nand knocked out four of our crew of\nsit leaving only two of us to run\nthings for that day Have seen\nCliff Malcolm Norman Hamley, and\nother recently arrived Red Deer lids\nlately Tom Johns is in England now\nhaving been shot through the leg\nYou will know by now that Major\nGaetz and J uut Thorn of our old\nregiment were both killed. Sergt\nWhittle, (one of our old Squadron),\nand myself were around to see Major\n1 1 aetz and Thom just about a week\nI before they were killed and strange\nj to say Whittle was killed also Ho\nI was one of our very best follows\nSaw Joe Smith and Dr Washburn\nlately, also Mr Harris who used to\nwork in the Advocate You will re-\n0:member 0:remember Ernie Bray of our Squadron\nWe bunked together for several\nmonths out here and just lately he\ntransferred to the engineers and wis\nkilled\" shortly after Ho was married\n1 just before we left, and his wife came\nover from Red Deer to the old coun\ntry a few months ago\ni Will close for now, as it is nearly\ntime for me to go on guard and ob\nserve through a periscope It is a\npretty quiet place we are at now, so\ndon t think we aro fighting all the\ntime\nI Ptc T Dorrance, o 4T 742 50th\nBattalion Cinadi ins BET, Tranoo,\nwrites to the Advocate, Sundiy, Oc-\n0:tober 0:October 29, 1916\nI I have received the Advocate every\nweek from homo and it helps to keep\nme a little bit in touch with things\nin Red Deer\nThe Red Deer boys seem to be hav-\nwe arc booked for the next draft, but\ni it is pretty hard to say when we will\n\ning hard luck lately You will remem-\n0:ber 0:remember Bill Lemon who used to work in\nthe Imperial Bank He fell last week\nand twisted his ankle so badly that\nhe is now in hospital There aro few\nRed Doer boys in tho 50th, Andy\nMunro is still with us.\nI met a lot of the lied Deer boys\nin tho 2nd M R s (the old 12th boys)\nThere aro a few left to cany on the\ngood work\nTho last time I was in the lino our\nBattalion took a few prisoners I\nsaw one wounded fellow coming out\nof one of the communication trenches\nYou would hav e laughed Ho had his\nleft arm in a sling and a ngked bay-\n0:onet 0:bayonet in his right hand In front of\nhim wero seven Fritzses and they\nsremed very happy to be back in\nsome of their old territory I guess\nthat they know when they are well\noff Tho worst of Tutz is that ho\nseems to think that we are some sort\nof financiers and that wo have all\nsorts of cigaicttes that we keep for\ntheir use\nThey talk about our superiority in\nmunitions but just one day in the\nhue here will soon convince one that\n.the Bntish arc not the only ones\nwho have lots of shells The worst\nof it is that 1 ritz knows all this\ncountry and has the rango of ditlerent\nplaces wheio tioops are liablo to bo\n\n1 see a lot of talk in tho papers\nabout what we call tanks Some\nseem to imagine that they aro some-\n0:thing 0:something indestructible, of course, tboy\nI aro fine things but not so gieat as\nmost people would have ono behove\ni I have just '-card that Aubtria and\nTurkey havo acceded for peace That\nsounds good We may yet be home\nfor Christmas 1'J17 I wouldn t mind\nhaving to stay in Trance until Christ\nmas liU'i' as lung as tho war was\nover.\nThe people havo begun to come\nback to this pai t of Prance and a\nnumber have started stores of differ-\n0:ent 0:different kinds They seem determined to\nsoo how much they can get out of\ntho British soldier, One lady had\nthe nerve to ask five francs ($1) for\na quart tin of peaches 1 think that\nhas got all Western Canada prices\nboaten.\nThere are a lot of rumors floating\naround since this peace rumor camo\nin Of course, wo get lots of ru-\n0:mors 0:rumors here so that it is hard to put\nany stress on any of them\nMis Maben, North Red Doer, has\nletters from her rods ueurefc \"M\nWilliam, William was shot through\nthe kneo and isin hospital, but mak-\n0:ing 0:making progress.\nWm Maben writes\nDear \"Mother I had a big surprise\nthe other morning when George camo\nwalking in to tho ward They gave\nhim a pass to come down and see\nme I was laying in bed and think-\n0:ing 0:thinking I would try and get up in the af-\n0:ternoon 0:afternoon for a while, so wo had a\ngreat talk till dmucr time But ho\nwould not stay for dinner, he went\ndown to the town for it I had jubt\ngot up and was making tho bed when\nho got back, so we had all the after-\n0:noon 0:afternoon to ouiaclves I got him to stay\nfor tea at four He had to catch tho\nhalf-past five tram, out wo had lots\nof time We went fo.. a wait out in\nthe grounds, but -A course 1 could\nnot go far I get tnd awful quick\nHe said he would be t'Jing over to\nFranco before long The mud\nis bad enough to have to rftti.d in it,\nbut whon you have to ll down m it,\nit takes the cake. The last time e\nwere in you should hav c seen my\ncoat after a German sccll had gone\nthrough