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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-8-22, Page 5COSINES'S @ARDS., I JNO, SUTHERLAND is SONS 1 LIMITED ai'NS1111172, C"eN AUCTIONEERS, r u 3 8COTT Afj AN AUCTION. , to to ast will sell 11111 betterprim, I 1 - tl1 .• 61,' 11 'FI 1.1{111 GI )0 {0 011184:e0 110.0 Ally steer Auctioneer Au East Huron or us won't charge anything. bates and orders amu al Toys be arrange' et this onloo or by 1'a n,ai applloation, Lipid AND 4,ONVEYANCINO. VI/Ad V V n Batelatee, Nolleuor. Oanveynnoer. NM., ry Pubno, &a, ()Mae- Stawart's Block 1 11101 North of (Metre) ktolel Solicitor (or the Metropolitan Bank, • WM. SPENOE OONVEYANCEllt AND ISSUER or MA.Palttl,l(}L(' LICENSES Ines Ia lite Past °aloe, Ethel, 5(14 Bossiness Dards J elS, AIUDERsolV. VE rERINARY SURGEON. Sneoessor to M. H. i tors, Office at Ander. 8011131'0, Lavery stains, 111'11,,cele. Telephon0 No, 20. DR. VIARDLAIN Hono^ graduate of the Ontario Yttennary S oto Mill, Eih 1.1 night mills. OInce opposite T. T. M' RAE M. a., M. O. P., & S. O. M. O. H , ytiings of Bruseels. Physician, Su: von, Atootuihenr Office vt residence, opposite Melville Ohuroh, William street. DR. J M W}tlTE, B. A. PHYSICIAN AND SURGICON, Graduate Toronto Univer.lty of hl edicille. Special attention given to diseases of children and Surgery Office: Dr. Dryness Old Stand Phone 46 Brussels JAMES TAYLOR Licensed Auctioneer for Huron Cu, Satisfaetlon ormren ; °hareem moderate. Write or Telephone if not convenient to call. Both Brussels end North Huron Phones. BEI,C1RAVE P.O. PROUOf00T, NILIORAN & NONE Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Public, &c. Office on the Square, 2nd door from Hamilton Strad, GODERICEL ONT. Private funds to loan at lowest rates. W. Pltettnaeom, IL O. a. L, KiLLOnnN H. J. D. Oooxa •1•++.4+•t++,s•0•r4.4•a•4•a•4••s4•a•a•a•a••h4•0 ,. 4• SELECT 1 4• EWEi }. ... 4• •-.1'r + ♦ .. DIAMOND kI NGS � 4• WEDDING RINGS ,nom,. GOOD VALUE is assured in every offering of this store. Whatever the price paid, we personally guarantee the goods to be as represent- ed at the time of sale. Ask to see the new- est pattern in R. Wallace Silver. 4• Let us show you our com- plete line of Waterman's 4+ Ideal Fountain Pens, and i• don't forget that we have 4 a full line of * Kodaks and � Brownie Carreras 4• ;F +r li Wendt • J. m e 4* •D e• q' Jeweler and Optician, WroxeOer 4. 4.fa+4+4.4.4+4+4+4+444+4++84+4+4+444+4+4+4++f•4•m ,�„' "r z+ rer -z�. r:.u� rumcsr. alts_.-..-•,. . 91'1x, �`xx`' The loss of life among aviators in training in Canada only 25% of that in England, L, G. Alress, chief registrar for Montreal, announced yesterday that the registration for the district totall- ed 5000,452, There have been 3,100 applications for war service badges from London district and 1,700 from Ottawa re- ceived at Major Fairbank's office, head- quarters building, M. D, No, 1, John Alexander, an ex -slave who escaped to Canada more than 60 years ago, died at Sandnvich East at the age of 110 years, A bonus of three months' salary is being sent to civil servants in the customs department at Nelson and dis- trict. - ...,...,.....s,l 4.,++++04++++.1.044+4.14+++++++0 Advertising Rates rOLLOWING are the Advertising Raton in Tun Peer: - ToBoot, [,u,r,Pound. Wanted, ato.—Firat Inmdtmn 50o. Lech nnharquent msortlon 50 Local Itondma-lac per line for first fnaor• 11911. Eaoh'+116s,apu,et W80111011 Sit All notices of 1 invi tarso tents w W^, r ret+Is (Margot or 1 Ileal inn taken, Ines 1.111 print. rd 4110, 111110.,1 1111{{{ al's !0x11011 by this af- nefor s1mt. li , 1 II,. ,x1' 1111. Ilk, 1 , , n+ Ik I nun{ my U 1 h t 0111,1{1ofIL lh21111 W oddwp 1111 un 111190 ,, 41,0 P uupie 11201 b , int, 0141210,101111 will b0 hold rospnnnlhle Ior rho puymoat. t..t.44+44++++ +++++++++++++++ GRawas Verne itar L mar r eRUSSELS Goino nopmn Galva Norma Rwress n 11 :111» m Itxprnaa. 