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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-11-27, Page 6l()14 Isr ,ANN'E ALLAN •. liknne Economia ltda TO BAKE CRAISTMAS GOODIES , Kr..R0110 Homemakers! Four weeks fore Christmas—high time to start el1r festive baking. Be sure to plan 1for this important occasion and have Our wartime recipes oa hand. While pre-war frills are out, we still have an abundance of good things for our .aking—and don't forget that Christ- mas goodies make such acceptable gifts, when gaily wrapped and cost little. According to market forecasts, tur- key and other fowl will be plentiful. Our own Canadian vegetables are Abundant and we have plenty of flour —vitamin -rich flour. However, need for fat conservation is our signal to substitute quick breads made with the new shortening or lard for the richer cookies. We suggest that you tr' to save a little sugar every week for your Christmas baking. Raisins and currants are 'expected to be avail- able. Here's a tip—steep them in a little water, sieve, and then use them as part of the sweetening. Common spices are on hand and citron pees, too. Cashew nuts from' India may ar- rive in time, but if not there are our flavourful, rosy Canadian apples. Cheese is plentiful—in spite of tre- . anendons shipments to Great Britain —and crackers, too, since many of ' them do not require sugar. And so there will be Christmas fare for Christmas doings—enough holi- day good things to please both young and old. * * 4 RECIPES Dundee Cake % cup butter 2/3 cup sugar - 4 eggs 1/3 cup nuts, chopped 1/3 cup peel cut fine 2% cups flour % teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking pow_der 1 cup seedless raisins 1 1/3 cups currants 2 tablespoons orange juice. Topping' One-third cup citron peel, cut' in , thin slices,•and one-third cup candied sherries, cut in pieces. Cream butter, add sugar slowly. Beat in eggs thoroughly. Stir in flats; Sift flour with baking powder and ----..salt, mix with fruit., and add to first mixture. Add orange and lemon peel mixed with orange juice. Mix thoroughly and put in two or three small pans lined with wax paper and greased. Cover top with candied cherries or citron. Bake in oven 275 degreeg for 1-114 hours. Cover 'with paper for the last 20 minutes of baking. Glazed Cranberry 'Muffins 2 cups, flour 3 teaspoons baking powder % teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons sugar 1 egg 1 cup milk 14 cup melted fat Stewed cranberries. Mix And sift the flour, baking Pow- der, salt and sugar. Beat the egg and to it add the milk. Stir lightly and quickly into the flour mixture and add melted fat., Fill well -greased muf- fin tins about half full of the mixture and in each place a teaspoon of stew- ed cranberries; cover with more of the batter. Bake in oven at 400 de- grees for 25 minutes. Park Fruit Cake % cup butter % cup brown sugar % cup seeded raisina % cup currants % cup citron, sliced thin % cup molasses 2 eggs % cup milk 2 cups flour teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon % teaspoon allspiee 1/2 teaspoon mace 14 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract. Directions same as for Cake. • Carrot Pudding Dundee' 2 cups grated carrots 1,4, cup chopped suet 14 cup sugar 14 cup corn syrup 1 teaspoon salt Rind and juice of 1 lemon 1, cup crushed Graham cracker crumbs . 1/2 cup nuts % teaspoon cinnamon % teaspoon cloves 2 teaspoons baking powder - '1 cup seedless raisins. Combine all ingredients. Turn into' a well -greased mould. Cover and steam in well -cooker 2-2% hours. Lemon Marshmallow Sauce 1 egg . 244 tablespoons flour .% cup Corp syrup 11,4 cups hot water ' Juice of 1 lemon 1 tablespoon .butter 8 to 10 marshmallows Rind of 1 -lemon.. Beat egg. add sugar and flour. Add hot water gradually. Cook on 'Low'. until thick. Add lemon rind, juice and butter. Remove from heat. add cut marshmallows and allow to stand • until dissolved. THE QUESTION BOX , . Mrs. J. B. A. suggests: That you be prepared for hilarity and anything that may happen to your precious rugs during the holidays. Answer: We agree, and suggest:: 1. Blot up) any fruit juices immedi- ately. Apply cold water, blot and re-. peat. 2. Saturate chewing -gum spots with carbon tetrachloride; sponge with hot water. Rub dry. 3. Grease decays fabrics. Remove butter or other types of grease with carbon tetrachloride. . 4. Stain from water in flower case, or dog stains. Use hot water. No luck?' Try one-quarter cup salt in 2 cups water. Then sponge with weak ammonia water, Rinse off and rub dry. • Other questiOns have been answer- ed directly by mail due to limited space this .week. Anne Allan invites you to write to her c/o The Huron Expositor. Send in your questions on homemaking problems and watch this column for replies. DRAWERS THAT STICK Sticky desk drawers- can be reme- died by rubbing runners under the drawers with soap, candle wax, or paste floor wax. 