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of battle to the coast somg Here for a rest. Our squadron has been in the; thick of the battle ever since the Hun | offensive started, and have been pretty well cut up We have had 12 'casualties since I have been here and now our squadron consists mostly of new fellows trained up and ready for {the game. Now I must give you a littte of my war experience which I have attained' lines. Have had quite a few scraps but haven't got my first Hun yet. Have been shot down once, 'but' was able to get back behind our lines', quite easily. Now just for a little' description of how it all happened. I was over the liné with one other machine, dropping bombs on Hun troops, firing in on transports, lor-' ries, etc. I saw about seven 'Huns up above us but didn't pay any. at-! tention to, them, thought them too! frightened to come down. 'However! 'we went about six miles behind their lines and were having great 'sport shooting the old Hun masses on the' : ne when suddenly I heard the' ullets whizzing by my ears from ehine into a spinning nose dive and ; to the ground. I couldn't' see | the other. machine that was with me 1at , but all that I could see, was [six Hun noses pointing down in my! i After I saw they could: -{not hit me, 1 began stunting around. | They were pretty poor shots or they' {would have got me. However, when back to our line I saw that. my fying wires had been shot, away, mf plane shot - through, "two. ost behind my seat, and a few' other shots here and there on my planes. It was my first scrap of any descript- {10n 50 it was quite interesting, e Hun is very cunning and sneakish. - - They will never attack us above. 1 immediately put my ma-! unless they have about ten machines | reat | I strayed away is care, but somehow I have come back again to His g heart. He 1s hearer to me € We Yoheh how than ever He has been be- fore, and allows me to look on things in 3 fferent manner to what I might re acting independent of His cre. 4 I jist wrote you this way so if any- appens me, as one can never bi you: might not worry over me, | you will know that I have died right any bY. well, 1 must now tell you of what | our little family consists. We have ~one , 8 dogs, one parrot, a piano, during my three weeks flying over Sheis gra nola and two big arm chairs. Asyon no doubt, know we have been ghelled out of our drome 3 times 50 hage had to cart all our luggage ung with us. I'hus our anti-room nent has been cut down to a aot tent. One of our dogs is a big rman Wolfe dog, captured from the Huns about a year ago. He is aboukns fine a dog as I ever saw; looks just like a wolt. Then we have one good hound; and the rest pups and mongrels. Some collection eh ? 1 Our ¢ow, a 'Durham-Holsstein, sup- plies us with milk and cream, So you we do have milk for our por- ridge in the morning. We have the | best of everything to eat all the time, 80 need not worry about our eating as Sate of the poor fellows do in the i I must close now or © you will | & getting tired reading this stle. Will not be flying over e for about three weeks now. ing to try to get in to Paris for loi ng ia Amy + Wishing to be remembered to all, our loving son, Ernie, Pros H. V. Nott : May 9, 1918 Dear Grandma:. Your welcomed letter of March 24, received and glad to get a letter from ' home once again, No, the Germans have not had me 1 yng STANDARD B OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO. Money Orders and Drafts are issued by this Bank payable in sero ers all parts of the world. au PORT PERRY BRANCH H. G. HUTCHESON, | to one, and then we have to go away yet, but had a very narrow escape two over behind their lines to get a scrap. ' nights ago--cannot tell you how. I used to think when I heard fellows They are certainly doing all the "|say that we held supremacy of the damage they can now, but we have air, that they were full of hot-air; but goods behind us. They are trying now I know too well what he may. "for the channel ports, and still fighting have said along those lines to Ye true.'in massed formation and if they keep We sure have got the old Hun trim- it up I should think there soon won't med to a standstill in the air. - Every | bé enough left to fight. The fighting day we see about ten of our machines! grounds are covered with dead, | manoeuyering around over their lines, ' thousand after thousand of them lay and the same time you would never sée.a Hun 'During my three weeks flying over thé lines I have only seen Hun formation above four times.. I have. been doing from five to hours per day. You can se¢ just how much we caré for the old Hun. We just laugh at him. Now 1 must tell about the fun we have with the Hun on the ground. We fly over the lines in twos, at a 500 feet and look for anything we win see to fire at. One morning 1 was over and sighted a line of Hun tran- sports on the move. I 'immediately put my machine into a dive at them, and with both guns firing at them wide open, scattered them in great style. I could see the men run for the fence corners and take cover where ever best they could. Another day I found a battalion of 'Huns on the march. I came down 'on «them alsa and with both guns firing"into them, could see them fall- ing on either side. This is what makes us latigh as they can't hit us, ] 0 about 160 m. p. b. ame 1s surely one of the ever. Sreated, itis foll_of of our pla ave to be well A ore gn game is ove! six' there. 