1:10 n n, 0:59 u m I MoExpreas 0:17 pm Cd✓!'Med itilidiN ie' d7IF'Ql WAL?ON To Toronto To Goder,ah Express 7:19 a zu I hxpre»n .,.. t MP pm Ertprlee 2'21 pm Express 4;04;Pm WROXE'TER Going MUM - 7:11 n. m. and a:al p m. Going west - 120) and 0:11 p 1111 All trains going Mod ow,noot with O. P. R. at Orangoville for Oven sound, Elora and 7' q. F, stations. DEO. ALLAN, Local Agent. Ti E "TANK„ A CONQUEROR Official History Showing Each Step in Development of the War Machine that Smashed the Hindenburg Line Without the Use of Artillery Fire. The part played by the "tanks" in breaking the German line has lifted them to ;t prominence held by no oth- er devise invented, or improved, since airplane, h sub- marine, began. Th 1 1,e t e b the >, g e p marine, and every new weapon of the Germans, from the Zeppelin to poison gases, must yield predence, for the thne, at least, to the new type of ar- mored cars which, upsetting preced- ent and prediction. This official his- tory tells howthe tank was contrived and developed, by the British Govern- ment and how crews were trained to bring all its power as a fighting mach- ine to bear on the enemy. 1—THE NEED OF TANKS Qua flre from the German trenches :must be discovered if our infantry were to carry out assaults with success, 'i 111'1 idea of a self-propelled armored car which could move unscathed over un- protected ground, could crash down wire entanglements, and carry guns with a crew to work them, occurred to several people both in the army and , the navy. Such an engine, recalling the turris mubilis of Livy and the ' 0 o becrol c f the Middle Ages would not only be able to tackle troublesome 1 1 German machine guns n to ratan r ,e trenches g but would 91,111 1111p to clear a way Y through barbed wire obstacles for the infantry. 2 --THE EVOLUTION OF THE TANK. liven before this '.Tar the develop- ment of the caterpillar tractor had r suggested to a few far-sighted people the possibility of evolving from this invention a machine capable of offen- sive use over rough country in close Warfare. Among the earliest of the more practical suggestions was one by Cul. Swinton, the first commanding officer of the "Heavy Section," in October, 1914, to build armored cars on the Holt tractor system, idui American in- vention, or on similiar caterpillar prin- ciple, to smash through wire entangle- ments and climb trenches. This idea was subsequently referred to the com- mittee of imperial defense and the war office, and experiments with various tractors were made on behalf of the war office, for some time without practical result. In the meantime a similar idea had occurred to officers in the Royal Naval Air Service, and Mr, 'Churchill, then First Lord, took it up warmly, When in June, 1915, the Com- mander in Chief in France sent in a memorandum urging an exhaustive examination of the question, two state departments chiefly concerned had the matter well in hand, Moreover, the Ministry of Munitions, which nad re- cently been established was also con- sidering the matter. Through the me- dium of the cumulate of Imperial De- fense the various efforts for the solu- tion of the problem were co-ordinated, and a committee, of which Mr. Church- ill was a member, %v.''s appointed to Be- side on the distribution of the work. According. to the recommendation of this committee tate war office laid down the conditions which had to be fulfilled by the cal. It should be able to climb a fit: -foot parapet and width it had to cosiorm to the mea- surements of standard war office brid- ges and to railway transportation re- quirements, and it must not be too high, for reasons of visibility to the enemy; it must be protected against close -range rifle fire and machine-gun tire, and it must be able to destroy machine gun emplacements, It was agreed, however, that the first exper- in battle, Their periscopes were imental work should be left in the hands of the admiralty committee, A year was spent by the admiralty committee in reasearches and experi- ments before a satisfactory machine was designed and constructed. Fin- ally, from among the numerous types of tractors inspected the most satisfactory was found to be a cater- pillar tractor with an endless self - laid track, over which internal driv- ing wheels could be propelled by the engines. The construction of these new en- gines of warfare was still necessarily a slow business. Improvements were continually being adopted, which ne- cessitated changes in the orginal designs, and men had to be specially trained in the factories for the work required, it was not, therefore, as we have seen, till about July, 1916, that the first consignment arrived at the secret manoeuvre ground to meet the personnel which was to use them. Then new machines, as delivered at the secret camp, were found to be of two slightly different designs. One, called -the male, was armed