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FIGHTING "MACS" OF BRUCE I"' r~tQIa>,""nN, Filil��;laa;r,
Rud others Of till breed iN11t3 tilliltl t@
Penetrated Farther into Qierman TerritoryThan Any
Other #"art of Brigade.—Naine of McKinnon
Will live in History. -
Corp. Wm. E. Elliott, of the 1st.
Battalion, formerly of The London
Free Vre.c.n, writes as follows:
Not Aide of all that company
But borea. gentle name,
Not one whose fathers had not stood
In Scotland's fields of tame,
Francs, September, 1918
During the last big 'mph' on the
Canadian front, big 'Mac' McKnzzou,
of Hincardine, was doing traffic eon.-
trol duty on a busy crossroad close up
oto the fighting line, when a German
;aeroplane. dropped a bomb right in a
motor lorry loaded with six- inch
shells and made ap mess'of the right
of-wn-,- Ali forst-reads were -crowded'
With Zlt, :11,-'41,m1 hnrsa,l transports;
and some, of the trucks carried am.-
Munition
m.Munition for the next morning's bar-
rage, which was to help the battallane
`over the top,,' Nota vehicle could
pass the smashed truck, and, "indeed.
the drivers did not care to tusk their
convoys without an order , for every
little while a mix -inch shell was ex-
ploded in the blazing, lorry, while on
on the top of it all the Frits piano
was zr,aclziue-gunning the arca lit up
by the flare:
1 It looked like a costly all-night tle-'
zip, but McKinnon sailed ,into the
tannic -and started to roll the smells
Off the road BY I1AND, At irregular
intervals they would explode, but
none of them. happened, to kill hints,
so he kept. on: took a channel on the
machine gutn bullets as well, and: in
less than two hours•.baad the thorough:
fare' I.
shear: An Imperial artillery
ceir.w io xsitnessot¢ the action vat., ::'e
etru+rk wall the I''P.ant+dint,rs tpitiativn.
and disregard ofthe danger that ,.he'
reported the occurrence to Afac's eonn-
luianding °Meer,'wlzo promptly recom-
mended him urea decoration. .
I That's only one indication in the
story of the Maciinnons and McDon-
'the 1st Battalion trona Brine County
tOne of the heart -breaking features of
ithe great war, as it concerns Canada,
!has been the necessary disbanding in
jEiagland of the fine overseas units,
such as the 160th, Bruce and 161st
"futons. Even thefine individual
record of those znon in the battattons
to which they were draped in P'z'anco
r a.kes one wish they coa.ld have boeu
permitted to see service a. -der their
town colors. 14 raising the -100th
iBattalion from a County as lightly
'populated as. Brace, Lieut. Col, Weir,
and his officers accomplished what
nnaxiy people considered an impossibil-
ity and yet the quality of the rank
and Elle was So well malntained that
the drafts in France have added to
tthe reputation of their original: unit
no leasthan the battalion f .their
afiihIatieta.
rife rota ,u: , _..
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X nna Br ► • a •
•]harsh £ith last anevert. hundrcad
men from the; Bruce Battalion reached
the 1stand were divided evenlya-
mong the companies. - Their three.
I acting sergeants* Aichenbacltx Ruhl
and. Matheson; and fire acting corpor-
all, Field, b,. J. MacDonald, 3. Kitch-
P
ells %i/. A4 *tkosiili dull ft, Row
awl Were taken tail privlltraia ''here
wail no airat4e omeer in the b.ttallOn.
The hundred were now orphans.
Starting at scratch or even a wee bit
handieaped, the newcomers plodded
On from obscurity to recognition. 1te-
portng without a single roam absent
o nthe march, and no in detention.
they have kept up that record: of good
eharacted, and 1 do not recall an in-
stance of a `051-0 or '062- znau
figuring In an orderly room case. Few
have gone out sick, and only one hal
been sent to rest camp..
D. J. McDonald (Ripley) and U.
Zettel (Walkerton) were promoted
tolance-corporals in the field in June.
During thispresent month, D. .. Mc
Callum, A, I+'ieid, W. V, Didridge, R.