'in a And The Leaf (couttuued Prom Page 5) " ?neve the battery forward. It appear- ed that one action, two guna, would advance at once to act under the colonel- of a battalion in our sector, and with this section .I went in my alternative capacity as Lewis gunner, pleased at the chance to observe the resultof the battle. A lieutenant leading, our section parted from the battery, descended the road latethe valley. and crossed the stream by a bridge thrown up that morning by the engineers. By the side of the way lay two corpses, their heads covered with sheets—men of the Third Division artillery who had been waitikg on the road for the barrage to lift and ha,d been killed by a light shell. ',Our section passed by them and proceeded up the road on the other side of the valley. We ap- proached a column of prisoners, then saw whole battalions of them as far as the eye could reach, silent and glum -looking men in grey. Taking ad- vantage of a halt, I, walked to the nearest group and said, "Aus welcbem Lande kommen Sie?" The' nearest man 'took no notice, probably unable to understand my German,„ but his neighbor nudged him and spoke up, "Aus Preussen." I tried to tell them that' they were "glucklioh (lucky) that for them "der Krieg war zum ende." They were ,not interested much in this, and asked: "Wp sollen wir fahren?" I replied with a guess: "Nach England, um Land-Arbeit zu tun." They took the inforniation with a sickly smile, being able probably to understand less than half of it. In a minute we resumed our march. Once out of the little wood oh the bank of the stream, we gazed with keen interest on the farther slope, the scene of ' the morning's battle. The earth was beaten bare and up- turned by our barrage„ and in all di- rections lay great tracks, leftby our tanks, and the air was still,filled with the ftinles 'of lydite and TNT. But corpses were few, our own .or the enemy's; never had we seen such a 'clear battlefield, which was a cause fOr rejoicing. We passed by a small pit and observed a German machine- gun and three corpses amid caterpil- lar tracks; men and. weapon crushed by a tank. we continued over a shal- low trench with many shell -holes on each side. "That's our work," . we said, and we were pleased with the accuracy of the fire, whether it had come from the llth or another bat- tery. Continuing, we bumped over shell - surmounted the long upward slope of the 'valley, travelled along the level and soon descended into 'a glen about a mile and a half behind the old line. Here we saw objects of keen interest—Getman guns and posi- tions, two batteries, one a whizz -bang, the other a 5.9. Close beside us was. a tank, immobile. with a tread blown off, and by it were the Uninjured' crew. These had a tale to tell. As soon as their machine had thrust its nose over the crest, it received a shell . from the whizz -bang which knocked off the tread. One more would have destroyed them, but they got out with a machine-gun, set it up, turned it on the gun crews, put them out of action and . captured ,the two batteries—a noteworthy achievement. By the 5.9 battery there was a wagon with dead horses, and as we ap- proached 'ive saw the driven, fallen from his seat. He and his team had been caught by our fire as he was attempting to escape after unloading his freight of 5.9 shells. The horses were small and weak, muoh poOrer in phsique than *ours. (*James McDonald's version of this incident). From ,this melancholy spectacle we turned 'Zpr gaze to the gunpits and the gins, . whose like had been the bane of our life for the last year and a half. At ,this moment the lieutenant ordered a halt and rode forward to see how muoh farther we might id-. vance, and we -seized 'the 'opportunity to do a little exploring. A group of us ran to a promising -looking dugout . end, went down.. We found chairs, tables, telephones, bread, rations of several sorts including a bottle of pre- served cherries. These we sampled 1101,:,:01 • AVION OP' J10001) 1061a 111,11$0, f*r dee t ,fisting i1 M- Clitletkf1ai ldranat ere. iluP.ttegig.vre" nAttili4 •0100-; Ogg, not Only es ri / Mid d , A r00 11: 4,4 ,,t4lisjd dit,Esok J „J. euldttailettanoltrZ4,0ditaOles loom agenall 144., 7 43c Spigot at drimuIlc!IsAcrovei Hot manic beck at once, finding them hardly sweet enough for iny taste. CM the table lay a gramophone and beside it a box of records. Two rif these we tested with good results. We had the notion of 'carrying the gramophone and reel- ards off witb us, but decided that they would be only a haiadicap, and, left them for someone else. One of my comrades secured a camera; I took a belt and a voltmeter, the former of which I managed to bring home With me. This dugout had been the of- ficers' mess and the occupants had de- parted with little more than their gas masks. My friend, James McDonald, took time to examine the 5.9's. He ing. There wa a failure of conneo-; tion somewhere between us ..and the infantry patrols, but I have ne idea whose fault it was. i MAY have cost us the capture of I.!e Quesnel that day. After an hour we heard from the enemy, a whizz -bang in front of the guns. 