with' two Hotchkiss quick -fire guns, with a The Machine Gun Corps of the British Army as constituted in Oc- tober, 1915, was divided into an in- fantry, a cavalry, and a motor branch. Six months later a new section was formed at Bisley. The men for this new section were taken from the pick of the Derby recruits; for the junior officers two colonels went on a voyage of discovery to cadet battalions and other units and selected promising young men with a knowledge of Inter- nal combustion engines who had given proofs of an adventrous spirit and of ," e F some ability make men mov or o 1 y is time the object of the new unit re- mained a mystery even to those drafted into it, except so far as the qualifica- tions required of the officers accorded an inkling. The name given to the new organ- ization—tate Heavy Armored Section of the Motor Machine Gun Service -- only deepened the mystery, as there were no signs"of cars, armored or un - armored, and the only training given to the men was foot drill and machine gun practice. However, after some time spent in these occupations the colonel in command addressed the com- pany commanders and some other of- ficers on parade, and after commending the spirit they had hitherto shown, bade them be of good heart, as a won- derful new car, which would astonish thele all, was shortly to be issued to them for service in the field. At last it was announced that the new car was ready. But it was not brought to the camp near Aldershot, where the section was stationed— that wits far too much in the public eye. A site had been chosen in a more remote part of the country. there a camp was pitched, carefully screened from inquisitive passers-by; it was surrounded by fences and guard- ed by sentries posted at intervals of 100 yards, with orders to admit no one who was not furnished with a special pass. Companies of the Arm- ored Car Section, as soon as their pre- liminary training wits completed, were successively drafted to this camp to became familiarized with their weapon on destruction. The new armored car concealed in this lair certainly had all the promis- ed elements of surprise. At first sight it appeared little more than a huge shapeless bulk of metal, It was said to weigh some 4o tons, was armor pitted all over, with tiny spy -holes at intervals, from some of which peeped out murdeous-looking gun muzzeis, and had no visible means of progres- sion except two small motor wheels at- tached like a tail behind. The wheels behind were found to act only as a ruddier to direct its course, the propul- sive force coming from some internal and invisible wheels that traveled over long endless metal tracks, extending in an eliptical shape from the snout to the rump and moving forward as the creature advanced. The pace at which this strange object moved was slow—barely three utiles ate hour, The first company of the Heavy Armored Car Section were delighted with the spectacle of the creature intrusted to their care, and prompt- ly adopted the name "Big Willie," with which their neW ,pet had pre- viousy been christened, The two next of the same breed to come in were called "Little Willie" and "Mother," In the autumn of 1414, when the opponents had settled down to trench warfare, it became obvious that some means of parying the danger of well - directed and weli-protected machine Canadian National Exhibition Aug. 26 TORONTO Sept.7 300,000 admissions sold first day of advance sale. Come with the crowds to the great- est Exposition in the 40 years' history of the C. N. E. "The of Hera i- s rutin" A' production of tremen- dous force and beauty, with 1200 participants. All the colorful parapher- nalia of romanceand hie- . tory in the making. In- spiring, dramatic --- a spectacle every Canadian should sec. MOVEMENT - LIFE SPLENDOR APat riot ic Thrill in every scene Giant livestock and agricultural display— Government exhibits --demonstrations of *iota. tional training by 50 crippled heroes—farming on factory lines: colossal exhibits of labor, saving devices —Government patriotic food slow — Creatore's world -famed banal — Allies exhibits of fine arts—AND A WORLD OF OTHER SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. Price of admission is unchanged 25 cents Consult your local afloat regardint+ railroad fetes ,rw,g.�, ap��q ar,�. , l 4 l; of ( metre, See. 't;t',!s tdtk. ol` tt~.'