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LETTERS FROM FRANCE.
WITH THE GUNS ON THE SOMME bed on each side for Dan and me and
• fireplace around which we enjoy the
contents of parcels received. We have
Gunner John M. Roberts Describes Some rigged up a swell table and on this
of the Daily Work. I we write our letter* by the light of •
Fullowiug are extracts from two candle or when thew are unavailable
by the light of our fireplace.
letters renewed by Mrs. J. M. Roberts, Life is bad here only when there is a
great deal of extra work to be done
and had weather cower. Otherwise it
is not so terrible. Of cooter, it 1s
might] uncomfortable when Fritz
drops his shells too close W us. How-
ever, our guns often Crake him scam-
per. for our sterile rause more destruc
tion than his. You have no idea what
it is like to see a shell buret, especially
one as t'g as our guns send over.
Splinters from thew will a° through
anythiug they bit.
1 wise 1 could tell you more about
of tuwn. front her son, Gunner John
M. Roberta, who is with the army in
Fr once :
Oct. 24. 1916.
Your romaletters have sip emed a
desire to know just how we live, so 1
will try to explain that you may
understand a little nacre clearly how
one exists over here. Our battery cou-
•iels of-gansand nu each gun there
are -men The men for each gun are
divided into two reliefs, with a ser-
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to -resorts in 1�"lorida, North
•ut.h Carolina, t .uisiana,
Georg' and other SOlithern
Return limit May 31st, 1917
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1,.11 infoisnetion late to,
*canto. Ont.
le F. LAWRENCE & 14 NS
'lawn Ageuts rine 8
geant in charge of each relief. To- my wbereaboute. 1 am somewhere
night our relief goes on duty at 8 near where the biggest fighting takes
o' cloc-t-iiodTenutIns until 8 tomorrow piece and it )tau follow the British
morning. We ate then off the Rune official reports daily you will know.
until tin the afternoon, when we go Just watch the names of towns they
un again -both a tomorrow night. have captured lately and woods where
Then tbe other crew will go on. so there is so much going on and you
you see we are on duty every other will know. I have eta much to tell
night. Sometimes we do not have to you but dare nor. µeve the Hittites -
fire all the night. It just depends. If..tione in the newrpeI ei. sed 1 will be
not, a sentry is chosen in turn fro* any of them,
the relief. He goes on at 8 until 2 ;
then another goes on from 2 l0 A in the
nee niug. He etays all night at hie
gun and if we get orders to Are be
calls the risen. It is a dreary job, for
it is cold at night and just over the
hills the rockets are Ruing into the
air as the front line boys fire their
rocket pistols. You see the front line
is always kept bright in case of assud-
den attack. 1t is difficult to tell
whether 'it is the enemy's or our Own
rockets. as hoth sides send them up.
'1'ben the field guns fire steadily all the
time and over your head you can hear
the big shells passing as tbey speed on
their way from our rear over to the
entaoy'a lines. The round is rather
writ d, but a weirder sound is that of
'the German shelle passing over your
head Then occasionally you hear a
machine gun rattle out (-Fear in the
night as someone suddenly exposes
himself to the view of the enemy. A
machine gun sounds exactly like a
rivetting machine, which you have
perhaps _heard. The incest weird
sound is when a ebrll suddenly -land&
very close to you. Then it comes No
quickly one can eenteely hear it. It is
just a sharp whistling sound and sud-
denly a deafening roar. The other
day • shell landed jn our midst,
wounding three men. The shell
attusk- -tine of__our wagons end you
should have seen the confusion made.
Evidently Fritz did out see. for 00
nwre shells followed. When be does
see, look out. Recently he discovered
a battery near us and we realized
what he ran do. He just dropped to
salvos (four ata timet, over and over
again, end everything flew to bit..
Luckily only a few were killed or
wounded, for the toys ' ediately
cleared out. It is nota pleasant sight,
1 ran ae.ure you.
The other gray our airmen dropped
suddenly out of the Stel right abate
upon six German sir ships which bad
n.r°et. over Lo observe us. They were
ah..uL equal in niuuber and fought it
out rignt over our heeds. Two
Frilzer. never returned home but sad.
deftly carte down, as our lade had the
better of there. It w,es simply great
to wee them chasing rich other, each
manoeuvring to get clove his oppon-
ent, when you would bear hie machine
gun rattle away. It was the nicest
fight 1 bave Bern, and so close. As the.
