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SEAPORTH, Friday, December 18
• The New Conservative Leader
• Hon. John Bracken, Premier of
Manitoba, was chosen leaderof the
great Conservative party on the sec-
ond ballot at the Conservative Con-
vention, held in Winnipeg last week.
Mr. Bracken is a native of Leeds ,
County, Ontario, but has lived the
greater part of his life in the West-
ern Provinces, and for twenty years
has been Premier of Manitoba. He
is a graduate of the Guelph Agricul-
tural College,, and went to Manitoba'
as a representative of the Dominion
Seed Branch and was superintend-
ent of institutes and fairs and live-
stock commissioner in Saskatchewan.
When the University of Saskat-
chewan was opened he was appoint-
ed Professor of field husbandry in
that seat of learning, and in 1920 he
became President of the Manitoba
Agricultural College. Two years lat-
er when the United Farmers' Organ-
ization came into power in Manitoba,
he was 'offered and accepted the
Premiership of that Province.
' Mr. Bracken is a high type of Can-
adian citizen and a good administra-
tor, and his selection as leader of the
Conservative party was undoubtedly
a wise move on the part of that- par-
ty's followers: He , is , not at all an
eloquent speaker and lacks experi-
ence in Federal politics, but that
might easily be to his advantage, as
he has no Federal entanglements and
will be able to start with a clean
sheet.
His selection as leader, however,
might be said to constitute a prece-
dent in Conservative party policy.
Ile has never been identified with
that party, and he is a Westerner,
• with all the Westerner's beliefs in
low tariffs for agriculture as oppos-
• td to high tariffs for Eastern Canada
• Industries. •
• .'How the majority of the old party
stalwarts will reconcile these beliefs
•of their new leader with their own
life -time policy, the future only will
• disclose. But as one of the terms of
• .• his acceptance of the position -the
change of the party name -was as-
sented to by the unanimous vote of
the party convention, his Western
views on tariffs and other policies
may likewise come to pass.
The people of Canada, as a whole,
will wish Mr. Bracken every success
in his endeavors to revive a' once
great party that hag plaYed a con=
_spicuous_part in _Canada's history.
• •
Many Names
• In almost ninety years of existence
the Conservative party has had
manynames, and now the Winnipeg
convention has added another, and
one which, perhaps, is more revolu-
tionary than all its predecessors.
• In the early days of Canada Sir
• John A. Maulonald organized the
Conservative party out of the old
Tory party.
In 1854 the name was' changed to
Liberal-ConServative when Sir John
succeeded in uniting the Baldwin
Liberalsand 'Conservatives of Upper
eanada, and the English speaking
Conservatries and French-Canadian
Bleus of Lower Canada.
Many years later, in 1017, it wai 1
given the nspe of Oft,ion Govern
-
Aleut by $ir''ItdbOrtaiii101t
On the break up, f'UnfOn Govern -
hi ical organ-
.
„And -WAS called
Cnerva-
thie
the
• •T•
and it remained there until 3938.
In that year Hon, R: $!, Bennett
called a nation-wide conference of
all the Provincial leaders, 4t whieh
time the name was changed from
Liberal - Conservative to National
Conservative.
In the 1940 election, however, that
party's election literature and party
publicity dropped-the*ord Conserv-
ative- and referred to the party as
the National Government party.
After that election the. Parliamen-
tary Guide, in listing the returns,
referred to National Government
(Conservative) party and since then
the National Government part of
the name was dropped and until last
week the party was known as Na-
tional Conservative again.
Now, under the leadership of John
Bracken, and .at his insistence and di-
rection, the party name is "Progres-
sive -Conservative."
•
Harvesting Sugar Beets
There are many sugar beets grown
in Huron, and, undoubtedly, the acre-
age would be greatly increased if it
were not for the immense amount of
labor their growing, entails.
Even before the war when the
labor question was not at all what it
is today, finding enough skilled labor
to handle a beet crop was always a
difficult task, while today it is an im-
• possible one.
• Rut better days are apparently
• ahead for the beet grower: Word
• comes from Colorado, a great beet -
growing State in the Union, that
new harvesting machinery will revo-
lutionize sugar beet production, as
• the binder and combine did wheat
farming. -
In successful tests in that State, a
mechanical harvester dug and top-
ped more beets than six men could
handle in slow, backbreaking, costly
work.