'The little ground they gain from us is not much, one of the German prisoners 'said it would not make a big enough cemetery for the German dead. Can you imagine thousands of men going through a barage of shells from our guns and facing hundreds of machine guns, which mow down at a terrific speed. The weather 1s lovely to-day and the flowers are just beautiful, «I managed to pick a few yesterday. Harry Carnegie is flying a fast Plane and" is stationed in?a drome not far from here. * The Aeroplanes are doing some good work now and the Germans have very little chance in the day but they visit us at night. The planes are flying verydow this morning and are as thick as sparrows. I would like to be home this sum- mer to have a fish in old lake Scugog. How are the crops over there? Brig-General * James. McBrien, formerly of Port Perry, is the officer commanding the 12th Brigade, 4th Division Canadians. I have not seen him as yet but Frank Nott and I are on the look out for him. Frank and I are well. I have had no sickness to speak of since I joined _I the army. 'am getting to speak | French very well now and can hold a I connor with any Frenchman. seen any Port boys for on in oil base the machine guns and b last night, it was + dreadfn tr. te am_ sure none for the Germans. ~ Gerow's sale. about a week ago, Holstein cow. Manager. Flight-Lieut. Hore: Carnegie Home Wounded, but Doing Well On Friday of last week Flight Lieut. Harry Carnegie arrived home on sick leave. As betore reported, he was wounded in the shoulder, but fortunately the wound is not serious, although had the bullet entered the shoulder at a point half an inch distant from where it did enter, Harry might have been pretty badly disabled. There ate a host of friends who are very glad to see Hafry home again, as he is very popular in town, and his excellent work as an air scout, to which Pte. Vernon Nott calls attention in his letter on this Page, has earned the admiration of our townspeople Last Saturday was Lieut Carnegie's birthday, and it was made the occasion of a party given in his honor at the home of his parents, Mrand Mrs James Carnegie. In the Name of Patiotism, What Next? The demands for free space for various matters that have a bearing on the winning of the war far exceeds the space available. Every week we have columns and columns of reading matter provided, saving us from wearing out our brains in an editorial capacity. Now a big farm implement concern is offering us the privilege of helping to- create a 'de- mand for manure spreaders.. © The genius who figured out this scheme should be promoted. What next? The next arrived by this morning's mail. One of the big railway companies invites us to inform our world of the. immense tonnage that railway is handling. This opportunity of bestowing favors on the rich and powerful is likely as near as we shall ever get to being millionaires. It might be remarked in passing that neither of these concerns sub- scribes for aur paper, nor carries. paid advertisement therein. Some News of the Boys Pioneer Pte, Reginald Wright 1s reported to be married in England Pte. Morley Honey is taking a signalling course. - His brother, Ser- geant Lee Honey, reverted 0 the rank of private in order that he might getto France. Mr Earl Williams has joined the Royal Flying Corps in Toronto. Raglan Mr and Mrs F Dring, Mr G Hodgson, Mrs Hodgson, 'and Miss Pearl Brent, motored to Toronto, where they spent the week end. Mrs J E Weatherhogg has returned from a week's visit with her daughter in Toronto. Mr A J Groves is making extensive improvements to his home. Miss Violet Stanton assisted the Presbyterian Church Choir at Columbus on Sunday. Mr John Brent is having the interior of new cement "block 'house finished. When completed, it will be a very modern dwelling. Miss Pearl Thompson and Miss A Owens, of Oshawa, spent the week end at the former's home. The gang of woodmen who are working on the Trust and Loan Farm north of the village are talking of closing down in order that they might help the farmers over the busy season. The lumber they cut goes to France. Dr T E Kaiser, of Oshawa, was through this section last week ips... structing the "'schoolmarms" as to their duties on Registration Day. Miss Beulah Dring is suffering from an attack of pneumonia. Mr John Squelch motored from Buffalo on Friday, and spent the - week end with her parents, Mr and Mrs Wm Squelch. Some of our local tradesmen are to be congratulated upon the efforts they are putting forth for greater production, by dividing their time with the farmers, A Good Cow Last Fall Mr. James Ryan bought a Holstein cow at _at [Mr Wilson That cow is now giving 30 quarts of milk a day. General News Oshawa Council may take steps to bring coal in by way of Whitby Harbor, Bowmanville stores will close each Wednesday afternoon duing July, August and September. . J atest reports are to the effect that there will be plenty of sugar for canning or preserving all the fruit you can save. Uxbridge Journal--*"The startling news reached here on Tuesday afternoon of the sudden death in Toronto of Mrs Jones, wife of Mr Chas E Jones, formerly of Uxbridge." Mrs Jones was a sister of Miss Amy Christian, well known rf Port Perry as a music teacher. i Mr Wm A Greenwood dropped dead of heart failure while attending & the barn raising at Mr Obed Bagshaw"s farm, Brock Township. Stray Holstein Cow Strayed from the premises of Will Holtby, south of M; ches Information leading to the com wil be e gratefully receied. Bell phone 107 r 44, Mr. Greenwood livedin Pi