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GLORIOUS STORY OF BATTLE FOR YPRES.

UNFLINCHING HEROEJ.

Three Weeks Fight in Shell-Torn Trenches.

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Wonderful Territoriais.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1918.

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without sleep or rest of any kind. Another dangerous duty, was that of 818 The whole British Arty is proud of the magnificent pluck and the despatch-riders, who had con

endurance shown by our men in this battle, and the names of those stantly to carry important onders who did such gallant deeds will live long in the nation's memory through roads over which a curtain Several regiments received the special thanks of the General in Com for shell was maintained. mand of the force engaged; while the individual dots of Lavery were funumerable.

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fat having to give up stich splendidly- On May 3 the occupation of the made trenches to the Bosches." though at times the line in the trenches was so thin that at one part new me was ordered, and the troops At one part of the line, in thic there was only one man of the Rifle ere gidually withdrawn from the vicinity of St. Julien, the Germans Brigade for every twelve yards of trenches, through holes made in the made use of gusto cover un al- trench. Luckily, however, by the barbed wire entanglements protect-yonce, but hal ittle shoteks. As- tims that the Germans began ting the second line of trenches. phyxiating shells were also used advance at this point, reinforcemente Picked sluts from encl battalion constantly, and inay men con- in the shape of two companies of were left to hold the enemy, and so plained of sickness as a result of the 5th King's Own and two com-well did they succeed that, though the fames. The weather throughout panies of the York and Lancaster at one point the opposing lines were the fighting was warm and sunuy Regiment had been rushed up, and only ten yanis apart, the Germans so much so that in some of the

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A patrol captured a spy in a wood thort distance in the rear of the British line. He was handed over

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hell, Jack Johnsona," common One of the most difficult and dan of the pericmances of the Terri- hell, shrapnel, and machine guns, serous tusks during the retirement foria battalions engaged, it is im- taking the British force in reverse, was the evacuation of the mass of possibbs to speale too highly n in entlade, and from every other wounded that were conttered aline uses units but only been i point of the compass. This bom cling the line, and whe naturally the country a bare wook before they bardment was continued for suveral could not be moved by daylight had their first experience of the The B.A.3.C. Territorias; however, trenches, and yet they face the hours, but alfimately the enemy senset, in unter to allow his infantry cheerfully fuced the danger of the enemy's grilling fire like hardened to advance to the attack. Taking dusk had fallen, went boldly out of Every other that I have spoken to

shelf-swept aren, and, as secu s veterans and Vir gave i advantage of the tall, the British LOTTED AND PURLØBED BY 8. Konrat once.sent up reserves. Thus the cover and succeeded in collecting on the subject expresser, the same situation was saved, and the enemy'surly all the case. These opinion, and many are the stories were then taken in Zonnebeke of the unflinching bravery, displayed attuck Triven back, DIOGRAPHIES of over 6,000 people tinguished ticiselynx at this point are they were dressed and opere by those mit

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