`Hepeustall, N. B. Kaufman, W E:
Fraser, G. A Lister and 3..W•Hudson
have beenmade
and
John Kitchen a 'full corporal A, J.
Weiner is employed .in the tiattslion
orderly room.
.Since the originaldraft a. number
of others. from <the- Bruce Battalion,
have reached the 1st,; G. H. Hudson
A. S.' Qillean and H. Whtman arrived
on libel 12th. r Williams. and H A,
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,Because Canada has put het•. -
hand
to the plow and will not turn back: --
--our country is if ‘ the war ,on the
side of liberty and justice and will Stay
in it till. complete .victory is won and
the -unspeakable Hun is smashed and
beaten to -the ground;
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—a nation at war must, make tre-
mendous expenditures in cash to keel
up her armies and supply them with
munitions, food and clothing;
.:-Canada must finance many mil-
lions of dollars of export trade in food,
munitions and :supplies which $ritain
andour allies must -have on credit;
-for these purposes ' Canada • must
borrow Hundreds . of : ;millions of
dollars
'And, this moneymust be borrowed.
'from the people of Canada:
Therefore, Canada will presently
.come to her people for a new Victory
Loan to carry on.
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Canadians will. loan the money by
again buying Victory -Bonds.
The national safety, the national
honor n and the national well-being
require that each and every, Canadian
shall do • his duty • by lending to the
nation every cent he can spare for this
purpose
.
Be ready when the call comes to see your
Country through in its dieat war.work
, issued by Canada's Victory Loan Corrnznittee
in co-operation► with the Minister of Finance
• of the Dominion of Canada
Wil it s Wil is xar wt ad others
The first caettaltY Occurred On March
22nd, the same month as the draft
arrived. 1?te.11. W. Farquharson, of
Teeswater and 1'te. J. Royle of South
aminton, were wounded during a tour,
of the line, and Farquharson died
next day at a casualty clearing station
i e was buried by our padre In a Bri-
tish military eemetery .behind the
lines.
Pte. V. Porter, who arrived on
April 7t11 went out wounded on the
l 5th; 1'. Black and G. B. Craig, on
the, 2Oth, and W. T Buckley on the
17th. A. 'Carter,. W .H. Caldwell,
11 Sproule, 0. Swatman, 3. S. Scutt,
J. D., Baker and A. 0 0mnpbell were
also *minded during the trench fight-
ing of April, and J. Agnew was killed
In action.
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t f ffi -t r . ,,' d, lair •e ,�
-1:e lsa to i�3 ra r�..i11 -t . ty`5zz �.
ed mea for a guard of honour for H:
R.. K. the Duke of CannQught tit Corps'
sports on Dominion pay. Nine of these
were chosen from. the Bruce draft, as
being of good aappearaneia and sold-
ierly
oldierly hearing.. •
Could Play Ball.
During the summer someone- dis-
covered that A, D. Matheson could
play baseball, and he was made a
irember-oft'tlietta1 on ream, Which.
won 12 straight gatlnes from all sorts
of units in the division.
Then came the big August `push.'
on the allied front, with the Canadian
Corps, as one Engiish paper said, the
`spearhead' of. Marshall Foci's, thrust
The `spearhead` went in deet and
Came ,out bloody Mite Bruce men went
through the fighting with the Batt-
alion•and suffered their share of loss-
es. .
R. McIver and J'. Willie were the
earliest to go: out wounded in this
campaign.. Next day P A. •Robinson,
J. A' Richenback, • W: A, McDougal,
A. V Nckel, ,G.` V. Marshall and J.
Snclairwere evacuated.. • During later
operations the 16Oth Contingent:
had four kiliea and seventeen wound=
ed, A. W. Groves,' Lance -Corp. Zettel,
J. Wood , (Chesley) and W. 'White,
.(Paisley) gave their lives duringthis
• attack, in which the Canadians gain-
ed immensely important ,positions ,
captured a• great number of German
macthine guns an much • equipment
and took many prisoners, White was
In the section that penetrated farther
Into . German territory than., any other
part of ..thebrigade line. '
The wounded were: D. J. McDonald
S. P. "linden,,, (only recently Joined),
McArthdr, W>i. George; R J.' Gray
w Henson, E R rackson, D D Jones
D. Gillies, T C.• Bugler. W. H. Mo
Curdy, J D.: Becker, .N Tr: Walker, P.
