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A SOLDIER'S BATTLE.

THE SECOND FIGHT FOR VERES.

April 22-May 13.

By Jahn Buchan."

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Tan heroic story of the Second Battle of Ypres that raged across the 'shell, sarpt wisten of Flanders through thres whole werks is told below in graphic detail by Mr. Joha -neku, whpas articles from the front have already appesosd ia The Times,”

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The grim stenggia sĩ tritish lina and Territorial regimenta aguinat gas attacks and terrifa bombardments; the uniortal stand of the Canadians; the brilliant charges of dismounted cevalrymen, who took the place of infantry, the enuntless deeds et individual valour, make up a story that will live always in our military" bistory side by side with that of the First Battle of Ypres, the #tentest struggle of the sedand phase of the war in the Work The Times."

potting on las respirator. He continuer We may pass over the taxt few days it even when the cloud eanght his kill the earning of Sunday, May 2. The He then got his gun ran the top of the Trad Precis datezentinckei parret and kept of the German at -vegal tians during those five days, buah tack, Iis kunde stand cost him his life, well our topt was heupily welled. Ansonia) our saus was General Elasten.

THE THED GIS ATTACK.

than, the old one, so it could de bold with tower troops, which gave a chaqes vé tout for some of the brigades which aut been most highly tried. The critical reind was now our rentre on the distri int of the mlient, which ran from Haanabesk streams along the outern faca of the Fresenberg ridge. The midga |vovated all the roads from· Ypres by which car. supplies and telaforcements travelled, and if the Germans should i every it our position, would be prejudjad. It is eldgo just an 11 60 is. * hill- by courtesy only, for the present writer who visited the neighbourhood a week: lator Ward bardly detect the gonth swell anong the 1st meadows.

For the next three days there was fitulo trezi ilan heavy shelling. Early | on the horning of the 8th. about 3.30;} there was an astuck on the centre bold by the Eastern Division. It was, heater | aft, brit next day. Sunday, the 9th, it was 'ronewed, and our line was pushed back west from the Frezenberg ridgi till ita east of the woll-named hamlet of Verlorenhoek on the Zounrbeks rad That day the 1st Suffolks ware wiped by shell ie, only seven men maining The 1st Yorshire Light Tues inalty also suffered heavily. The Ston mouths, a Territorial battalion who had i done must gullastly, ware in a prevarious the the last day to witiniras u piverineal, and pissedtion, the 19th fendon, was brought up position, and subther Territorial batta. so Adi. Bu Firigade the catro tenton owl edmpany were to relieve them. They reached the tren love the retirement. This witiniqwal, plo Briner section was moligadi The rate on the right of the north- ja perfect order, in a very short time ern setia was badly shelled on the zink, mud with no lessen, was one of the most at the Lombon Bite Diggle to 176) evasiitable achievements of the

THE SHORTENING - OF THE LINI.

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The ente told the und Feuch, mad on the cellars of Zonnetele village that they were very comfortabé and serud trenches, ladlech and awk-porations had been performed buld remain as lour as they were

This evening the wounded wardly placed, but it is their buns that delight. they never lost a trench! Beed it was evictated, all bus a small number the Estera divisa, holding the Ene very bad cases whom it was impesst- ble to move, and who were left behind. down to the Palygon, Wood. obvious that the Northern Division was a charge of two orduties,. The Byd bonding Cat low long a fine, and themeral rug Medical Corps have never door Butlin, who was in plurge of the operatore brillians work in all their brilliant

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„On the following Wednesday, the 12th, we raade certain changes on our front; thus, farther drawn in. The

E-tern bission went into reserve. It had been fighting etinuoudy since April 2, und history, Under the guidance of "Crionettes had been almost equal to those Ypres, salient had always en arguson, assisted by Major Wago which the 7th Division hand sad wel in the well-known Louden specialist the first battle of Apris. Only num pril, Yow that it had been inuken on Fire worth there was no reason for main-trant disease), the cases were buaight Beerant colonel was left, at most of Tajine, a positive which, as the trap from the cellars and dugouts and silous buttations were commanded by cap shors, was open to langerous namus land witty carried along the dark

tais. Its place was now taken by roads beyond the fire zone. We held what was

The dit upt three sides.