These new machines combined with
a newly ,developed thinning machine
used for beet cultivation, it is said by
a Federal Department of Agricul-
ture engineer, will cut hand labor
seventy-five per cent. and in that
State .,the farmers now need 10,000
helpers for the average beet crop.
• Last summer the cultivation and
harvesting of beet crops was a night-
mare to the growers in.Huron, and if
• it had not been for the voluntary as-
sistance of men and boys from towns
and villages, and in some sections the
use of Japanese evacuated from Bri-
tish Columbia, many crops would
still be in the ground.
Invention of new farm machinery
has never kept pace with that in the
industrial field, but everything, it is
said, comes to those who wait, and
we believe that after this war there
will be a revolution in farming meth-
• ods brought about by new and im-
• pending inventions in farm machin-
ery.
•
Liquor Control
On December 10th, rationing of
liquor began in the State- of North
Carolina,___under _a _sbup on system
similar to Federal rationing o other
commodities.
Now cbnsumers in that State may
• buy one quart of liquor. before De-
• cember 15th, and two quarts in the
period December 15-31. Two quarts
may be bought January 1-15, and
two more between January 15-31.
After February 1st the ration will
• be one pint a week.
We have liquor control in Ontario
too, but with us if a permitholder
buys 12 quarts in one day, he is not
allowed to buy any more that {week.
•
•
We Agree
The Indianapolis News says: "If
sane of the supermen of the comic
strips enlisted irr this war, it should
be over in a week or ten days."
We agree. And,,we believe a great
many people would agree with us,
too, if we said that the enlistment
of all the supermen armchair critics
would vastly help the War effort.
And even if we went further and
said that there might be a decided
improvement in the 'morals, and hab-
its of our Canadian outh if the vast
(:of thewr
Ag rt.
Years 0 e
Interef4lng iteral picked trete.
The EiPesitor of fifty and
twenty-five years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
December 23, 1892
'Mr, and Mrs. ,Appleton Elcoat, of
the west end, Tuckenstaith, retarned
home last week after spending a
month pleasantly visiting friends in
Kansas.
• Hullett Grange No. 393 appointed
its officers for the ensuing year last
week as follows: wavi., H. Snell; ov-
erseer, J. Manning; secretarY, W.
Waite; treasurer, H. H. Hill; lecturer,
J. McGregor; chaplain, T. Cumming,
Sr.; steward, J. Cummin-g, Jr.; assist-
ant steward, Wm. Gray; gatekeeper,
A. Weymouth; Ceres, Alice Hest;
Pamon:a„ Martha. Cartwright; Flora,
Mrs. E. Bell; lady, assistant steward,
Martha Manning; auditors, J. McGre-
gor and Wm. Weymouth.
Mr. W. M. Govenlock, B.A., of Sea -
forth„ and son of Mr. Robert Goven-
lock, of McKillop, has been appoint-
ed assistant master of the Glencoe
high school.
Messrs. Thomas Copp, Eldridge
Kellam and William. Govenlock have
returned from Toronto to spend the
Christmas holidays.
Mr. E. Hallett has opened a gymn-
asium in the old Expositor building
on John Street.
' At' the last regular meeting of the
Sons of Scotland., the following offi-
cers were elected far the current
year: Wm. Ballantyne; 'chief; A.
Scott, chieftain; J. G., Wilson, past
chief; James MeMichael, •chaplain;
Thomas Richardson, treasurer; John
Fairley,recording secretary; Robert
Logan, financial secretary; J. A. Stew-
art, marshall; Wm. IVIcDougall, stand-
ard-bearer; J. F. Reid, S.G.; A. Sto-
bie, Jr., guard.
On Thursday last while out shoot-
ing, a mile or so, down the London
road, a coupinof gentlemen from Clin,
tor. spied a, porcupine. After dis-
charging eleven shots it was brought
to the, ground.
• On Tuesday: evening a large crowd
assembledto warm Mrs. Sarah Hog-
garth's new house at- Cromarty, which
they did to, the• entire satisfaction of
all.
Miss Mary Allen, of Cromarty, had
the misfortune to sprain her ankle
recently. Miss Mary Hamilton is
afficted, having received the
injury while alighting from a buggy.
Mr. Neil Gillespie is .also suffering
frone the same cause.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray, Lead -
bury, treated a number of their
friends to an oyster supper on Fri-
day evening last, there -being about
twenty ladies and gentlemen present.
• Mr. James McTaggart and Mr. D.