• 'l at,rrv.a+! ',U H H I ;An' .a_ on the emplacement, :,t e a Notice is hereby given that the (lays for rreciv• 111g CrLotnl will in. 'ILO'S- c ( t• •'d: (1,l f1 Ir.l � and Friday taudi r week. Highest Cash Price. Fletcher Sparling, 7-2 11111 I SI'ILS do.:n the GermanS, and led the men on to further victories, It must not, however, be imag- ined that the lroeeedings of the tanks were quite as amusing to those inside its they appeared to the British infantry, win. had barbed wire leveled for them and machine gun emplacements crushed as they advanced. The crampfed quarters, the head -splitting nr.ise, and the dit- ofascertaininga w licull wli t as k•• - Y in on outside made the lives of the g a a12 • in : tank crew anything but agre apt to be shot away; the steering sea, ,lever easy, became almost fm- possiple. The mere manual labor of moving the levers of the engines and turning apparatus was enorm- ous, especially in these early ma- chines. The crew had difficulty in subsidiary armament of some ma- munication with them by the out - chine guns, These were especially world, and had to rely chiefly on designed for dealing at close quarters two carrier pigeons taken with with the concrete .emplacements for them on the voyage; as for com- the German machitle guns. The other communicating with the outside type called the female, was armed only side world, this was even harder. with machine guns, and was more The tank, indeed, proved to be an suitable for dealing with machine gun admirable protection against ordin- personnel and riflemen than with the ar)" rifle bullets, emplacements. Even when the tanks themselves The members of the heavy Section were knocked out this was not ne- cessarily fatal to the crews, who often managed to escape, and the casualties were small in proportion to the number of tanks put out of action. Those who inaugurated tank tactics in this first battle de- serve all the credit they can receive. Once having proved their value the tanks came to stay. Later in the year tanks were sent out to Egypt and were in action at Gaza, In Novembervember they were used again sin in Prance. Meanwhile more and more tanks were being constructed and an increasing personal to form the crews and the repair sections were being trained in England. After the first success in France the growing importance of the organ- zation was emphasized by a change of title from "Heavy Section" to "Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps." Finally in July, 1917, the growing size and importance of the tanks organization justified the army council in entirely separ- ating it from the machine gun corps and establishing it as a special tank corps by itself under a direction general, In France the tanks have been in action in successively increasing numbers at each attack delivered on a large scale. At Arras in April, at Messines in June and at the third battle of Ypres in August they have continued their valuable work. They naturally have not enjoyed the ad- vantages of surprise, so useful in their first engagement, and it could not be expected that a vigilant enemy like the Germans would not contrive counter -Measures, They have now established special ob- servers and air piaees to wet.% for tanks and signal their appearance, and guns both in the rear and in the trenches to deal with them. Armor -piercing bullets are served out to their riflemen and machine gunners for use at close quarters, of the Machine Gun Corps after ar- riving at their camp had a good deal of work in front of them before they could hope to hake their tanks on active service, They had to learn how to drive and steer them, to repair them, and to fire off theft guns when boxed up within their narrow compass; they even had to learn how to live at all inside them. Imagine a narrow cabin some 9 or 10 feet wide, 13 feet long and four feet high into which had to be crammed an engine of over 100 horsepower, two guns, provisions for three clays, ammunition and equipment, besides a crew of several men, ' The noise made by the engine made it im- posisble to hear an order, consequent- ly every communciation had to be made by signs; the armor plating was so effective that one could only see for steering or for aiming the guns through the narrowest chinks; the mo- tion, too, of the tank over rough ground was not unlike that of a ship in a heavy sea, and this motion, com- bined with