German ut*chinre were lalling your
could hear our 'boys in theatrenches
cheering. Fritis machines are easy
to distinguish. for tliev are nearly all
white and it clove you can see the
Iron cross painted ou their' wings
'While oiur`maatftner/save tem- red'
white and blue painted in three rings'
We alwnye have plenty of extra
vein% to do, for there are the shells to
be uojoa]ed, tied they are no• ionise
ones either. It take,' one men all lob.
time to roll one slung the track.
Now, fir mealy. For breakfast we
get bread, bacon, tea and sometimes
butter. For• dinner we get tea, stew
and occasionally baefeteak. For sup -
p -r, epee..., bread, putter, jam and
teL If any ehirtege occurs tiny time
we ere given bully beef and biscuits.
So you Nee how h your parcel. aro
appreciated.
Our dugout is just big enough for a
able to tell you about
for they ale phollefrap
The tanks you :rad at
into action- on our front
them the night before the
as they went forward in the
ready for their big surprise j
hours later. (Inc of the fello
saw it told me of an amusing incid-
ent. When the (ierwane saw 1t ap-
proaching they stucft their heade'over
the parapet in amazement and 'm-
wedistely prepared to captpre
They ran out and •ur,nunded it. b
suet as they reached it, it showed i
teeth and mowed them down like
ninepins. The tanks are surely won-
derful, but you don't fool a German
on the same game twice, and "next
tune they were wise enough to let
ed right here.
and I saw
ig Meat..
darkness
et a few
who
t.
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KT NIGHT
'Keep it4)
UN, r/tmes !
AND have your house
g. d in the modern
way—with e ctricity. We
know how t do it, and
will cheerfully fu ish plans
and estimates for wiring,
Robt. Tait
Went Street, next Poetoffire Phonen 82 and 193
their artillery shell them.
Don't you belieye all the "truck" you
reed in Canedian papers ? If Genie of
those reporters orient a week over
here, they wouldn't think Fritz was
short of ammunition. Of eeterse
Gertuany will tee tdi'quit
some day. ituk the, Qpriciania are no
cowards and they- have sway ftai4
men yet.
It ip wonderful to see what stuljghty
power the British artily 12. If you
could ouly see all I have seen you
would realize what great thitigs Eng-
land is preompl shine.
Nov. 21st.
There are -- (censored) guns in
our battery nod — reliefs fin each
gun. Theie ate — men ou each re-
lief and these are on duty as 1 have
previously told you. Tne shells are
-- in diameter and -- pounds each.
The estimated coat of each shell is
IPA) and wr have a seven -mile range
The guns each ere very heavy, and re-
quire bard Weir when moving theni
into new positions.
This week I bad a new experience.
1 was_to our observation poet for a
day. Each twittery hes such a posi-
tion, which is located somewhere in
front of their guns, and wied for ob-
servation purpose-. The officers of
retch hattery take turns in going there.
Our 0. P. las we term it) is located
near the front lines and skilfully hid-
den in the earth. From here I could
easily see with the naked eye over No
Meet's Land and well beyond into the
coentry accdpied by the Hun. We
could plainly see buildings in his poe-
megaton and the casual obierver would
find it hard to realizethat within his
range of •ision rested perimpb the
land on which the destiny of (ier-
mon, would be fought. I am as glad
now that I bave been et the 0. P. se I
was at the time to yfet out of the
place.-Weceesailircare-must be tett-
ailed in coming to and from or. -}.4, for
one is well under Fritz's observation
and here "eternal vigilance is the priee
of life.' It is a particularly hot spot
at all times out there and shrapnel
above as well asi on all sides makes
one keep his wite about hitn. From
this hidden and advauced spot our
officer ranges on brateties. hostile
movements or trenches he may have
dincovered. A complete 'phone ser-
vice ie at hand and connected with his
battery. Ile figures his angles and
then wit es his battery and he beerver
our filing till we get our target and
then the correct range is recorded.
Then the battery looks for new Prey.
perhaps • roadway. Then when- the
opportune moment conies our guns all
let loose and if you could only see one
of our ehelle burst you could understand
Fritz "beating it" when our 9.2 speake.
They blow a trench to atom!. It is
wonderful l If we have merlon t.o be-
lieve' the traffic ie heavy in a certain
roadway in the German rear over go
our shells plumb on their road, for we
heve their range. Of COMAE. you know
Fritz utilizee his Airmen And obseivers
end we get a little h- ernmetimes. A
dugout right beside mine was blown
to atoms recently, but fortunately no
one was inside.
After working hard ell day yester-
day sendbagging the Major's office a11
our efforte were in vain. We had
pist completed the job and gone 'to
tea when zip -bang ! CAM.. a Fritzer
and blew the place to atom*. Luckily
only two suffered minor injuries.
