THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG ALG fF By O. F. Brothers, 1st British Columbia Regiment. "The Hero's deeds fame shall live; They alone can the funeral fires sur- vive." --Qv. Liv.) and hard-won Hall (80) i -1s Mich has been written in regard to the Second Battle of Ypres, which will ever live in the history of Canada, as it was the first big test which the Canadian forces faced in the Great War. Writing eight years afterwards, one realizes, however, that the story of Ypres has still to be told. But the time is not yet and all one can do is to record faithfully some of the happenings during those event- ful days, I will not attempt in this article to write the detailed story of the battle, but simply to place on re- { cord some incidents that have not been before dealt with. The first impression that comes to mind is the fact that on the Monday befoge the battle, that is |. > Sold in Tins Only (GORMAN, ECKERT & CO. Ltd. 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The counter-attack was made by the 10th Battalion, under Lieut.- Col. R. L. Boyle, a rancher "from Calgary, supported by the 16ti Battalion, commanded by Lieut.- Col. R. G. E. Leckie, mining engi- " is good to | the last drop. | | There is no sediment -- | the last drop is as de- | 8 licious as the first. Get a bottle to-day. All stores here sell HP. | | | i | Victoria Cross, and lost Seeing Major King's desperate straits, he advanced his machine | gun. and covered the withdrawal of {the guns; his crew of four were killed, but he obtained the assistance | of four men of the 14th Battalion, | and held the enemy at bay until the guns were safe. The other units of the division-- | the engineers, signalers and med;- | corps--all did well. his life. neers assisted the infantry on sev- | eral occasions in holding the posi- | | tions. Their wiring parties were In action' throughout, and Lieut.-Col. (now Brigadier-General) Armstrong The engi- | [she introduced the continental qual-| {ities in her books and told stories | {the type of which was not common | {ir English literature. | Perhaps Ouida--or Louise de la | { Ramee, as she was known'in pri- {vate life--inherited this tendency' {naturally: For her family were of | French extraction, although she was born in England in 1839.. Then followed a girlhood in Paris, | | mere she drank in the French at- | | mosphere--and in rather gay circles. | |For her father was a great gambler. | And how well Quido describes this | particular phase of life. | When she was seventeen, Ouida and her mother moved to London. | Her first story appeared in a mil- | itary service magazine. It was | , written when she was but seveu-| | teen, . | Quida continued to write of dash- | , ing, brave, impetuous soldiers. 'rney were her heroes. Today the psyeho- | analysts would accuse poor Quida of {having a "unifor complex" -- and | would search for the explana. | {But she did love soldiers and the | |military. | | During the middle of the fast | !century, when she had become fam- | | ous and rich through the publica- | ition of her tremendously popular | novels, "Strathmore," 'Chandos" | and "Under Two Flags," she enter- | | tained lavishly i Among her guests were the great | literary lights of London. But-- | her receptions were always made colorful by many brilliant uniforms. Strong Healthy Organs, that function Regularly and Freely, Del without Pain or i= la; Dr. Martel's Female Pills Have helped THOUSANDS LAST HALF CENTURY. Sealed tin package only. One Period Treatment $2.00 Druggists, or direct by Co., 71 E. Front mail. bocker Remedy Knicker to. DR. H. A. STEWART Dental Surgeon - fll Wishes to announce il that he has resumed his practice, cor. Wel- lington and Princess Streets. Phone 2092. Dr. H. A. Stewart Corner ROCUCGOOD In Centre of Shopping and Business District oped Priva > AN PLAN Ba A A Miss Boissineau Tells How Cuticura Healed Pimples ve Cuticura Soap, Ointment and the care of skin, TWO YEARS neer, of Vancouver. No more dar- ing feat was performed during the war. All the odds were against suc- cess. First of all, it was made over ground that had not been recon- moitered; against an enemy whose strength and position were un- known; without adequate artillery support, and, last of all, in the dark- ness, over rough ground, through a wood. If the attack had failed, no- body would have been surprised; but, with magygificent bravery, these two battalions swept the Germans before them, capturing the guns, and establishing the line on the outside on April 19th, « German deserter came into our lines, and when exam- ined stated that the enemy were preparing to iaunch a gas