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THE SECOND FIGHT FOR YFRES

April 33-May 13.

By John Buchan..

(Continued from yeste day.)

The homic story of the Second Hattifosef Ypres that mged across the shell- swept wastes of Flanders through the whole werks is told below in graphic detail by Mr. Johis chan, whose articles from the front have already appeared

The Times."

THE FILLING OF THE GAP.

to reinforce the Canadians. This accounts

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the extra rahan point at tho fraut, the Germans "nzade a resoluta sitempt with artillery and sphyxiating bombs on the line of the Eastern Division at Broodscinde. The Brigade involved, how- ever, managed to hold its ground,” wad, nande many prisoners. The position - on ilus Sunday night was that the British. line was intact on the east'as far north as the Gravenstatel ridge, whṛtes it ran in a generally western direction themagh Forstin. (2

THE AGRIEVEMENT DE PRÉ VINADIANS. Monday, the th, sens a day of cou stant and critical fighting. but we mau agel to get our relief in and take out the battalions, which had bevir holding the pass since tão terrible night of Times- day. On Canadian Brigade had gone buck ni Saturday another followed on Sunday arming Dat on the Monday the latter now-less than 1,000 strong. waş, urdered, back by the line, which was still far too thin, nad, to the credit o their discipline, the men went cheer- fully. They had to „Bike" up Paltion in i daylight, and ens the gone of shell. | fire—no - light - Latsk, for those who had lived through the past shattering days. That night they wign relieved, and on Thursday the which division was with. drown from the Ypres salient, after such werk of fighting as has rarely fallen to the lut of British troops, Surull wonder that a. thrill of pride went through the Empics at the tale, and tha: Canada repoined in the midst of her sorrow. Men of the officers were Canadian born, and never was there finer regimental leading Tree battalion commanders dird-Colonel Birchall of the ith, Colonelį McHarg of the 7th, and Colonel Boyle of the 10th. Many of the Brigade Staff oticers fell. From the 5th Pattalion only 10 officers survived, five from the 7th, seven from the 8th, eight from the 10th. Of the machine-gua mea of) the 13th Battalion were left; in ven 7th Battalion only one. Consider what the men had to face. Attecked and cutflanked by four divisions, stupated with a poison of which they had never

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The grin struggio of British Line and Territorial regiments against gas attacks and torride bombardments; the immortal stand of the Canadians: the Brilliant charges of dismounted cavalrymen, who took the place of infantry; The countless "doeds of individual valour, make up a story that will live always in our military history side by side with that of the First Eattin of Ipres, the greitost struggle of the sreend phase of the war in the West." The Times.

Thus day, the 24th, saw the height of Very early in the small hours of Fri. the Canadians battle. The much-tried tyrning the first British reinforced Brigade, now gassed for the second mats arrived in the gap. They came, could no longer keep its place froth the Eastera, Division, which, as 1 left fell back well to the south-west dreamed, and which they did not under

of H Julien, pops opened up in its wand, with no heavy artillery to support we have seen, was holding the line from trout, and the right Brigade was left in them, they andured till reinforcements rond. That farm should be noted; our eust of Zonnebeke to the south-east much the same position as that of the cute, and they did more than endure, and it played a great part in the later corner of the Polygon Wood. A com left Brigade on Thursday evening. Its after days and nights of tension they Sighting Thema: le ran to jest west of paay from each battalion holding the felt was compelled to swing south to had the vitality to counter-atrack. When the Langemarck road, where it joined front of this part of the line was son conform, but Colonel Lapsett's 8th Bat. called upon they cheerfully returned to

the inferne they had left. If the salient the French The British Lue from left for the strange mixture of units in the talion, which held the pivoting point on subsequent gliting In addition the

Gravenstafelridge-the extreme of Ypres will is for all time the classic to right was buki by various brigades salinat battleground of Britain, that blood divisions, of which the latter had now with the north country and the eastern Easter Division had fire battalions in north eastern point of our

did not move an inch. Although heavily slained Tegnient between the Foelcapelle These fivo battalions; under the ecommand of Colonel Goddes, of the

gasid they stayed in their trenches for, and Zonnebeke roads will remain the for the cant port received back ita bat- talions from the western and central Buits, tok up poulion in the gap, and days until they were relieved. The holy land of Canadian arme,

sections. The Lahore Division was being TEL NORTHKOUKTUREN... noted along with the 10th and 10th

left Brigade, temporarily forced back,

withdrawn, and purt of ancther division Canadians who had conducted the stresently recovered itself and regained

The Monday's fighting fell chiefly to was on its way up. There were, besides, STEAM RAISING, FORDING, STEEL MAKING, SHIPS BUNKERS much of the last ground counter-attack. This force varied from

the divisions who had taken tho Cana odd fragments of, other divisions in the About mid-day the great German at-dian's place. Let us glance at the front. The patchwork nature, of our tack began against the village of St. several engagements shung our front. Line ~in composition,' and fox, convenience

made Staf work Acessively we may refer to it as Geddes's Detach allen and the section of our line im- The Brigade on the left was not seriously difficult. Units and bits of nits were ment. It picked up. as the fightingmediately cast of it. The left Casading troubled, nor was Geddes's Detachment, brought up as they could be found and Test some strange suxiliaries. Brigade was withdrawn acma 700 yards which that opening was broken up and used to strengthen weak places. We Suddenly thoro were added to it two to a new line south of the village and the battalions returned to their divisions, have seen the experience of General Hull officers and 120 aten of the Northum just north of the hamlet of Fortuin. Its gallant commander fall metally on the 25th. Another Brigadier a few borland Fusiliers. They were the Grohe romasats of the 13th and 14th bat wounded us he was leaving the trenches days later found himself suddenly in dier company of that battatica, who talions could not be withdrawn, and re. At 4 in the morning the Germans attemporary command of 12 Tiritish bat had been lens to Hill 50, and bad already alien line, fighting till far on in the Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry

mained a few hundred mon-in the St. tacked the tin companies of the 8th talions, nal three French been eight days in the trenches, Bearded,