Bell, o•f Hensall, who are attending
the medical college at Detroit, are
home for the Christmas hdlidays.
• Miss Ida Dick, Hensall, who has fill-
ed the position of milliner at Mr. D.
S. Faust's atore, in Zurich, giving ev-
ery satisfaction, has returned home
and intends assisting Mr. G. F. Arnold
• during the Christman season.
Mr. John Knox, of Howick, had 300
wagon loads of turnips from 10 acres.
and' ,claims to have beat the record.
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•
• From The Huron Expositor
December 21, 1917
Union Government in Canada car-
ried by :a very large majority. J. J.
Merner was the member for Huron
South.
Mr. T. L. Wurm, of Zurich, hag fit-
ted out the second storey of the store
he occupies as living quarters, and
has moved into them.
Mr. William Douglass, of near Blake
has purchased Mr. 13. Higgins' farm-,
adjoining Brucefield, for. $8,000. •
Miss K. Cowan, Clifford Bell, Miss
Ethel Beattie and Miss Edith • Scott
are home for the holidays from Tor-
onto. •
Mr. George Holman, of Egmondville,
was in Goderich this week acting in
his capacity as county auditor.
The skating rink in Seaforth open-
ed ,for 'the season on.Monday with ex-
cellent ice-.
Cpl. Clarence Scott visited relatives
here this week. He has just return-
ed from the West, and is on his way
back to the front.
The ladies of St. Columban Red
..Cross_S.acietYheld their annual meet-
ing on November 7th artififie-rollb-w---"
ing officers were elected: President,
Mrs. G. K. Holland; vice-pres. Mrs.
J. J. Dalton; sec., Mrs. P. It Mc-
Grath; treas., Mrs. Thomas Melady;
auditors. Mrs. Joseph Canning and
Mrs. M. Doyle,
Last •Sunday was the fifty-year jubi-
lee of First Presbyterian Church, Sea -
forth. The seating capacity Sunday
night was taxed to :the utmost. Dr.
Clarke, of Montreal, was the guest
speaker, and waslikened to with
great interest, On Monday evening a
splendid concert was rendered with
Rev. F. H. Larkin in the chair. The
choir sang twice and the following
rendered solos: Mise Isabel Scott, Mr.
John Beattie, Mr. George Israel, Mr.
Mullen, and a elnet, by Mr. and
Mrs. Mullen.. Miss Graham read an
original poem of decided merit sug-
gested' by the occasion, and Mrs. J. C.'
Greig -entertainedwith elocution. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Dr. Clarke,
Messrs. Carswell, ,McKinley and Argo.
Wm. Ballantyne; the last •of the char-
ter members, read the historical re-
view of the church.
kr. John Rankin, chairman of -the
Halifax Relief Committee, has re-
ceived $1,343.76 in donations from
'Seaforth citizens for the fund. Inad-
dition to this the town made a dona-
tion of $500, so that Seaforth's total
givings will he 81,843.75 fer'the fund.
Miss E. •Sparke, of Stewart Bros.'
irainery staff, was tailed to her
4omie in Stratford citing to the death
of her nether.
With the gOtid *lark of Teamster%
Chittendeti Bar -tett and Storey, Cal-
flnox Virlited 135 plaeee Olt </f the
4‘'
yate had heck of a job, _We saw
They were .,getting IT a delegatjen •thousands of girls (going to work and
/est week from the count to XII" te. the street cars were 1:41,40 PM; VA7-,
pttawa. •Now, never thrittght of go- •erywhere you looked there seemed to
ing until the Reeve came along' and be men in uniforM and the Nor Wi-
he eoaxed-and coaxed and finallyMr
nn said her father would come over one fellow elute tWentietwe times
and do the chores. Then I started in the one dek: •
thinking about it . . and of hoW.,I; •r pats
guess I never would get a chance before so
again to go, and:this way my fare
would be paid . . . and well, the re-
sult was that I went along.
Take a fish out of water and hethe,.
dies. Take a farmer off the farm and no'
he's uncomfortable. Especially when so
you put him in a berth in the train. t
Of all the contraptions! You crawl
into a space about the size of a hog
crate arid haVe to get undressed. Af-
ter wrestling with your clotheS, ov-
ercoat, suit, shoes and club bag, you'
crawl under the sheets and blanket
and try to go to sleep.
Clickety-clack . . , clickety-clack
riggedy-riggedy-raggedy - . . wh0000!
