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THE WESTERN FRONT.

Some True Battle Stories,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917.

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to be a combined trench-mortar emplacement and manition store. Fashions change in the fring It was very deep, and had hardly line, au slsewhere, but there would been damaged at all. A sloping seem to become guiding principles passage led up to the emplace which hold good all the time, ¦ment, and down below there ware ] | The collector's love of souvenirs great piles of mortar shells. We would appear to be as strong as found the whole crew of the ever. (The universal Army use of mortar hiding behind one of these that particular word, "souvenir," | piler,"

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In the London Observer to hand, we note that Mr. H. G. Wells, the by the way, dates back to 1914 and dered at once. They could

popular novelist, has entered the early' 15 days, when every French easily bare blown na all lists against those who maintain child between the coast and the to kingdom come, but Frits don't that it is impossible to be highly Aghting lines wanted kerpiske seem to have mach sand left in educated in the best sense of the of some kind from the British him these day; very different from word without any study of the troope who came to fight for what they were at Ypres in' 15, Latin and Greek classics in their France). Another thing that When the Boche has got the apper original tongues. His attack does never changes among our men is hand be shows you what a cruel, et involve a denial of the high their temperamental dislike of bullying ewine be is; he' 11 stick value of a classical education, but any form of "heroios. This sp his bayonet into little children, it impeaches its exclusive predomi proaches an obsession with our the brote. And directly nande. Dealing with the ples that) men, and is often pussling to be feels himself besten, as precise expression can only be their French comradea in arms. most of 'em do now, he shows you found through a knowledge of the If they wish to convey to you the what a cur he is every time" clasice. Mr. Welle, in fact that a certain soldier is a A Corporal of the Devons was here, a reritable knight, a model sniped an outpost doty when the

"Very many classical scholars af bravery and endurance, and Baches were being driven from write English atrociously. Some one who by all rights should cer-village near Croiselles. "I think.

year ago the head master of e tainly have the .C; they will their snipers are about the best well-known "public school wrote seldom go farther than to say be men they've got left, now, and a paper of weak, ill-arranged, is a "pretty good chap or that even they throw up their bands and occasionally angrammati he is "all right", or that there indirectly you get near them, and will cal senteness to state his cou- **no Kamerad business about only fight at rifle range; never viction that without a him" If they say a man ie "a with a chance of tasting the ledge of Greek and

I saw the Cavalry it was impossible to write good pretty good soldier"

you may bayonet take it their respect for him attacking that village; one of the English: I discussed this in- amounts to devotion.

finest sights I've seen. They discretion at the time. Such The fashions in fighting line came over a riee of ground, and instances very gravely weaken U. S. R. C. v. University." alang vary from month to month, galloped clean through a screen theee Isat posi ions of the defen and from sector to sector. The of whizz bangs. They were great dere of the classical language "Boche" is always the "Boche," It wae fine to see them

Is the Hongkong Tennis bat he is also very often "Friz" through the Boches there. Our their own language nicely, if they University laet evening. at the weep bartben. If these men do not nes Les gue, the USR.O. played the or old, Friz," and for some boys got up in time to take over miss its subtle opportunities and U.SR.C. courte and won by 59 resson or another, a good many the prisoners."

reason in English with a blunted games to 40. Scores: Canadians call him "Heine " A Canadian bomber, who was edge, we are left sceptical by pronouncing in: "Hiny." hit after several days of very their enthusiasm for the au- mond beat Redmond and Bray Cooper-Haut and Capt. Ham- Said a private wounded in the strenons fighting, was specially approachable subtlety of two shay 7-4: beat Ramjho and attack on Telegraph Hill: "interested in a feature of his first languages which, after all, they Gittine 8-3; lost to Trafford and did'ot see so very much of the experiences in the advance. "Just cannot possibly know so well nor Wong Siong Cia 4-7. ·· fighting, but I brought quite a under the creat of Vimy Ridge, use so freely as they do their own. lamp of the battle away with me". Fritz had a lot of machine guDA And from this fact that there beat Redmond and Brayabay 7-4 Kent and Cap, Milner Jonce He reached out for the little bag that he'd never used before. I are which is issued to all wounded He had kept their emplace-sobolare with a sort of discon-best Trafford and Wong Siong Cie these philosophers and beat Rumjaho and Gittine 7-4;

are the remedy best suited to soldiers to carry their knickkaccks ments vary carefully hidden. n-ctedness between their untest-6-5.

