Berkshire Chronicle Reading 08-1916

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'RAID ! LAST MAY:
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Carin in) S . DOH !.. II bl)
Berl<sh ire ReGlm e"l. I'er.
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gall"" t r)
th e .enem y r!1l(h,J.
(lisp i!l) {: el groa t
It!acll ng ('111'01)' ;I fj
par,8p'et, orgalli s~ d hnlt1h.

of Seeds: fo~
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~o~t fr~e j,on .p))llqaho'q,
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out bU1'l ed Inu::' tl

(' ]1':\1 (( 1 th e
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~ne.my, and handl ed II"
lleloeJ, ..lllt In- a. mastel'l)1 mallll €r.

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~he Mili tn ry Cross to :" ~ ;I l l;ll i l

l~ th e ~rst offi e: ial IIll ] rn 'ltl o l l of
111 Ma.y lo st on th e I I 'ldlPs of
Berkslllp~ R (;gim e!d
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jIrom

th e

II!i l j lar y

n.,m e of. th e , b"~ la llO" ,,",lid

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tune " though li t wa!'; f lllr i y '.\ I d e! '
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. TerT ltOl'la.ls ~ a d ~ ll sta!Jl r(] a (.on\
fndera~le
of casuuHif's . Jt
11:11:;
~ ill('e
t.raneplred thn..t· severn I of the b:vtt a l!oll a r ~ IJ-.-i
S~nel'9 of w~r In Germany.
on I" (Ill . Lo lI, c
(1st) 4tb Royal ' Berks I,\lRt lh e fa~ls sll ou J,1
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b e St,ftt ed 'f ~l' B,ome
' . , peop Ie "sttlJ "cern, In l, e UIl(!er
"n w
th ? .' lln p,resslOll that th ev h nv.e beon i!1!e hll.U'

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Spirit,M 'e p ~ h

they have been at tI~e front

SOME PIqUANT DETAIL S.

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Soon .. ~t~r . mitigh t ' on Mny '1.5111 Il. e G, r.
mans, followl'llg
hen vy bombal·t!m fo llf Ltf; f,j!l~

STREElj.
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Ill'erauClne.-Readin •. "

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1~ hour~. &ff.roached

OUI' hnf'S In 1111 ee p:1' tic~
dpven ?l/ck, bu t the th~ rl '\C" ' lie:
ceB~ful ~n pene!.ratlll~ OUI" fil.st lin e . R :l: lld D
9?mp~anle~ wje re "holdmg the tre~ c}I , witll A Rfld (;
In ,Support.
Despel'Rte figllllllg rl' s lIp,I
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jhrongli the heavy shelling of the en elll Y" ," IlIh.,.'v
many bomb~ R1)d nO es were bUlled in thc. trt.w.J '.
which h a d falfen in, wi,t h tI,e resnl t ll,a t S"VPI'~\
1of the :lterk8Jlfl~ ~'tO. ngllt "lIh their fi li i !; , The

kP~'n.lOA'l:I~~N

. <?el'mans made (rtr r~l C effort. s to reJ 9h fl ll r ~{'t;ond
line, _but our meiil l r~ul(ht so .gn liall ti l' th.,t Ihe
enemy ).va.~ comp,lepei y fOIl e d III ,Ill S :l ti !, 11I 1It , !L lul
~ftel' about, half an, h Oll r was eli 1\ en oll L '- ' H EW)Inq- casualtIes h eaVIer thal1 th e B ::, )k" ln' r ~ th e
Rrt,iUe ~y. rufti~tjng )seve l'e l oss('1'5 on Ih l'1Il
flte
en~my s henv,y bom,b al'dment wa:<o; II l nll! i aIIJ C' d unlil
br
d3y f ak, 'but Ollr tartill ery re\J'jed \'O r, rtle,.ti v'
Iy_ I]Th ere were rhlnv a el!3 ?f'hr;l\' ('1'\ Ull 1111' part

af , the Be~ks,_ espeqlallJ dUl'ln g ,I,he r, ~I !1i "g ill Ih e.
tre ncl1. Str,e tchet,-hcRl·el's.
al i llollUl j
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the~selveB. contin*ed t heir d u t.ies i~ l pi,- I'il :l!? 'Ill
the,lr wqund~d com liRd,e s, oncf' mOl'e ,d cmo n<.: i l '1 iJ ug
the pluck, a nd. ecu Ijn.~ of th e HI,Jt lt' h "old iers