You hear the wheels going round and
round . . . the bouncing and jounc-
ing of the whole train and the whist-
ling of the locomotive. ' Then ydu
come to a stop at a lonely. ;station
someplace and. you slide up to one were all French.
end of the little box. Then, you take One thing ru remember all the
off again and you slide down to the time. You know people say that folks
other •end. It seems that some peo- down in Ottawa don't work. Well,•all
ple are enjoying themselves because the people I met worked .hard. We.
the fellow 'across the aisle is snor- were in the main office. of the War-
ing to beat the band . . . and •then time Prices and Trade Board having
you finally drift off to sleep. First a meeting with this fellow and we
thing you know a grinning black face came out just about midnight. This
is there to tell you that it's time to -fe. w we were with turned around
get up. • , WI! he eleVator man 'and said, "Is
It was dark and cold and there was there anybody left in the build -lag?"
snow falling when we got to Ottawa..; The elevator man smiled,- "VirliO do
It made. me think of going out to do you suppose is here at this time of
the chores with the lantern. The night?" Our friend smiled and we
streets were crowded with people and •walked out and he, pointed away up
the' buildings seemed to be all lit up td the one bright office window, "Don -
from top to bottom. There were just aid Gordon works late every night."
1119111121101111109158M6safugaary Wei_ •
son had been in: Ottawa
e herded us erVet, tb the
hotel. T en when daylight came we
went o for a look around to see
hew e erything loelted. There .was
• ateart Laurier. It looked just
one of those pictures you see of
e old castle in Europe. We skiff_
Parliameit Buildings and I can
tell you this . . . a fellow just does-
n't look at thoSe things without get-
ting a lump in his throat. They're
just about the most impressive sort
off things you could see.
Well, we had meetings with'people
and we had meals in swanky dining -
rooms with waiters hanging around
us like flies around a sereeni door
in -
the canning season. We went across
to Hull and everywhere we went it
seemed that people were talking about
something we didn't understand. They
•Re -Elected- Mayor
William Healnaa, MaYerl Lent/0n,
and a former reeve of Exeter, was re-
elected for his third •terM ie. office ga
MOnday. He secured 7,461 votes, 689+
More than his two opPonehts: cornbin;
ed ForMer Mayor George A. Wertige
'and* Ear/ 'Nichols were his opPoneetS,
-Exeter Thnes-Advocate.
Lost Airplane Crew From England
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO
A farmer and a professor were
sharing a seat on a train. It was
getting lonesome so the farmer start-
ed a conversation and they soon be-
came a- friendly pair.
"Let's have a game of riddles to
pass the time," said the professor.
"If I have a riddle you can't guess,
you give me a dollar', or vice versa."
- "All right," replied the farmer, "but
as you are better educated! than I am,
do you mind if only give 50 cents?",
"O.K.", said •the professor. "You
go first.
"Well, what animal has three legs
walking and two legs flying?" • .
• "I don't knew. Here's • a dollar.
What''e the ansVver?"
"I, don't know either. Here's your
fifty cents," replied the farmer.
Names of the four R.A.F. crew who'
lost their lives when their airplaner
Plunged into Lake Huron, near Port.
Albert airport a week ago Saturday
night were released. They are: Flt.-
Sgt. J. L. Shaw, 21, pilot, single, ad-
dress Durham, England; Flt. -Sgt. Rob,
ert Brown, 33, navigator, of the Fight-
ing French. He is married, his wife.
residing 111 London, England; LAC. C.
T. James, 24, air bombardier, single,.
address Mossley Hall, Liverpool, Eng-
land; AC1. W. H. Addis, 20, wireless
operator, single, address Sheffield,
Englr-
and:- The missing Anson bombe
which is thought to have plunged into
Lake Huron with its grew of four on
the night of Saturday, Xov..28th, like-
ly found a resting place in compara-
tively shallow water, mariners and
fishernien agree. - Goderich Signal -
Star,
Injuries Fatal To...airman
Goderich was again the scene of a
wartime military funeral on Monday.
afternoon, Dec. 7th; when Sergt. 'El -
rick attached to No. 31 Air Naviga-
tion School. Port Albert, was buried
in the soldiers' memorial •plot in Mait-
land cemetery. Sgt. 'Fhb* died in a
Windsor hospital last Thursday of in-
juries received in a train -auto crash
at• that city the day before. He was
twenty-nine years of age.-Goderich
•
Now At 'Clintcin
Mr. Morris Anderson, whose home
and family now are at London, was
a visitor in town on SendaY. Morris .
was the former irsnaget of the Zur-
ich Creamery, and after leaving Zut-'
ich he did various Work in London,
until he enlisted with the R.A.F. and
has for some time been stationed at
Camp Borden, and now has been
transferred to the Clinton Military'
Air School, working in the capacity -
as plumber and fireman' of the heating
plant -Zurich Herald.