'Wheat tall a dozed...more Of them had come, the lieutenant -direct- ed us to leave the guns for the shel- ter of a bank a hundred yards in the rear. The gunners did, so, and the shells came over at the rate of two a minute for twenty minutes. , When - a silence of several minutes in.dicat- ed that Heinle had suspended hostili- ties; the gunners returned to the gnus. We 'found a corpse in front, that of Hill, the major's batman, a victim of one of the first shells. Presently the evening approached; the majdr re- turned from Beaucourt and summon- ed the horses. We limbered up and marched -back around .the village, in- to which 5.9's were now dropping, and went to the rear by our route of arrival. In spite of being ptompt on found the barrels filled with soap and the scene of action, we had not fired water as if for cleaning and the a shot; we were disappointed and breech -blocks gene from two of the puzzled over the business.', guns. He deduced that the officers On our way back we noticed motor had emerged from the dugout and re- yn.achine-gun trucks -returning from a moved' the blocks, then seeing the wild ride behind Fritz's line, the tank, had- fled, leaving two guns in- spokes of their wheels splintered' by tact. Certainly the barrage and our machine-gun bullets. Shortly after advance had caught the Germans off dark we rejoined the battery and guard. found everyone in excitement. At Presently , otti- ' lieutenant returned dusk an aeroplane with the colors of,, and we set out again along the little the Allies had come quite low and valley. We paksed out of it and by a opened fire on groups of Canadians. long German gun with an enormous Nixon had got- his Lewis gun into ac - 'barrel beside great 'shells fully waist tion, .but too late, for the bird had high, an anti-aircraft weapon, author flown. We thought that the plane of many black smudges in, the sky. must have been a Heinie in disguise, Presently we turned a corner into a but I believe that it really was one second hollow ,and caught sight of a derelict tank. A hole in the top and crumpled bodies inside told half the story; a German 4:1 howitzer 50 yards away, backed out of its pit and point- ed at the tank,„told the other half. The tank had npproached 'in the mist but some gunners had seen it, drag- ged out a gun in haste and fired it point blank with -.this deadly result. But the gun and its companion wea- pons were still -there, proof that our infantry had come up immediately and Captured the 'position. Here, as around other captured batteries, were dozens of shell -holes, the work of our medium and . heavy batteries. that morning. We did not see any guns knocked out, for a battery is a small target and difficult to hit at therange of five idles, as had been the German experience, on. March 28th, Yet our we- saw blue uniforms of French in- By this time our Corps was in the fire embarrassed the gunners and cer- fantry, and soon a battery of seven- one of the old line of 1916, Prior to tainly slowed their barrage. We no- tv-fives, marching up for the French the Somme battles. Our infantry oc- ticed that the Germans had construct- 'advance that day. Some of our gun- cupied that line and passed in places ed dugouts everywhere, ten or twelve rers approached close enough to 'see slightly beyond it; and there on Aug - feet deep, shallow as dugout go, but tngs, and links patched by ropes and ust 12th our advance came pretty a fair protection against our fire. wire and a consequent diversification well -to an end, 'twelve miles from our We were soon behind the' German of the harness that, caused some starting point at Bores We had artillery zone and clear Of trenches, amusement., They observed also the wire and emplacements, in green beards of our French comrades, country marred only by infrequent adorned with visible relics of previous shell -holes. Before -*us lay intact meals, and, enjoyed a few smiles. In patches Of woodland and upright sign snite of these eccentricities, no doubt posts at the -corners bf the roads. One the Preach were good gunners. They such gave us our location, and soon passed on and we expected to follow we observed the village of Beaucourt, them. We did move forward, but conspicuous by a large brick wall. only to the neighborhood of Beau - Nearby there rad a ,narrow-gauge rourt. and here we took position with railway and another of standard nn sign. of the enemy and remained gauge,and we almost believed ttiat day., , fact- caused--rie.