it It was no rod I to keep\nmo warm I had laid it i on tho\nbank of the trench to get i little cy\nto sleep in it, but Pritz spjilt it for\nthat, and I had to go w itnoiit, but\nwe soon got warm w in n w e got\nword to stand to tiat we were\ngoing over the top, tint is wo .vcre\ngoing to charge, oi t ike tue dm an\ntrench That is I ilf pist uur o\nclock in the morui v, ju5t gi ttng\nlight enough to see about ten feet in\nfront of you W ill, over we got, tud\n\nsome of the pjor Muws d d nota't\nvery far and oth is got too fir and\nwished they were ijica, aiid I mips I\nwas one of them 11.111 fu-ry tut I\nnever saw little Bill ail the way bi t\nI guess 1 was too busy to look for\nthe other boys I haa x rr!.i hni3 (.tin\non my arm an 1 a riHe on tin brick\nsix bombs l py p tenets and full\npack, so I ad all 1 r ul 1 do to get\nalong, and oh, we pi t up a luiily\ngood fight We t.on. tlv tt?nch nil\nright but it vv is t jub to hold it,\nthey would come baok it rs, they\nwould not give is i chanco to dig a\nnew trench for ourselves, and just a\nbout then I got it, ind don t lemem\nbcr much after that, but th it I wis\nalone and that I got covered over\nwith mud and all kinds if dirt I\nthink I remember bay ng to myself\nthat I was good for 1 3 or 14 hours\nrest, and I got it, I could not expert\nto get out of it till night tun I\nguess you have heard of No-Man s\nLaid, ' that is the land between the\ntwo trenches Well it is hardto get\nout of there day or night They\nthrow up lights thit land just about\nhalf way, and it shows everything up\nplain, but I got out and that was the\nmain thing to me I saw just ono of\nour boys of the 49th Batt on the\nwrote to Billie Collins but did not\ncome into tho same ward as me, so\nI don't know how they came out I\nwrote to NTilho Collins but did not\ngot a letter or word yet, but expect\nword from some of the boys soon 1 1\nwas up before the board yesterday '\nand tho Canadians are going up to\nTeddington tho end of this week 1 1\nthink I am going too, but not sure\nyet\nGoo Maben writes\nI am getting ilong fine but expect\nto go over to Franccpretty soon Wo\nare on the Senior Colt just now, so\n\ngo. Wo wero on a long route march\nto-day We went about fourteen xnilos\nwe were , pretty tired when we got\nback here They always make us take\nfull packs and rifles When wo\nmarch through a town we have to\nmarch at attention and we are some-\n0:times 0:sometimes an hour going through them so\nit is pretty hard on us but some offi-\n0:cers 0:officers have no sense and wonder how\nwe get tired out so soon I will be\nglad when the war is over and wo\nget back to Canada This life takes\nthe heart clean out of a man and ho\nis not sorry when he Kets the order\nto go to Trance I know I will not bo\nsorry to leave here I think it will bo\na groat relief to us\nWell, mothei, I was up to see Biliy\nThey gave mo two days to go up to\nsee him and 1 was the biggest pait\nhim all right Ho is pretty lame. He\nof the time on the tram, but I found\nhas a bad knee and lb very deaf but\nI guess that will work oil through\ntime I think he will be able to get\nhis clearance papers this time 1\nthink he is very lucky to get off so\neasy 1 would not mind if 1 was in\nhib place, but I might be let off a\nlot easier than him yet it is hard to\nsay, .\nWe are moving from this camp I\ndon t know exactly where wo arc go\ning but it is up near London bonic-\n0:whero 0:bonic-whero We havo to parade to mor-\n0:row 0:morrow morning at eight o clock in full\nmarching order. That means our\npacks with a blanket and sweater\ncoat and all of our smallibsue stull in\nthe pack and our ground sheet and\ngreatcoat rolled sround tho outside\nof pack and rifles with twenty four\nhouis rations It makes a very heavy\npack so wo will be sure to suffer\nsomo with it but I guess we will get\nover it.\nI had a letter from Geo Atkins tho\nther day he is still n the trenches,\nho don t like it very well but ho has\nbeen very lucky, bo far most of the\nboys of B Company have been killed\nor waunded Joo Edgington was\nwounded and was knocked dumb with\nshell shock He s in a hospital in\nFrance Little Shorty McRae was\nwounded and died of wounds bcfoio\nthey got him into tho hospital Tho\n89th got it very hard They suffored\nI right from the start, some of them\nnever saw the trenches, thoy were at-\n0:tached 0:attached before they got into thom, so\nI we havo been pretty lucky so far and\n1 hope our luok stays with us\nPte Theo Wright writes his paro-\n0:nts 0:paro-nts that he is still at Bedford, but is\nable to move his hand and fingers a\nbit now, though he could not uso\nthom at all yet Tho weather was\nvery chilly, with a slight frost They\naro admitted free to \"movie ' shows,\nwhich is quite a savirg of the soldi-\n0:ers 0:soldiers si m payl Ho had not seen a\n40th man since he left Eastlcigh." .