Heads Federation in Morris',
The first annual meeting of lylorriS
Township unit of the Federation of
Agriculture was held in the township'
hall. L. E. Cardiff, :M.P„ for -North.
Huron, was the guest Speaker. The'
president, Williana Speirs, conducted
the meeting and opened with a few;
remarks concerning the year's actidl-
ties and achievements. The auditors'
report was given: by Nelson Higgins,-
who also presided for the election of .
officers which resulted as follovvs:-
President, Harvey Johnston; vice-
preeident, James Michie; directors for:
the different school sections: No. L.
R. Wallace; 3, C. Wheeler; 4, L. ••
Nichol; 5, G. Walsh; 6, R. Currie; 7,
N. Higgins; 8, F. Shaw; 9, M. Fras-
er; 10, W. Peaeock; U.S.S. 3, W. Kel-
ly; .1)-.S:,S. 4, E. Hamilton; U.S.S.
R. Henderson; 11, W. Shoitreed; 12„ ,
11. Brown; U.S.S. 17, .C. Coultes;
county director, Harvey- Johnston.-
Brussels Post.
Received Call To LeamingtonRev.
Rev. David Perry, a former local
bo, has received a call to the Learn '
ington Presbyterian Church. He is•
at present stationed at Hastings.
If
he accepts this will make three for-
mer Wingliamites in ehuireb. work:
there- Rev. Sidney Davidson is pas-
tor -of the United Chureh, and Mrs.
W. J. Skinner (Hazel Brandon) is or-
ganist at the Baptist Church -Wings.
ham Advance -Times. '-
• Attending Military Course ''
Three members •of the 21st Brigade'
staff and three members of the -99th
(Res.) Battery, R. C. A., are attending •
...two-weeke--eourse atl-Guelph:-.T.heY
are Sgt. Major W. Seddorir, S.gt. Ma-
jor G. Keele; Sgt. Major C.• Brown;
Sgt. Allen Williams; Sgt. P. Durst;
L. -B. Jack Pyin.Win(ghana Advance.
Times,
Masons Elect Officer's
At the regUlai Decentber meeting'
of 'Wingha,m Lodge No. 286 A. F. &
A. M., the following officers: were
ll .
elected and the installation will be,
held at the January Meeting: Wor,
Master, .1". Young; I.P.M.; A. J. Wal-
ker; Senior Warden, J. H. Crawford;:
Junior Warden, W. S. Hall; chaplain,,
W. H. Phair; treas., W. A. Galbraithr.
see., H. L. Sherbondy; Senior Deacon;.
H. A. Fuller; Junior DeacOn,. W. L.
Gardner; inner guard, H. Meehan;
senior steward, W. A. Crawford; Jr/tr-
ier steward, Percy Staintott; t'-
J. Nash.-Win,gham Advance-Times.
RealiZe Over $300.00, •
The penny draw for prizes. sponsor-
ed by the -Wives Unit ,of d:
lte
Cross Unit, the prizes- for yeirich.Were
donated by the reerchantrl, attracted
considerable interest and. enriehed
the treasury of the ladies by ,a lfle
over three.huridned dollars. The draw
for' prizes *a8 'made SitilidaY even-
ing in the attrattive lounge. room of
Husband (whose chances as candi-
date had seemed poor): "Darling, I
have been successful in the election."
Wife (incredulously): "Honestly?"
• Husband: "oli, why bring that
up?"
• •
"Pidd," roared the boss, "you seem
to be ignoring our efficiency system
altogether!"
"Yessir," returned Stew Pidd, the
office cut-up, "but somebody's gotta
get the work done!"
•
"Binks: "Sorry I can't stop, old la
boy, but I've got to go ome and ex-
plain to the wife."
Jenkins: "Explain what?"
Binks: "I don't know till I get
home.'"