--concir we were in Fritz's railhead zone. We wonderand we learned that the stopped • here and enquired of some Fourth Division was in reserve that infantry who explained that they were- (12.v, No doubt the infantry deserved yet unable to enter the village be- the rest, but the artillery....did not, cause of , some machine guns. -.Here and we, might better have been ,'in We were with the enemy in view, and front helping the advance. As it was, we expected action at once. Our however, we merely waited around gunners hastily unlimbered the gallsthe guns and enjoyed the freshness and got them into position, while the j of the country. In the -evening we drivers, retired with the horses to a dug shallow holes for ourselves, safe woqd, and I placed -the Lewis gun in i from bomb or shell' splinters, placed position, though I 'did net use it. Our our blankets in them and lay down giinners did not know just where the , to sleen. At night came many drod- mad:fine-guns 'were, and were not able to find out in time, as matters turned out. At this nioment, two whippet .tanks came chugging over the Rope road to- ward Beaucourt,.hut sheered off when several 5.9 shells dropped in fiont of the -yillage. Now horses and men .poured out Of a wood to our left, the Royal Canadian Dragoons. They' lin- ed up in echelon, and to our amaze- ment, they charged. Now at last the rat -tat -tat could be head, from Ger- man 'machine-guns in a concrete em- placement by the wall near a sunken road, and the R.C.D. horees went down like nine -pins While -some. of the men were killed, including the sergeant - major. ' The ground was strewn, with animals, but some of the men reach- ed the sunken road and captured the maebine -guns. This task accomplish- ed,.the•nien left their surviving hors - s in a group and entered the village. Now came more 5.9's, one of which fell near the horses and killed more of them. By this time reinforce- ment had arrived, a bik tank which moved steadily to the .brick wall, crashed through* and in a few min- utes Beaucourt was ours. (*I am indebted to James McDon- ald for this affair at Beaucourt). We of the -battery felt that, we had missed something in this 'affair. The R.C.D.'s ought not to. have charged the. machine-guns; we should have disposed of them with two or three rounds, but did not get the instruc- tions and did not See them until the R.C.D.'s were- on their way. Beau- eourt was captured indeed, but in a ragged way. - We called up our driv- ers: hitched the horses to the guns want around to the right of the the advance continued , In the e'ventng. the , lientena* 4134 the aignaliCo came- haW•frO% thc flint W1 #)-eir of tatgPti.W int the paYOVAliell lave 101.094-01.• Wtalc 1dun, Just bef9re they had left, a'Sliell had' growled so chise that they gave then- selvei up for lost. Then came the ex- plosion, rightat the edge of their Sfiell hole, and all were unharmed, at which we rejoiced. „That night pe siept again in the open by the guns, Toward morning we heard the burst 01- a few light enemy shells to ,our right front, followed by the rattles .of our niachine-gunk• as our outposts repel- led a weak enemy counter-atteck. Soon the sun came again, gloriously bright in those days of Amiens, dis- solving the night mist from the hol- lows and lighting ;the roads, woodlots, village, trees and the fine fields of wheat,- sown before the great storm of March and- now ripening in the August glow, but tracked heavily by tanks and men and interrupted by black 'blotches of newly -upturned earth. • That day our battery advanced again past the village of Rouvroy to the area of Mehariconit We ob- served long shacks covered with tar- paper and one labelled "Kantine," in- diCating what had been Fritz's rest camp. We passed a derelict tank with torn bodies inside and that fatal hole in' front, another proof that tanks could do little in daylight against field guns. That day we occupied two positions; the second by a crossroad in front of the village of Rosieres, and behind us-na.me the Canadian Y. M.C.A. This excellent institution had supplied blecuits, chocolates, cigar- ettes free 'during the advance, and now it set up business in ,a ruined of ours, entirely at sea about Our lo - house in Rosieres and dispensed tin - cation -and considering us Germans. tiled fruits, raisins and candies. That We found that one man had been kill- athrteill'aY' was agfyi niorantigwagnovelty. efield ed by a long-range shell at the main