Wood and 1. R Woolrich.Pte. George
was at first reported missing;.; but
turned up in a hospital at the base.
In another fierce action -a few days
later, in which the Bun .was •again
forced to shift his'front line, W.
Blunts, F H. Eyre, R. A. Renshaw and
G. A. Twanley went out wounded. • A.
C. Campbell'was killed.
Honourable l's. • . : •-
Some of the boys' will. have more
than 'honourable scors' to' remind
thein of . rhebig: 'show'. ,AS'the folks
at home will have heard 13Y -this time,
the, Mil;tary Medal was awarded, af-
tor the earlier August fighting, to •M.
M McDonald (Paisley), J. Campbell
(Chesley) Lance -Corp D. J: McDonald
(Rpiey), and ,Lance -Corp. G R, Mc-
Donald (Wiarton). Not so bad for
the Macs and Campbells! But -that' is
not all S.nncc the last battle, 'before
this, was written, `more Bruce • men
have. been .recommended _by Lieut -Col
Sperling, D. 0...0. for suitable awards
Their. names are not yet public pro-•
perty, but I:am permittedte give an
idea of how they conducted themsel-
ves in such a Way 'aa to be'reported
on their company bommanders..
One crawled out and dressed wound
;ed hien Under heavy, fire and brought
them into places of safety.
A Lewis gunner, when. the: re-
iiia:mder"of'hishec`tien`beelinee casual=``
ties carried .the 'gun forward,.:single-
handed, took up a position where he
could enfilade the .enemy and himself'
forced therm "to retire. •
Another Lewis gunner took his
gun forward and did great execution
among -the `enemy. _ _ __..._•
Still another went out in No•,Man''s
Land with a patrol and got is touch'
with the enemy; 'bringing back :val-
uable
val-uable information,
Ali these deeds in one day! •
Just the kind of menthat would be
chosen for 'battle stop' or traffic con-
irol duty. . , And that's how F Mac-
Dougall aiid 'Mac' llfacl{finnan'. carne
to he 'attached to the divisional staff.
And that brings us around to big 'Mac
where we started,
Keep your' eyes on the oxen from
Bruce. ''they won't remain privates
or even corporals, and the sprinkling
of medal ribbons Will grow, even be.
fore this is read. The good Scotch-
Canadian blood spilt on French soil
has already been ,avenged, but the
I1'un will have to pay •the account, over
and ever again. • .L'
In the meantime. I am'speculating
on the havoc these wounded will be
creating among the nursei lin the hos-
pitals. down,the line and In Blighty.
Good-looking, harskylatts, thoso from
Bruce,, • •
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W say thatWe
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day. Stove rnanufact-
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get and that iron and
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rice by leaps a_d.
bounds. Stoves • have
taken another advance
of about ' JO per cent. during
, the last two weeks. We
strongly advise you to mate
your purchase before the price.
goes still h goer. •Theses cuts
are same of the many designs
of, which we catty. We will
be pleased to show you our
fall tine, •
McClery and Perfection Qll heaters
—British Americap GAELOil end
Gasoline- Rogers' Por land Cement
=Ume and Plaster— Window Sash
Primed and Glazed..
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New Range..
We have a full line of
flanges on our 'floor at
present. This high
()ventinge. has been
the leader f QLD r »ac'ome
time. Let us show you.
why,
replace these 4toves ut
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See :our ':"Congoieu f Rugs:. A- few -good—WA
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Men's • Raincoats, latest . style, `good :ivaity,
at $10.00. ' la dies' Raincoats just
received, special at: $14.50.
Men's' Sweater Coats; beat knit, .$4 to' $9.
Ii or !ladies' Fine' Dresses see olr. PoP1ins ancFSilks.
Our old special in black at P2.50 per •yd.
The . Millinery: Department is receiving special at
tendon to keep it stocked with the :/fewest
• in: Hats and Trimmings,
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