restore the blood, bring bright- in, and proudly displayed & They held as up for a little bit, sble bat alleged exquisite Greek large hooped splinter of shell, but it was'nt for long. That was and their very loose and ordinary Redmond and Brayshay 7-4; beat:

Col. Crisp and T.H. King beat in the che, k3 and lips,

ners to the eyes, and pat colour fally three inches long. "They where our rife grenadiers came reasoning in very commonplace Rajsha and Gittion 8-5; beat took that out of my hip. Jolly in. They lobbed bombs all over English, I would go on to certain Tre ford and Wong Siong Cie 7-4.ed costs nothing. It is this. Give The only other treatment ured- good souvenir, that, ia'ut it?"those Emma Gee emplacements other considerations that do not The U. S. B. O's position is as

the patient plenty of fresh air, Be stroked the relic affectionately for a bit, and then a Canadian seem to have dawned upon them. foliowe:-Lost to 0. R. O. on May moderate exercise every day, not before putting it away. "It battalion went right through The fact that they fail to bring 5; match against H. K. O. C. not encagh to cause fatigue, and use seemed to me that our barrage them and over; and that was the the treasure over into English played; beat Vanguard on Jane care in the diet, for the food fairly ate up the ground, like end of the Frizes on the Crest.the last most fatal flaw in their 2; beat C. R. C. on June 9; beat craved for by the ar amic is often a monster vacoum cleaner. "After I was kit and sent back, very flawed case. I esw

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University on June 13. dowa on I fell in with a party that was "Let me assome the role of one lice of Fritzes who were clearing dug-outs, and stayed a Paterfamilies, I want my boy to doing a bank for their rear. bit with them. It was while I be as highly educated, as well It just chewed 'em up, like a was with them I got buried by educated, as possible. Ha is, if rood-cleaner sweeping up rabbish, Coal Box. Shock me up a bit, I can manage it, to be sa illam- You should have seen the Frizes that did; bat no great harminated man. His philosophy and running towards us, hands up, done. That dug-out clearing in-history are to saturate his mind. when the barrage lifted. They terested me, and made me forget and his life-his whole life. There. 8. R. C. were frightened of being caught I was wounded. We'd go to the is nothing that can be written in B. C. "A" by their own ahelle," but when entrance to a dug-out and yell praise of the humanities that .C.C. "A" they found so few of theirs, they down it for all we were worth, will not endorse. Bat my bay is Vanguard. quietered down, and took it telling the Fritzge to come up, if Eaglieb; he is going to think in. K. C. C. easy,"

there were any there. Sometimes English, and be will not do that University "A"... One dark-skinned fellow. I met we'd get a shout back, and one well unless he has exercised in leaving the hospital slip, or two of our own lot would come himself in every possible ass of well-bandaged, looked to me like op; wounded, or mopping up, you our most flexible, beautiful, ex- Club de Recreio a French Canadian or possibly a know. Then we'd shy in a bomb.pressive, and very difficult tongue. Craigengower half-breed trapper. "Are you One queer thing I saw, too, going He cannot afford to keep it only B. C. A French Canadian ?" I asked. back, was four Boohe machine for the meaner ases, because it K. C. C. "B" "No, No; I Enjan." (India), gune in one place, all undamaged, will be necessarily the medium of Kowloon Dock be replied; and went on to sad the four crews of the gune all bis private thinking. Greek C. R. C. "B" explain, with that precies Indian all stone dead, killed by our literature may contain the most Naval Yard socent of his, how he was a shrap. When I got to the dress marvellous intellectual yeast, but Civil Service Punjabi who had been settled in ing station at last, I fcand a it is no real good to him outil it .M.C.A. Western Canada-in Winnipeg, Fritz doctor in charge with his is fermenting and reacting in University “B”. 88 s matter of "fact, which I staff, working away, on our that flow of English thoughts thought must have been a rather wounded like good'une."