Fortunately Fritz did not obseree his
slink for no snore followed.
Now 1 wig put "fitils" th4o by
imparting Rome good news'. As layen
in our twittery have of Ihte been scarce
our Number One reported the neces-
sity to our Major, who immediately
ordensd that. Don and 1 should he in-
structed in the art. This position Is
timidly held hy one who ie a qualified
layer and it make" sas both feel quite
elated that we should be chosen for
the job, and you nifty depend we will
put forth our beet efforts Melo justice
to the work.
FIGHTING tal THE SOMME.
A Variety of DM:IF—Experiences Ending in
the Hospital.
. The following letter was written he
Mr. Fred Ituesell. «Meet eon of Rev. A.
L. Rewiell, formerly of London, ()Rt.,
Deer Hrother,-I mem to have got
so far behind in aty correspondenee
that 1 will never catch up. My Mall
ham been vet y irregular. and on ftlo
ermine. Ath I received five of your
Utters that *aye !men tollowine me
around the country. 1 will try and
GODERICH ONTARIO
L. �, - �: .
MAGIC READ TME
No BAKIN&LABE`
rM ,POWDER
detail my movements lately, and so
maybe explain for not writing wore
frequently, although I will frankly
confess that letter writing is one of the
hardest tbiogs 1 hive to do. In the
fleet place I to writing this in bed in a
beautiful hospital in Eugland, to which
place 1 have tinnily eucoeeded in get-
ting after severe) futile attempts 0n
"Fritis" part to send Inc there or
somewhere else not quite so well
know°. As you know, I was wounded
on August 7th, and spent twenty-five
days in hospital and convalescent ;
then on September 13th I rejoined my
regiment, and on the 15th we "went
over the top." I thought 1 would try
to describe this, but reallyI have only
a hazy recollection of what really
happened ; some very trivial things
seem to stand out clear. We all had
a hearty laugh when one of the fellows
fell i0to a stw11 bole full cI water, and
when be crawled out I thought about
Uncle Len's curly dog coming out of
tbe water -something I had cwt
thought of for years. Then a bullet
went through my water bottle, and as
same was quite strongly impregnated
with rum (to kill the microbes) 1 wee
very sore. 1 had a sudden desire to
smoke. which was no strong I &impply
had to stop and light a cigarette. The
distance across "No Man's Lod"
seemed about 200 miles, although it
was only about 261► or 200 yards. which
is • great deal too far under heavy fire.
The machine-gun fire was cruel, and
about tLte only way 1 can describe it is
a lot of bees buzzing around, and that
• very poor description. We lost
vily going across, but got into
ins s home at last, and then it is
an. ther confused recollection of jab-
bing shooting and bombing, end then
all of fa sudden everything got as still
as death, and a lot of "Fritz" huddled
up, their hands in the .Jr, with an aw-
ia their face. We 'sent back
Hooper" and took care of
-wounded. The balance of
there were '*heady negotiating with
ful fear
about 200
some haat
St. Peter at the pearly gate. Then we
had to work like fury transferring
1aodbags, etc., so as to make what was
the back of their trench the front of
ours. Then they started bombarding
us, and (bat is the worst pact of this
war, being under heavy shellfire,
and all you can do is to hug the
ground as close as possible, expecting
every minute to be biowo to frog -
emote. We lost quite a few more dur-
ing the shelling, stood off two counter
at Lecke. and then that night received
reinforcemeute and were that such
nearer Beupeuure.
I tell you if you could only realize
the difficulties attached to getting into
that lAbIlle little burg you would won-
der how we go ahead at al/. We will
get there, but it is& long, hard pull,
and I would not make any bete se to
time. Things went along then in tbe
usual way ; we went back into reserve,
which means et night we would go up
as woi king parties, cearying rations.
fixing up trenchee. burying dead, etc.
Theo, on Septeinbei tend, we were
ordered up to relieve the front line
for forty-eight hours. About halfway
between the support trenches and tbe
iront line we got caught in a heavy
barrage while in a narrow communi-
cation trench. One of the big *hells
came along endhuried two of us and
put. feur others out of commission. I
thought I had experienced every sen-
sation possible, but I think, without
exception, being burled cape the cli•
max. The fellows behind soon had us
out ; my beck was quite lame, and a
email pieta of shrapnel cut the side of
my head and skinned my ear. I was
only out seven daye with that, and on
teepteniber 31st rejoined the battalion.