artillery wasfi battery, which made a total of two We did not re that day. At night Casualties 'for us that -day, a remark- we heard from Fritz who sent some ably light toll. Around us the roads 5.9's to a road corner at our right were filled with traffic for miles, and flank, and about 9 p.m. a loud dron- the fields were thick with batteries, ing above and the rush and squeal of engineers and infantriP as our Corps bullets -told of the wild effort of a moved up to' occupy the new ground. low-flying aeroplane to embarrass us. Our drivers established wagon lines We received supper, which We needed near a wood half a mile in rear and badly by this time; stretched our blankets out, on the ground with only I an - the' sky for a covering. andotherttlewent toposition, foras,othaAenight. In ugsst13th, tire sleep. satisfied with the victory and settled - down wagon linea were shelled briefly. One wondering what the morrow would man, the shoeing -smith, 'Marguson, bring in the way of retort .from was killed; two drivers (Haywood - Heinle. and Clary) were injured, and eight , Next day,- the 9th, we were up ear- horses were killed—a unique exPeri- Iv. feeling refreshed. To our .right ence for the wagon lines. , ings overhead and &mat thuds in the, (list:prim. as enemy planes bombed the ro,,As, but none near us*: We arose early in- the morning,. ob- taine-d a hurried breakfast and re- ceived orders for a rapid march to the front. 'When we were ready, the major ordered a trot. The drivers urg- ed on their horses, and we dashed along over earth roads,• bumpy with shell -holes, by acres, of ripening, grain. After half an hour we • skirted the vij- lage of Warvillas and unlimbered the guns in a wheatfield in front of it. Fritz- was pounding it with 5.9's but as long ,as he occupied. himself in that way, we did not care. An in- fantryman, informed us that the en- emy bad been,holding the village the day before. "We,started to go around it on both sides; then the Fritzies all ran out and we, took it without fight- ing," he said. We selit Me—fitifieS back and prepared' for a barrage at 8 a.m. To our right front we saw a road, -not four hundred yards away, and iwas the front line,. with our men on the Warvillers side and the Germans somewhere on the other. This was close work. Eight o'clock came—zero hour --and we fired again in the barrage, -while sharp cracks came from other field batteries beside us. The volume • of sound was poor compared with that of .the eighth; we wondered where the heavies were and feared that our light shells 'would net do much for the infantry. A. lieutenant and two signallers made their way ,to the fro signallers made their way to the front, laying a wire, for communica- l'on, and Nixon and I took the Lewis runs 'to the left flank. By us dame a battalion of the Fourth Division In rnen- formation for their lob in the village, 'and on a slope in front we milimbered the kuns. placed them in andalgsado-fwroisghgeindg,t,hsmw we Spoke to them Position and set the drivers •, and School Girl Nerves Three weeks ago her nerves were all upset, she was cross and irritable had no appetite, quarrelled with he; school pals and worried her patients. But, you should see her now since using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. New pep and energy give her courage and con.fidence and she is ready to tackle anything. Young people, boys and -en' Is, reai,ond quickly to the upbuilding influence of Dr. Chase's Nerve'Food. Many of them need just such help at this critical time of life. Dr Chase's Nerve Food *CONTAINS VITAMIN 131 HEAT CONSERVATION Now that winter is here' everyone in Canada, whether on the farm, or , in the cities and towns, should help conserve all the -heat they can. Cams of heating equipment, dressing •warea- ly, and the conservation of the heat itself, will in part -relieve any per- sonal hardships caused by the fuel shortage. Wearing warm clothing. indbera such as long sleeved sWeaters or jackets and slacks eliminates any need for excessive heat., If there is a coal or wood stove' in the kitehen leave the doors open so that some of the heat will ,circulate about the house, otherwise keep doors closed as heat escapes through open doorways. Do not leave, the fireplace damper open when the fire is not burning. If there is no damper. stuff the chimney • opening" with newspaper. Do not ' achieved a surprise, secured a strip heat rooms such as the attic, rare- deepsun- and had paid far feWer lives for ly used. , room and other places whioh are of territory.. twelve to fifteen miles it than in any 'previous battle. For -Window shades should be pulled once the generalship had created op- down as soon as it becomes dark to portunities for the _skill and courage - prevent heat from being dissipated of our infantry. I regret to add, only ; when it strikes the cold glass. Addi- once; for never again had we such fine strategy, but fought hard -slogging tonal protection can 'be had if drap- against an enemy informed and pre- eines and curtains are drawn across - pared. After Amiens, however, we the windows. wer,e„in exeellent spicits; .we epoke-4 - of a short rest far the infantry and and ,windows, calking. cracks and op-. another 'dash on the enemy. en seams of exterior -casings, and in - For a day or two rumor had it that stalling storm windows and doom; We -should attack again where' we Will wipe out most draughts and haat • - (Continued on Page 7) wasters ' at moderate gest.. C11.-leSNAPSHOTGUI CHRISTMAS CARDS ' U • . . . Wouldn't you like a personal Christmas card like this? You call make , , your own,if yon, start planning .and Working toward It now. . , NTICIPATING coming events is them all finished and ready to mall - a trait common to most success- All you have to do is this: tither ful photographers. So, I've .been choose- one of your best sndpshots, Wondering if any of you have yet or lake a special picture with some hor'es back a short distance. We begun looking ahead to Christmas. holiday meaning, and than turn the could see a German balloon quite low ' Why? Well, there's just one big. negative over to your photofinisher., sod in m9tion. being towed to the reason—it's time to start thinking He'll show you a' choice, of greeting rear and safety. Two hundred yards about making your personal photo- eard styles which are available, and ,in front of 'us was a road and in the graphic Christmas cards. Before you- - can have your card made— distance on the ther side we saw *ith your own illustration—just the church Spire. of Le -Quesnel.• By -you it things are going to ' be happeuing fait. ;..gitd, if you 'de- like -the sample.this time Malor Shearer had reiriln- If you choose to make'your own, ed us; he had been With division lay thd; preparation "of your Christ. non ;Oen buy a Christmas card print. • artillery heachmarters for some, time ming outfit—which Will contain full and had reached eaucourt half an diaffiso:latrd'twill not loniytob;Increasinglyndthettme , ihs ti truetions on how to print your hour before us, in time to see some bet to do a really first-rate job: own card, complete with greeting. l BM L. Canadian Horse artillery shell- That's Why yea should get started Ot, if you want to kep' expenses ing it. He talked with Mir ieutenant now. don't' to a, mininium, you can't'have .--- and soon returned to the village, to Mtttally, the preparation of pho.- a number of prints made from your find battalion headquarters and ob- tain instructions about possible tar- togrephis Christmas card s doesn't tartt> snapshot, then mount thein take 'fOci- munh thine or.'effertar- on cards and write in Your awn gets. ,, AIX, rolinds, and WS '16olied. ahead to rti1/2.: , r . - ' ticalarry if iktu,"fie already ' doing greeting* We had our guns in posttion and yoitr:Own developing and printing. Whichever method you choose, - atninpnition to the extent of seventy- But even: 'if PAN% riet, Yen' call faart welt right now. that's the the tower of loetigtesnel atid gueaSed lea00easilyor you on tidieway to he sure you Won'tbe COSA% . the, ittnief ietrife .1641 plinteibidalier.. nsoint when Christmas actual* .... ' OA it..00ntained. Gerinatts.. This was thii./ ittitk 'ter 'the Village- held tin onx ' "He'li.,. nke tho tardti fefeibit'irdik arriVOS. InfinittrY 'WWI the ' nOlit 'Meriting; 13tit otti .40te•Tyittitliatblit .4tted , deliVer', ',111,,:-'•: , , Joliii.Vailliiiiidele . ..• , to nur diSalniOhitnieliti We did c.o01.rtuisd if, ,slict in oil* *SY et another . .-' ' .: ' ' . "".',. ..,: : . ' ,' 'i...,. ' ' ., ,.,.;•:,:uv. ,„, -In an hour the barrage Ntras finish- ed, and thereafter our gunners fired from time to time In a.Ccord with or- ders from the observing lieutenant. spite of our proximity to the frtont, T'ritz left us alone, sending over only a few light shells • to the road on our right. Two or three fleets of hostile aeroplanes came over. and Nixon and I fired at them, with no visible re- sults. In the field to -our left a lot of our cavalry trotted back add forth every day, to .no -end as far Ss 'We came past our guns from time to time could see. Wounded infantryinen .e erne Oast bur guns' from time to time and repotted progresO but not speed. Some said .that the tankis were doing Well; -other a that they Were •suffering. heavily from .,Priti's field •guite;:rOnti: elletnY •M•ay4,.. ,eltinelttlis-' had ,,.,proveddifficult„ the; inae1tiamine.,,•iteeping..ofrottr.:..400.J Atitivitim Jthe.J.0.4 i104.:ttioke wOJJ the f'itifs.' the"try:•j.get. •