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obilly spot for him in winter- Another Canadian, told of a essential aim,

Trouble In Formosa. S and had joined up as a Canadisa double dog-out which must baya I do not want him to go off for Aborigines, in Shiachika, For- in the early days. Lia tribute to been either a battalion or a com-private mental exaltation into a moss, have risen in revolt. ΟΑΣ gune WAZ that they pany headquarters. In the smaller atady, and come out of it again Japanese pauitive forces have were very good, ah, very division were four officers, with not even trailing clouds of glory been sent to the locality from good, and that they made a two orderlies myking coffee for into his everyday life. Bach headquarters in Toen and Gisen. great boike. He was of opinion them; in the larger division learning is no better than opium. Distinguished Visitor to Japan. that the Boche was no good, no opening out of it, 35 N.O.O's and You see that from this point of Sir Balph Williams, K.O.H.G., good at all; and he was a little men. Not one of the whole lot view, what cannot be translated who has seen wat service in unhappy, though naturally a very were wounded, and all, including or annexed into English from British East Africs, receiving the oheery soul, to think that he had the four ficers, surrendered Greek is no real good to him at thanks of the General Officer not been able to kill any, becane without marmar. "Makingal At beat an unngeimilable Commanding, is visiting Japan. he Faw cone until they came coffee mind you!" said the Cans Greek corner of his mind, bow- running past him with hands up dian. "My officer laughed.fever high in tone, osa be little

-"frightened, like cattie". "There's a war on outside, gentle better than a sort of secondary clearly. I want to see the hun-

A private of the Canadians men', ha asid; but those Boche personality in his life.

dred and fifty millions of English-

admitted that his unit yielded to officere they only scowled; not a "Rather would I have him peskera za one great unifying the temptation to go a bit beyond smile or a word from the banch. drink from the classical spring, mind finding itself in expression. their objective, and that they The Adjutant of a Londonas Keats or Shakespeare did: I do not want to see what should escaped any peasity of their Begiment, whose shoulder had through translations, then as Dr. be the beat thing in our uni- rashnese, and were able to round, been bruken, said:"The .men Rashdall has done. So I am up considerable party of were splendid in this show. But seeking very earnestly for Yersity life, the philosophical Beches who were "making they have been from start to finish; philosophical education for him, teaching in the universities, the real Hindenberg advance to could'nt be better. But I think for vision of the world, and teaching that attracts the best the rear in double time. They they are more highly skilled now himself, that is, in English. intelligences of the country, per- were surprised to see us out than they ever were before, Apart French and German he has had petually cat off from the market- there, but made bones from that, the two things that from his governess; they are the place because it in reading Greek, about sorrendering. One of 'em etrack one most were the magnif- two keys to all the Western thinking partly in Greek and said to me. This war no cent gunnery, and the fine Staff tongues, and for the gymnastica partly in English, with s partition good at all. We finished. Why work. I had only been out five of translation and a different sloppily and confusedly, in so between, and writing its thoughts not Blop?

I told him hie whole weeks, when this show began. I idiom of thought there ie machine had got to be amashed was wounded Iast July. And I Bassion:

Angle-Greek jargon.

right up before there'd be any was immensely struck by our "And, dropping the Peter have to get their trade and their "These Greek monopoliste stop, so far se we were con progress in tsotics, Staff work, familias again and reverting to. sarned. '8.!' anys he. And: and co-operation between the the citizen, I want as earnestly to the way of our cons and our prejudices and privileges out of “Ab, well, I go to England now, different armA. neo? he said. And I told wonderful machine now. The speaking race thinking more It is their share in the sacrifices

It really is a see my country and my English,

people and our public services, him he might if he was lucky accuracy and precision of it all is massively than it doon at present, of these creative days.” After that wa

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