attack. There has been rumors of gas for | some weeks before, but the French | Higher Command pooh-poohed the prisoners's story. Even dif the report | had been credited, I doubt if any precautions could have been taken, as at that time nobody had any idea of the effect of gas {n warfame. From the time the Canadians took over | the French line--April 14th to 17th --until the attack on the 22nd, we 'were kept busily employed in strengthening the position and mak- | edge of the wood. The scene in the ing ourselves comfortable, The | wood is almost indescribable. The French had left the trenches in a |attack was made under very heavy terrible state. They were very shal-| machine gun and rifle fire by the {low and wet and provided no secur- | dim light of a misty moon. The ity at all, while there was Mttle or | struggle is ome of the epics of the mo wire in front. In fact, they were; war, and although successful, the simply a series of disconnected | price patd was' heavy. Scores of ditches, while the sanitary arrange- | officers and men of both battalions ments were appalling. fell) while Ldieut.-Col. Boyle was The French Command had always | mortally wounded leading his men insisted upon an absolute lack of | in an advance in the early morning. movement, and fn consequence | The sacrifice was all in vain, as dur- working parties were not encour-| ing the early hours of April 23rd, aged. There were mo trenches be-|the Germans concentrated thefr hind, and no strong points. In short, | heavy guns on the wood, and literal- the position was most vulnerable. [ly swept the Canadians from the There were no dugouts in the line | position they had so dearly won. --the only shelter being planks laid S------ across the shallow ditches into which the French troops crept to sleep. Our first work, therefore, 'was, as stated, to strengthen the position and to make ourselves com- fortable. Our activity - was, of course, soon noticed by the enemy, with ithe result that they directed a heavier fire on the line than the French had ever experienced. Such then was the position when the Genman Command daunched their attack under the eyes of the kaiser. Not a Gun Was Lost. Although the brunt of the attack naturally fell on the infantry, the artillery had a most difficult task, as the position of the opposing forces on the left flank were ever chang- ing, and their officers had to be very caraful in directing the fire. Not a gun was lost, and Canada's gun- ners added to the reputation their comrades in the infantry were es- tablishing in the front of the battle. Many and various were the incidents that took place. In one case a bat- tery of four guns was compelled to turn two of its guns directly about and to fire on the enemy in positions almost diametrically opposite. Ons other instance will show what odds The Canadians. The Canadians formed a part of the 2nd Army, which was command- ed by Sir Horace Smith-Dorien. Al- though he was afterwards reMeved of his command, through personal | there gunners faced. Major W. B. differences with the Commander-in-| M. (now Brigadier-General) King Chief, he did splendid work during | was =~ porting the men of the 14th the battle. He formed a big opinion Battalion on Friday, and when the of the Canadan troops. In fact, he| German rush had for a time suc- gave them the sole credit for saying | deeded, and when the enemy, ad- Ypres. It was my good fortune to| vancing in mass formation, were al- be present when he visited General | most on the top of his gums, he, Currie's headquarters fn Merris, | with superb audacity, sighted his near Bailleul, when we had been|guns at point-blank range, and de- withdrawn from the line. He told | liberately waited for the Germans to General Ourrde that he had come| come on; whem they were within personally to thank him for t¢he| 200 yards, then, and only then, did part the 2nd Brigade had played in| he open fire on his target, a living saving the line. He stated that| mass of grey coats. when the first news of the Freamch Major King was assisted by Capt. break came through, he had thrown | 8. D. Gardiner, of the 7th Battalion, up his hands and had foreseen the| who was killed in 1918 when com- greatest disaster that had ever over-| manding the 38th Battaljon, who taken the British army. In fact, he | organized a carrying party to bring would not have been surprised tf a| up the ammunition. Having stopped general rout had occurred. He had | the rush, Major King succeeded in pictured the troops trying to get| getting his guns away with the as- away across the few. bridges that | sistance of the infantry. 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