Les archives de la ville de Dryden

Dryden Observer, 13 Aug 1920, page 3

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RELIC EL ES PL) els Fre to Save Oe FNAL Ee et oe nataa®e Steed afer conspicuons bravery | -sacrifice on the 11th 1518, northeast of mbral, whe n with attacking, came under: 'heavy en- gun fre from a ncigh- ard with nine volun-, : yew. of an enemy ani turning it on the | y to reach the f ed another ma- | tie crew, 'captured é 3 rand rin f the ¢nemy and {her chy clea yer thea od of the village. Lisut. Algis, having es tablished. pont habk. Jor Teilforce Sronth th," 4 ri oh 4 : a ; thin tar hre. valor ahd i 5 Lard, per Ih Cee 30] FEEDS AND FL OUR. ar Sonal initiative' in Sh face of intense | § : \ + Lard, 3s FEE c 1.05: 98 tbflour ..... : [Ee 7 50 1y In enabled the | Brooms, each sesso ode 758 Shorts per sack... ..2.90 to be held. --Official Record. | Laundry Soap, Polar White ...10{ pg. . i ah ; ! ar pre sacks. ion 0... 2 a was occupied. by the ~ Corn Flakes Kellogs. 12% : ctober §, 1918. The Ger- | < geese 122 Omi and oatichop. LL. 0am ty fallback along the Escaut Coffee, fresh ground, ib 45 60, 75 a ; : inl towards Valenciennes, pursued | y : : 5 BACONS by the British forces. The banks of Peanut Butter, perdb . Me canal were heavily wooded and & Libby' s Pork & Penns. per can .20 Bacon side in piece 1b. . «85 the advange of the Canadians along i a the eastern Hore was stifly * con- Orange Pekoe Tea, per Ib... .653Bacon Back in peice ib wit one 1 O8 Nl i ir IQ Straw berry Jam, 4-1b pail . . -1.25 Salt Pork in piece .% iv... v.34 The second, division Canadians i ct passed on he left of Naves during | Octoler 10. About three miles north- | east of this village an old sugar re- | finery, strongly garrisoned, took § THIS LIST WILL APPEAR EACH WEEK WITH FRESH heavy toll of the passing troops. The | - ey Canadians reached a point several GOODS AND PRICES } miles further on, but at midnight, ; / Soft Drinks . having been relieved on the right by ; | imperial troops, they returned to the 3 position near the sugar refinery. 7 : CC nd : Early on the morning of the 11th i : # : a y orders came through that the 20th Watch the Cash and Carry Surprise Counter. : Battalion was to attack Iwuy at nine 3 : : ; ; prelock. While the Canadians were - VT waiting the hour of attack the Ger- LOOK FOR THE BRIGHT LIGHTS. : }) mans poured a heavy enfilade fire on the lings, and many men were ki led before leaving 'the trenches. | i The enemy had seized all positions 3 ; of advantage around Iwuy. The em- baiakment of a railway running into Treasurer' S 'Sale of 1.50 Ss the town was garrisoned by machine gunners. On the outskirts of the hi T Wit: village a group of houses near the of Machin 0 1 railway provided additional cover for District of Kenora, Municipality , fe a aad oi: Se herons by virtue of a warrant Reued under the signature of the Reeve] houses 53 thS Fight were garrisoned he Seal of the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Machin, bearing] ely. ows on ae ore was Des date the 26th day of June, A.D. 1920, and to me directed, commanding me tof 128, ih ne advancing com a d sell the lands hereinafter described for the amount of taxes and costs Si i Ale rand. of Jeu gie was in command o s set forth in said list, T hereby give notice that unless the taxes "B" company. AU ine east end of the' 'be sooner paid, I shall proceed to sell tne said lands for taxes and} lage we saw the enemy bringing up ul costs at the School House, Eagle River, on Saturday, the ninth day of § more guns to completely enfilade the A.D. 1920, at the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon in accordance Canadian position. He collected nines avisions of the Assessment Act. : Foluntons s and Thoreed the sun Yon CREE \ : hot the crew of one enemy mac ine W Jon Part Tot Acres Arrears Total Patented orf sun with his revolver and turned the or plan or block SA x = : unpatented gun around on the enemy. This ac- Ni ® 11 160 \ 39 87 12 85 Unpt'd mitted his men to cross the N le 780° 331% 35 99 Un S| i y embankment into the eastern 3 : on nay Lp part = He town. Lieut. Algie then S part of pt 6 160 62 12 65 67 Patented rushed another machine gun, killed! E a mp 40 An 53 50 p tented the an and cut off an officer and ; do 012 160. 