On October ard we went over again,
got another piece of trench and about
fifty- flame prisoners ; then on the fith
was taken sick with "trench fever" -
had quite a WO fever And severe
pains in the legs, principally along
shin tames and in feet, so started
another hospital tour, wbich has fin-
ally land we in England. I have no
pains or f er now, but am as weak as
a cat, an will probably be quite a
while befo I am again. Have
not 9een Geo yet, trut have advised
hint I ani her and am hoping to see
him lahortly; he weather has etiee
been simply' ul here since about
September 20th- Mo. rain and more
rain and mud. It simply impossible
to describe the mu • hut in order to
AFTER ANY SICKNESS
your nervous system is shattered; your strength is wastet4
your digestion weakened; your blood impoverished.
9S ENUISION
is the rich tonic -food to nourish your nerve -centers, repair
the wasted tissue, improve your blood -power,
sharpen your appetite and gradually re-establish
your strength.
Gee SCOTT'S for yourself, or remind some ailing
friend that SCO"TT'S. has proven these f
thoOsiods of others. Look for this Tza
neon & Mwos► Tomato. Owl.
lealt
get a realistic idea of treoch life in
rainy weather pick out the tnuddiest
place in your back yard after it bag
rained a week, dig e. hole two feet
wide and about four or five feet deep,
fill it half full of water. put a frying
pan upside down on your head, • sack
of stones on your hack. bit to your!
treucla, have father ("brother." I think
would enjoy it most) come along with
• watering can every half-hour and
thoroughly sptiokle you ; in between j
times lee could pelt you with some I
good, large rocks ; then about dark
have thent turn • few rate loose in and
around your bole ; about midnight
have someone bring you • tio-tiple of
biscuits and a tin ol bully beef. In
order to melte it thoroughly reelistic
drop the biscuits, and beef in the mud
before eating. I have been very
lucky in being sick and escaping so
much of the muddy weather. In fact,
I think I' have been very lucky all
through. and have often thought that
the prayers of the dear ones at home
helped a lot, and Ain glad to soy I
have sent up a petition or two myself
sometimes when things were pretty
This is the first time I have been
sick since enlisting. My health here-
tofore has been remarkably good in
get a touch of theumatiem or mine -
thing to get ine out for a while. I.
have finally succeeded in writing a
long letter.
FRU D.
When the wotid owes • man a liv-
ing it itivariably settles the debt on
the instalment
HOW THIS MOTHER
; Clot Strength To Do Her Work 1
Fair Haven, was so nervosa
gad run down that I could not do my
housework tor my little family of three.
I had doctored for nearly two years
without help. One day I re•d &boat
Vinol. and thanks to it, my health hair
been restored so I am doing all lay
housework once more. I am telling all
my friends what V loot has dune for me."
took. which we guarantee to build
Iup tke weak and rundown.
I H. C. Dunlop, iirierge.t, Coderich, Ont.
Also at the best druggi,te in all Ontario
A WORTH
1=IIIIE II
IsIDAY
Zee
Pam
t View Neer Lake Louise.
,2; An tnterestine bit of Rock -Work.
jai Panoramic View of Lake Louise
and 1,1 Cleatipaus.
Lake Oeasa and Mt. Hungabee.
LL aboard!" and we disengaged
our hands to swing on ;no, the
moving steps and weer(' hate
and handkerchiefs to our friends hs
our *rest -bound train slowly panel
out of the station at Calgary that
wide-awake, progressive. western
city, which pulsates with the life of .
representat es from almost all na-
tions of the be
We were a happy party of mother -
are with two glorious sere -free
months ahead of ea. whit* we had
meting menu' along that riectiffn of
the Canadian Patella itiliWaY:
ilea between Calgary slid vietoria.
At the truth sped mon* ronowtpc
the rt•er-valley of the Flew. one select
plod with prosper:tam ranchers ontii
the town of coehrtine was reachee,
which is the beginning of t he real
foot -hills and pressed On the mod-
ern gateway of the itnek lips -Banff
Riven sinee the Canadian Pacific
Hallway rails were laid in the eerie
eighties. Banff has been the rendes-
001110T of the el•Ilised globe Here a
tourist may Meet an Australian poli-
tician. an English lord. an American
magnate or • Prussian Nino'. The
Nations.' Park. of which Fleet is the
hub Is the largest ta the world tied
po part ot tits Canadian Rockies az-
•
hibits a greater variety of wonderful
and sublime scenery and. because of
th matt! good roads and bridle paths,
nonhere are features of special Inter.
eat so accessible The magnificent
Banff Springs Hotel beiong1ng to the
Canedian Pacific Railway Company le
situated about • mile south of
Station on an eminence between the
Spray river and the beautiful Bow
river falls This hotel has every lure
ury and convenience and ts moat fa-
vorably placed for health. picturesque
view. and as a centre for the many
sports Indulged in-canoefng, boating.