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rdaRelationship:contains "' . FRONT\nThe following Jetter was received\nby Mrs Meeres from her son \"Teddy\"'\na few days ago:\nSomewhere In France,\n-i - April 1st, 1918\n, Dear Mother, The fact that my\nbirthday parcel required over ,\"sisc\nweeks \"to cover.jthe distance between\nRedJDeer and hls desolate corner of\ncreation did not- dampen the warmth\nof the reception, accorded it when it\nAnally did put In an appearance at Its\ndestination. Thahkr you very much\nfor it, mother .dear, I enjoyed1-- Its\ncontents thoroughly, though the min-\n0:ister 0:minister of the Interior in his official com-\n0:munique 0:communique for the evening of its arrival\nmentioned impending disorders How-\n0:ever, 0:However, pn the following day I changed\nmy address to the last Btopplng place\nthis side of Nq Man's Land, where\nweightier matters relegated such triv-\n0:ialities 0:trivialities to the background\nSo yesterday -was Easter, that was\naccording to the calendar, but It was\na strange Easter for me It is a spirit\npeculiar to the o'ccasion that marks\nEaster for. me, not the day of the year\non which it happens to fall It is the\nspirit of traoscendant beauty and\ngrandeur and purity that springs from\nthe Easter music and that wonderful\nstory of the Resurrection declaimed\nfrom the pulpit at the morning service\nand that seems to mingle with the\nvery perfume of those glorious Easter\nHllles, with their satiny, ivory petals,\nand wonderful golden centres, that\nadorn the pulpit\nOut gt doors it is the spirit of bril\nllant sunshine of awakening life, run\nning 8ap, and the first shy forerunners\nof the crocuses pushing their lavender\ntinted petals between the tufts of dry\ngrass on the hillside\nOver here we are favored with\nbrilliant sunshine, the scarred trees,\nwhose vitality has survived the\nscourge of shell and shrapnel, and the\nhedges here bursting into leaf. Field\nand meadowy were dotted with the\ngold- of dandelion buttercup, and\nwhite and gold, of the daisies, with\nhere and there a clump of yellow daf-\n0:fodils, 0:daffodils, from sheltered banks, shy pur-\n0:ple 0:purple violets breathed forth their exotic\nfragrance on the air while in the shel\nter of the woodland fragile white an\nemones bloom in wild profusion\nEngland must be wonderful \" now.\nWhen I was over on leave two weeks\nago the lilac bushes were masses of\npurple and ivory blossom, on sunny\nbanks primroses were opening their\nvelvety creamy tinted petals, and be-\n0:neath 0:beneath the hedges delicate snowdrops\ncurtsied low-to the passers by\nToday is April Fool s day, but we are\nJust a little bit too close to Mr Boche\nto stage very many foolish escapades\nThere was a rumour that Hunle was\ngoing to send over some \"dud\" shells\ninstead of live ones to celebrate the\noccasion, but the only man to believe\nit left us by an aerial route without\nthe aid of a plane, and they are still\ngathering up the pieces.\nThe terrain of a Somme battlefield\nhas nothing on one side of my.smlling\ncountenance just now, thanks to the\nunwelcome presence of a splendid\nreplica of one of Job's comforters\nThe MO cut a trench in it yesterday\nwith his lance and I guess the jelly\nlike yellow stuff along the bottom of\nit must be the mud while there was a\nmine crater thlB morning after he\nextracted the core\nProbably you know the Biggs' fam-\n0:ily 0:family at Hill End A cousin of theirs\nfrom Innisfail, one of our runners, -was\nbadly hit last time in the\" line, and\nsuccumbed to his wounds about an\nhour afterwards A particularly sad\nfeature of his case was that his BHgh\nty leave was cancelled the day we\nwent into the line Love\nTEDDY" .
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