48:19 51 39 "aftente men, who surrendersd to the Si : 157% 46 31° 49 46 : Patented Canadian, He than turned the guns ; 160 53 40 56 73 Patented{ on the chemy and cleared that part 14: 74 26 78 11 Unp'td | of the village. fish SI a 09 71 Gar? vd § Having este blished his men in the : 1628 71 95 75 02 © Patented Sen Sito on = 8 ae : a > he enemy machi guns, cut 19820 140 : 69 25 72 97 Patented Algie went hack to the battalion for i 16 160 60 11 63 61 Patented Feinforcements, returnin : LA, © i ts, g to the at- | 12 204 45 48 48 61 - Unp'¥'d tack in a short time. Running ahead | 2 160 . 24 96 27 56 Unp'td § op his nen, he advanced towards an- 7 160. 42 17 45 22 Unp't'd | other group of houses on the right + 160 129 29 134 51 = Unp't'd § of the position already taken. The 1-8 50 44 53 69 Ereehold | German gunners in oné of the houses Jie 13 75 89 5.90 79.79 Frecholdf watched the Canadian officer coming : : and waited until he was quite near, . A Ti then turned the whole force of the a TURNER, © J'gun on him, pouring the shot di- |' Prenturer. i i Tonuy across his chest and hear ; ; i) fall, killed instantly. = ; The . Canadian leader gone Roche counter-attacked.. Four nemy tanks bore down on the remnant of which fought heroically an able to hold the pasts al- ready established; until the 27th Bat- ; 'talion, advancing on. the left], ocew~ ¥ pied the village gt relieved the sit- uation. = About thres o'clock!in. the KODAKS . |} afternoon 'the body of Lieut. Algia was found, lying across the village street. in. front of the house from SUPPLIES which the enemy had directed the fire upon him.' The Victoria Cross: CONFECTION A PR EE @) oS 2} = xn [CHCA [NJ] x © 'GRte) es -- ND en <o (3 D2 To a 2 =I 15 Uk OF gq =~7 (=H Swe HR Cy Cuen GTO LO 2% 00 00 oo pp eo 0 YRS forme << O @w fra (SH 2 QO Tr pO DO (STH for his gallantry in protecting the lives of the men serving with him. Wallace Lloyd Algie, only son of James Algie, M.D., Toreuto, was born at: Alton, ont. in '1891... His father is of Canadian Scoltish de- : ; : : scent; his mother wus a native of 3 ; Longe . K Devonshire, England. Before enlist- ; & ? / : REO ment Mr. Algie was in the service of. YIDEN a RT ONT A kl the! Bank of Toronto in Vancouver Vio Fe : / and later in Toronto. When he was able to do so he played in the 48th Highlanders band. arly in the war ¢ took an officer's course and grad- uated as lieutenant, hut' on seeing \ X | : ; i that his services ware not required LIQUID 7 A rs ; in that capacity at the time, he en- AN fr 'listed as a private in April, 1916 \He CAKI hla ¥ i was granted his commission overseas Nh ; : in the 20th Battalion. "As a boy, tales of heroism. 'and «military exploits, especially. stories. of Claverhouse and British heroes of =} the Indian Mutiny and Crimean war, i held great interest for Wallace Lloyd i Algie, and on one of his leaves while ! overseas he visited the. ancestral "home of the Algies in Scotland 'and viewed the monument at the Cross of: Pais sley raised to the memory of. ! James Algie and Thomas Park, of . Covenanter fame and dating back to "Bothwell Brig. Cornell in "Toronto Star Weekly. : : ; i THE BIG An Aero $ tio n. of The no Cl Mercer, of Galt,

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