•
Arms and theMaple Leaf :
• Memories of Cap.ada'sCorps 1918•
By WILFRED BRENTON KERR •
• Associate Professor of History, University of Buffalo
, (Continued from:left week)
time "Whoop-ee" arrived to bury it-
. Chapter IX •
self in the mud. Now we ventured
THE ADVANCE into territory that had been Heinie's
During •the 10th of October we re- not many hours before, over earth
ceived orders to go into the line that and gravel roads by trenches, barbed
night. We left Vis -en -Artois in the wire and emplacements. We were not
late afternoon, proceeded to the altogether at ease, suspecting that
north, crossed a small Stream, the Fritz might have a gun or two with-
Cojeul, and presently discovered, our in range, or a fleet of. aeroplanes to
position, vacatedi by an English bat- send over, or worse still, mines 1113-
tery, on the slope of a hill near the (Jeri •the road. Accordingly we pro -
wrecked village of Boiry-Notre-Dame. ceeded cautiously,
d with halts for cir-
We found googunpits and deep dug- cumspection, but all went
outs and were well satisfied with I noticed one • signboard with an ar-
them. The mail had come up with row and tall Week lettering, Vitry-en-
us, including two parcel e for mem- Arteis, and I thought cif bright days
hers of the staff, and we commenced in the semnier of 1917 when we had
an aggressive campaign against them, remarked that name on our maps, had
sitting -on the -hillside in the.open_arr identrfled with a group of brick
and watching the glow of the sunset. wall8 far to the '13--diffffedet-in- e y
We looked forward to a few quiet territory and had wondered when we
days, and that night in the dugout should have it in our power. For
we slept the sleep of the, just.
three or four hours we marched, and
Next morning, October llth, we saw deserted shacks, dugouts, gut -
awoke refreshed, took breakfast and pits, the desolation of the line. We
sat around the top of the dugout in eased by a cluster of ruined hoi),ses
the warmth'of the mounting sun. An at a crossroads, and about 5 p.m. we
hour passed, and perfect peace" pre- halted in a •sandpit, our position for
veiled. Two hours went and finally -the night Td our left were dilapi-
Loch, came, with no sign of enemy ac- dated German shacks; to our, right in
tivity. This long silence must mean the aide of the bank were shallow
more than lethargy on Fritz's part; dugouts, and we judged that we had
and soon our conjectere received con- reached Fritz's wagon line zone. The
firmation from brigade 'headquarters. drivers retired, a short distande with
'The enemy ,had abandoned the front the horses, and our gunners set their
opposite us and WaR gone to the north guns at an S.O.S. range which was
east. Captain Steele og the 12th Bat- pretty much of a guess. We partook
terY, substitute commander -while Ma- of supper -hash and biscuits, improv-
jor 'Shearer was on leave, summoned ed by that rare occurrence, a second
the horses, and soon we limbered up help!ng-and were cheerful. We had/
once more to follow our old friend qualint about occupying the dugouts
Heinie. I with their pOseribliitiee of some infer -
We proceeded along a trail over the 'nal device left be Heinle, but we took
hill in front. From the crest we sur- the chance and slept unharmedi -and
veyed the landscape, for the Most Well, little disturbed by crashes' a
part chalky country, •desolate And idle.; good distance in; •front •of us. We
mat from four years of war. But in ' hardly knew what to Make of the sit -
the distance we observed a band of I nation, but found the, novelty pleas -
refreshing green, the valley a the kg;
Scarpe river. We descorided into it 1 Next day, the 13th, we remained in
-and placed the guns in position near our •sandpit• most of the day. From
some German dugouts. Some of us *the tap we anti& observe far to the
slept in the dugouts; others in the left a large group of building's with
open beside the guns, and all was tall chimneys, those of Douai, which
quiet that night The morning also We had seen so 'often from the ridge,
proved peaceful, and at noon we and to'w our dreams a p0SfileSsin,g it the. Exeter-Heneall branch of the Can -
Moved; agein. We travelled to the Vete abed to cone tree. But. it was tacit, Legiot. A good crovVd, gather -
right Until 'we reached a • pontoon, not The fate of the 11th battery to 'in front •of the Legion roots as
hrfilge preeted by our engine:ere over enter Douai. Captain Steele took the dtrewe were melle arid, announced
thelittle rivet Ae„we ariproaeliett, a Sergeant Otters forward over a level 0.04 the, liutint• add'svsteni, by
long Whet* and a tall Vivre* jet of plain to a .tesnal, that of °the Seneee, meet bfeerwi. r•0011041,taNtre
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