the smell of oil, the close atmosphere, the heat and the noise, was at first apt to induce the same symptoms as sometimes affect those uninured to sea voyages. In spite of all these difficulties, so great was the zeal displayed that at the end of July, tote, it was possible to hold two exhibition combats with tanks over the trench system prepared one before General Staff officers, the other before the King. These exhibi- tions showed that the tanks answen.d the purposes for which they had been designed, and orders were given for them to be made ready for France. At the end of August, 50 tanks were load- ed at night on the railway at the camp's private siding and sent off to France with all due precaution for secrecy. They were landed at iiavre on Aug. 29 and went up to the front, some by road, others by railway. The tanks sent over were painted all over for the purpose of conceal- ment with wierd colors which added to their grotesque appearance. They were also given fancy names by the sten sometimes illustrated by rough Among 1 heraldic emblems s of the bol Y. g the names given were; His Majesty's Landships Cyclops, Chaos, Cafe au Loit, Champagne, 'Cordon Rouge, Chartreuse, Chablis, Cognac, Curacoa, and Creme de Menthe. There was an H. M. L, S. Dreadnought, a Daredevil, and a Deadwood Dick, 3—TANKS IN ACTION When the tanks arrived at the front they were naturally objects of wonder to all who were privileged to see them. Detachments of tanks were assigned to the army commander then engaged in the continuation of the Somme offensive, On Sept. 15 they were let loose for the test of battle. The new offensive, which began on Sept 15, was a continuation of the great battle of the Somme that had started in the previous July. The object of this offensive was to drive the Germans out of high ground running east and south of Thiepval, from which they could enfilade our newly gained positions. The Ger- mans were strongly entrenched, and had hundreds of gigantic wasps' nests scatteded about in the shape of strong concrete emplacements for machine guns. Bitter experience had taught our generals that a success- ful advance under cover of our ar- tillery barrage into the first line trenches was too often doomed to be hung up by the concerted fare from these wasps' nests, which could not be reached by our in- fantry, The chief business of the tanks was to help our infantry by destroying these nests, Sept. 15 was a misty morning and comparatively few of our troops saw the long line of trunks which the night before had been comfortably parked in a secluded valley, deploy- ing into battle position. But when the mists rose and the tanks ap- peared to friend and foe in all their grotesque uncouthness, the effect was as exhilarating to us as it was dumb- founding to the Germans. When the Germans had recovered their senses sufficiently they direct- ed all the available rifle and ma- chine-gun fire upon them. But the tanks did not mind. A war corres- pondent, describing the adventures of Creme de Menthe on the way to Courcelette. narrates- that: "Tine bullets fell from its sides harmlessly, It advanced upon a broken wall, leaned up against it heavily until it fell with a crash of bricks, and then rose on to the bricks and passed over them, and walked straight into the midst of factory ruins," One tank in another part of the field was in action for 20 Consecu- tive hours. Another, getting well ahead of the infantry, on finding it- self alone, turned back to see what had become of its human conian- ions. They were found to be held 1 up by a machine-gun emplacement a., 4♦♦♦•A•♦409.41.b4`61144.0'is♦9♦OQv08QsGossbwo 044.1A.0409Y4lle4f0 e''J• o IIL 81 PISRIOIt M.Litt.!' OF OCR COUR8K is the+ ONI,'/' AP - 0 y♦ PLA I. ave make for 0111' 1111112/1111111, ll W0 111111111 111,1 01,11,, LI i •y1,11, Alol'Elt Y011 HAD FINISHED THE COURSE, that -tau. I traiufog iv I -h„ best. obtninnhlle, ave W0111{1 nut W1101. y1111 to 1.111,111 in • 1111,1 School. i t All Our Graduates are Satisfied and Successful a 4, l ad 4 Y Y PLAN NOW to start your roo.n.o. with ua un Srpl. 3121. o • • a • /;fy.. 000 Ylt /i „F♦•• •Y• ♦ 4• • Stratford, Ont. and Wingharn, Ont. _ Y Y 040•••ae041,4,64 1.a.a0e.4444eme 411,1 •♦•••♦♦1'r•♦•♦Y♦♦♦O.O♦♦8.8♦A :t1, it elaborately concealed tank traps are prepared to enfiulf the monsters. It is hardly possible yet to allo- cate all the credit