mountain -climbing. driving. ng,
and golfing. Some of the most
courareous of our party started from
the town one night at midnight, and
he "The light of the Silvery Moon-
ctimbed to the obeervatory at the top
of Sulidtur mountain. a height of
3.01O feet From here they saw the
sun peep out from behind the innum-
erable dark peeks to the East and
touch summit after tiummtt with gold
and leave for a time the valleys
"bathed In eloom." Far below. Lake
Minnewanka could De seen for a short
time dark and cold, then suddenly
"hieing like silver; and the morning
express like a tiny *repent erns
"lowly into the station
For the lover of nature hi her pri-
maeval fastnesses and for the mons-
taineer, the Canadian Rockies. Sel-
kirk and Caserade name, are realms
of untold evilight In which may take
Weed, most wonderful and cinema az-
pertenerim To climb dis last ledge
end tome net norm the very peak nit
things ten thousand toot In the air;
peaks around you: Myriads of lakes
ranging lo color frorre the deepest
blue to palest green beteath you; to
scramble down rocks again, to gine
sade down glaciers; to be jherired
into camp as the firet partf return-
ing; and. last, to be welcomed as •n
active member of the CanalilaU\ alptne
ChM Is surely an experience \worth
havont
Upon reaching the Lake Lott's*
Chateau, • distance of two and • h If summit: deep and shady canyons and.
miles from am C.I'.R. station. one gorges. Here It Is smootb and un -
most thinks that some Rotel fairy has ruffled with no perceptible motion..
transported him to fairyland. Through little -rther *long and It Is still
the wtndows can be nem as le a ging eonflict to the barriers to Its
framed picture an Immense crew/ant- uninterrupted flow. It rushes to the
shaped river orIce. called Victotla partly eubmerged rocks to be dashed
°levier. In front of which is the away 'an foam. It la ormsless Ite
shining blue teeter of Lake Leath* attack. \ earelenttng th Its endeavors
and, Immediately In the foreground. and Irretilatibie to the last.
the beataffal grounds of the :hattian. Seventy miles east from veering.
From bent *bees is a bridlepath to ver, os the line of the Canadian
Pacific and pleturesqueity
cr
Poe
great
Itaiiway
the Colu
one of the
with his bou
sed the mount** fitty-ftve year.
-the re,st having been - killed
afterwards by HI ne.
y miles after aging the
tattle. the Cenadi Pacific
ollows the river Talley ot
ta, which at first reminds
mall rollicking boy happy
, as he dashes down tbo
village street, then of the stalwart ,
man whose str gth conquers all lee
realities, and as he river widens •
flows .iltrig In al its majesty. of th
stately o:d man, a trifled that be has
worked out lite s pr !ems well. This
river and its Immedi e environment
abound in scenic lendor. The
snow crowned e f tbe Roca -
les and Cascade ranges th their ri-
vulets and glaciers: lake,as clear
as crystal and swift nimbi moun-
tain streams abounding ,in \ gainer
trout and other fisb, the dense for-
ests and fastnesties wherein roam the/
larger game. all fascinates and Invites
the sporteman and mountain lover
and are within easy reacteof a metro-
politan city Along Its banks can U111.
seen magnfficent cataracts; cliffs,
whtch tower from dizzy heights and
are clarl with verdure from base to
Mirror Leke end a still further ascent
to Lake Agnes. Both these lakes are situated at the foot of the beautiful
above the Montle. neetlin tbe Merriman -Lake, a deligittful drive ot
mountains like children In their mo- tour or five miles from the station ot
there' arm. Between Lake Louise mid' Aussie, are the famous Harrison Hot
Field. one sees a wonderful bit ot Springs. Since the "early days" ot
moinrititIn erteltesering. The trace Denise Columbia. this reeort hao
forms the tigura eight In a tunnei been the mecca for both health and
and redeem the gratis from 4.1 to 1.2. pleasure seekers-thie efficacy of the
with an approximata coat of wort aratPra Prorina • boo* to many who
are troubled with rheinnatIsm Thera
ate many beautiful walks overtrump
With slant miler and fir trees and Wm.
tiered /with fermi anti flowers: vienne.
(sine whowe rugged paths Invite Hein
stnateur mounters climber. good flair
Mg ant hnnting season, and bow
than Heileon'e Bay quite"! eanarriiieel_aeriehers.
Ing spots as we event aiong. bet we
emild not tarry at all of them. At
Yale we bed the privilege of seeing
Ned Rtroedt. the only oae iiving of
the fleet termite white melt ether