(To be continued to-morrow,} weary, and hungry, this company, mar night their hopeless battle with a galas Fortuin and anvelope them, so that ching back to rejoin their division, fell entry which has shed eternal lustre on they were compiled to fall back behind in with Golden's Detachment, and took the stand of Colonel Ligaett'a 8th Eat the evening they retired 100 yards to their Motherland. Scarcely less fine was the Hasnabeck stream, from. which is their place in its firing line. That night the old Fighting Fifth lived up to its talios at, Gravonstafel. Though their still another line. The other battalions left was in the air they never moved, of the same Brigade were ordered to ad- On the morning of Friday, the rd, and at the most critical moment held vance to the Frezenberg ridge to us to the situation was as follows:-The South. the vital point of the British front take the energy in fank. They suffered Had the Gravenstafel position gone, the heavily from shellfire. for the Germans Eastern right Division was in its old position, as was the "Fasteru, savu that enemy would in an hour have pushed were making a curtain behind us the latter was much depleted by the behind the 28th Division and the whole vent our resciving reinforcements. Gen- supports which it had dispatched west eastern section. It is told how one macral liddell's Brigade was ordered" at ward, and was strung out in its trenches chine gun officer of the 7th. Lieutenant 10.15 am to move to Fortuin. With Bellew, with a defunt loaf stuck on his the Lalioru Division it made an attacks like a string of beads, one man to every bayonet point above the parapet, fought upon St. Julien. It was part of s 12 yards. The Canadian right Erigade his machine gun till it was smashed to general counterattack by the Allies. was intact, but the left Brigade was hent back so as to cover St. Julien, piests and then continued the struggle which further west lad to the French whence the supporting Cunadian batta with relays of rifes, Far on the weak retaking latera and the frenches around lions, and Geddes's Detachment carried the French counter-attacked from the Het Saat, and which did much to check the line to the canal at Boesinghe. North canal and made some propress, but the the enemy offensive and reliere the of this the French held in the main the Germans were sill strong on the west, desporto pressure on our line. But the sust bank, but the Germans had crossed bank and took Steenstraate, though the attack on St. Julien prospered ill. The at various points and had taken Lizerne Belgian artillery succeeded in destroying Drizada bad bad so time to reconnaitre and Fles Sast, and were threatening the bridge behind them Meantime Bri the ground in detail, it was held up Steenimate. The British Cavalry were ich battaliona were being rushed up as by wire, and it received the worst of fast as they could be collected. A Brithe shellfire. Its th Battalion managed being hurried up to support the French. west of the canal. That day there was ade took up position west of Goddess to get 250 yards in advance of our front a severe, artillery bombardment all along Detachment between the canal and the trenches, but could not hold the posi the front of the Eastern Division, the kem road, and they were supported tion General Riddell fell at 0.30, and Canadinas, and Goldes's Detachment, a Brigade of a North-country Terri the Brigade lost heavily in officers and especially from the heavy guns on the torial division, which had arrived from men, Daylight attacks of this kind wers Passchendaele ridge. But the Bghting other brigade were coming up to suppors well provided with guns, and the Lahore. England only three days before. An impossible in the feen of an enemy to wh heaviest galant the Canadian" left. Lrigade, which by bow was in desperate the left Canadian Brigade south of St. Division fared no better. Most of ite straits. Its losses had boom bugo and the Julien, support the critical point at battalions never got up through the fra Aurvivors were still wish in the fees Gravonstafel the Sth Battalion of the curtain to our branches. The "duth of the gas. No food could reach it for Durham Laght Infantry and the Ish Pathan, the femotis" Forty Thieves 21 hours, and then only bread and cheese. Hampshires took their place between the of Indian military history, were among Holding salient it suffered tre from price. The Candians were gradually and nearly all their British officers were 8th Canadians and the left of the Eastern the chief sufferers. Their Colonel fell three sides and by the evening. was driven to a new line through St. Juden. being withdrawn: the left Brigade had killed or wounded. These died Captain One company of the Buff seat up by already gone, and the Lahore Division, J. F. Dalmahdy, a soldier of exceptional Geddes to support it was altogether des- various battalions of another Die gallantry and akili, who still led on his troyed. There were gops in all its sin stern about to take over the whole in after he had been six times hit. western front, and the German S

of this part of the line.

Farther ear at Gravenstafel there was $8.50 per annum deliured in Hongkong cocded, in wasking round the lufta to retake 36. Julien. Early on the part of the line, kept, ita front intact, but longkang will possession in October No. 8, STEWART TERRAGE, Pest.

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