envalry. The line was new held from vietnally an oblong, live miles long by andy of such a withdrawal.hany he re

the left to a point north-east of Velloren- dout there broad, with ngly corners atalized from the fact that at soms places,hock. Then came the cavalry across the firarenstafel and the Polygon Wood. like Gravenstufet and Broodseinde. the Rosiers ailway to the Bellewarde Lake Arvordingly preparations were made for Germans were within ten yards of our whence the South-Eastern Division on a bold retirement, which would make off like. Not less than 780 wounded wetinol the line nearly to Hill It the salient an easy curve, with its removed from our front, and the retires was uns a good liar for we had no furthest paint alerthree miles from ment of the battalions was equally skil-natural advantages, and our treneles were | the town.

fal. Not a single man was lost. The to a large extent recently improvised. Brigade from the extrema nerth-eastern The cavalry took up their ground on the

THE FORTH GAS ATTACK, point of the saliens had a dificult taikvents of Wednesday, May 1. Early

Battles in this way 'do not end with has rom Portada bad-to

on the morning of Thursday, the 1315,

day of biting north winds and french great climax, ebb away in a series, and the Northern Divisien enst and west trenules. Moon of the supplies alaing rains, a terrifs bonbardweat began activity in the Festibort, region and the) of levver engagements. By this time out; unition was removed, and what conk against their front. The bruns wIL i. Their munt. guns mowed down the

borne by the right. In a short pace south had compelled the Germans to vigorous thrust of the French in the invaders, and the Germus position on thut Touches of comedy were act wagting-maro than 600 shells fell on a line of Hection was in no way bettered. Agaiast The Brigade on the right of the Easterlittle on this a mil. The 3rd fir move some of their heavy guns further de Finish they fared little better. By Division had constructed new and ad-on. Fords were buried alive; then that direction. There remained," lb- this time, our ner had respirators aut minste trenches which they were loth North Somerset Fernaars under Lier ever, the deadly weapon of the gus, and PRO : Septeraher next, desirable for yet of the best pattern-and they man-

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Broadwood and Wong Nai Cheng Ronda--- (Removed to Salu Rooms for convenience aged to let the gas blow past with little swept the dugout before going, like a yield their trencies, but actually stargaother instance of its use, the most the fatter commanding a Ene view of the

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loss. Two battalions, however, had to landlord preparing a bous for a Deed and drove back the advancing Ges. desperate of, al. After the 13th the Race Course.» Carved Teak Bedroom Suite, Deableixe was a little. The and Seaforth tetant. The order to retire did not reach Wardrobe, Marble-top Table and Wash never moved. Their medical offer, the last man of a score of picked shot reserve, and the line of their brigade at ad, White Enamelled and Brass Double items Jaries, a vivian doctor win who had been left to the end. He herened intact. Not die Frigule on Bedstond, Indian Rags, Large Carpet (indies" with the regiment in South bed as the 2nd Cheshires and remain the right. There the shelling was too good condition), Japanese Embroidered Afrien bahaved witin conspicuorsed for more than an hour after our retire desperate for man to endure, and it fell Bereons and Pictures, Blackwood Cabinet rate for, though hudly affected by ment, a solitary figure facing the whole back one hundreds of yards, making and Stools, Two Brass lenders, Dogs and thus, -be watifund for two days at army of Wurtemberg. Then he suddenly an ugly dent in our front and leaving Brasses, Chinese Dentla Tolet Set, and just. The 7th Argyil and Suther- realized that, he was very lonely and

of Brass Bowls, Vases, Cloisonne fand Highlanders actually charged fled westward after his comrades.

thach the was under Colonel Carden wis not till the early morning of the and took a Geruma trench. The resul 4th that the Germans know we had gone. was that the Northern Division, assisted For some time before that they had been by the 4th Hussars, succeeded in bolding by shelling our empty tranches. their ground. Many deeds of course

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