for the hard and persistent work serried out by the pioneers +d this asps. But even if they cannot }et be named, they have the salistaction of having help - to save the lives of hundreds of brave men, and perhaps 111 have brought nearer the final victory. It has been truly said that we- were first this time iu inventing a new engine of war, an engine at once effective and at the same time, un- like so many of the German inven- tions. transgressing none of the hitherto accepted conventions of war, Be a Booster, The American Lumberman has scone timely advice on this subject that is as applicable in our tnw•n as anywhere else It says that if you want to see this town grow you Amite. remember that you are a part of it and that its growth depends as much on you as on your neighbors. Don't get the idea that the future prosperity of this town rests with a few, for it is the business of the many. Above all don't criticise those who are building up the community and do nothing at least have the Thehavea yourself. proper spirit and Just as long a; You deny them your support, just that much harder their work will be. Be a booster for the town and lend your co-operation to those who had the nerve to start first. It is never loo early to start and it is never too late to begin, The Boy and The Picnic. No mere will the small boy come home from the Sunday School picnic and boast of the number of sandwiches he had. No more will he pick out the cake by the icing it has. The small boy is called upon to make sacrifice in the cause of the Allies as well as the grown ups—especially when it conies to the annual picnic. According to the food may not be served at the noon meal. Pork, veal or roast beef may not be used at all ou Wednesday and Fridays, Sandwiches may be served daring the alternocln, but not more than two ounces of wheat product per individual inay be used. Haat sandwiches can be nerved during the afternoon except on those days on which pork is prohibited. Not more than four ounces of ham per person, can be used. Where white bread is eaten it is necessary to pro- vide substitutes also and when it comes to cake• the icing has to be cut out and mother has to go easy on the sugar and shortening for the pie. It is a hard world, dam Weinstein P ♦ a P O ♦ •• 0 • • e 0 m Y • • m a • • • • • ♦ e O b • ♦ 9 • w • ♦ P Is prt,pared to ply til: highest. price for Scrap {roti, Rubbers, Rags, 8‘c, WOG° ° Highest price paid. Slee me before you sell. • ♦ •• • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • • a ♦ • • ♦ ♦ +o- ♦ 0 ♦ ♦ Highest Cash Price for P a +i. a ♦ ♦ • e ♦ ♦ ♦ Live Poultry aria Dials MLitt, ur Phone fil2x SAM WEINSTEIN a ♦ controller the regulations applying to Y P eating houses will have to be observed. I Y•, MILL S'rISHEP H11USSELh •• This applies particularly to meats and l • to wheat products. Sandwiches i •••••e••••a.♦c•♦♦Y♦♦♦•R's6-t.6a4 I i I 1l' For Help? ARM help is scarce, but this condition can be relieved to a marked degree by using machines that accomplish more work in a given time with less man power. Why should the farmer cling to horses ---a slow, expensive means of power --when every other business is adopting the truck and thereby reducing the cost of hauling, speeding up deliveries, and saving for human needs the food that the horses would otherwise consume? The motor driven truck can work constantly at maximum loafs under the burning summer sun, or in the coldest weather. Unlike the horse it needs no rests while working, it eats only while in actual use, and when the day's work Is done 1t requires very little attention, and leaves you free for other "Choles" about the place. Then, it can be housed in one- quarter the space of the horses, wagon and harness it replaces. It is a mistaken idea that a truck is useful only for driving upon paved {roads. The Ford can be driven all over the farm, and used for hauling grain, potatoes, fruit, roots, fertilizer, wood, stock, milk or any other product. The speed it travels, the time it saves, and its low upkeep cost appeal very strongly to all users of the Ford Truck. If you need help, older your Ford One Ton Truck today. Stu prince au5iart to war fool Aaron, accept. trunks and alumna S. CARTER Agent jrNU 1 elcWt'iw 1'%,r r Z; THE UNIVERSAL CAR One -Ton Truck $750 575 595 770 970 535 Runabout - - Touring - - . Coupe - - - Sedan Chassis F. O. B. Ford, Ont. Brussels