' The Colon el hea)-tily' eo/'W.i "ht ed th e Berks o ~
ltheir sp]elldid f nc hie ve ment III driVing th~ elr cmy
,back, ,a nd ~aid their bnl.v£ I'Y w n~ ';" 01 ["" oj tI' e

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h~~)!.~f" !:~~ion.

- ~~'tft: G.·Jl:41;'!ERIENCE8.
- r·...:Ille:..e~ ~. _ c..ea:of -tL~ men t. ltde r

~~~~I:~l'~E1t4 ':ditions he emphn.~ised i ll/Ule foll o \d ng
on e of the wOllnde~,! ~ j II,

~",J~8.Lgh,l;o\ti~a.~(tl~e .fGh [lpn.m;
" gave u,s
ever

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klt el'

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nrJ e-r
Sbtrted on 1hu r

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old

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nt, d w (' h:'lv [: liflt! a
W elT, "f' If' t, oown
tl'elH:h ill i1 ll t lt' llllHl iHHl
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,1t'"~·.P''' tirilcs.

of

hR D}~ tIle sheJIs n }Jf'1 rrct. I'ni ll

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I'apnc l ftnd high C':":pJc.<.: 1\ c,~ ,
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loo~e_ Soon nrte l' the o;La rl Do
I was ill (, :1 I11 C do" II , 1lit " bei n ~
of a fJwlJ (, l OI;;e In lilt.:', bu t I
or that. A li/,Ue Intel' down
tJ le t l'e ll ch on rpp , lilld I r e-

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r es('l1 ec1. lJ

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s, outh th e firs t fi l'd '!icc'oud
.nobl.' do q" tll e'r pari in lhe pl·e.

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,.B,El1(K$li:IRE·ASsO~IA.'rION OF

VOLUNTARY

ORGAN~$ATIONS. .

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To the E~ito~ of \ tb e " Ch,.olllde
. Sir -YoU!' cOI'l'esDondent " ·Ex.Sol(lle" " "p'
-' to .have chan'ged his tune conSlde ,. ab ly
last week. H e oays in th "- fi ,.st I1l sl",,""
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was farther trom bis

mllld

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girls for th e ir courr1 ge ill fI~killR ' o r

but fer causing a diso\',) erly

alld d ,s
outside, I might sow th!.' l'e wonld
'n o sllch scene Il'a d those \\' 110 pl'ofessccl
to the 'union and lIad R g l'e..'tf, (leal to
.!Il.~,y : jb'etror:ep~n'·d , i{l r~ct agi t.atetl Llle o U lel "(i l kf'I''l ,

" j,.;'grac,efl,l

scene

instead

of

tm nil l g

tl'<bt()t"

nnd wen t into the factol'\, J J(1

h ·teJllti()Jl , of seeing t hese b l:u kl ~ ~s ,
b ring
out., wh ere 1I, e, sholl l,l
severaI of them we re WCIl-l' Id g ~l,.
I ' s~ouJd c el'tainly d e ny nlly u ... e
I am ~ul'e\ tth e girl s- ,\ould {to no st ir ])
act as to a1ttack
ft
hnlp i ll
t)I le
I sh du"d lik e' to sa y; th ere nrc I'lrrn-

""f'th

: at the IIoc.toI'Y, ' '1

SllOUI~~ ,also nl.;n ~

some CO lljurers n ong

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·Ii \'O comfortahlv ' on iesR mOll ry thnll

t he ·[l1c tOl·I' • . ,W e arc 1I 0t ",h"011,1 \0
BCc,ne outside nt : all, but fa il tXl see

n"0 " tli,e'dl·''\1,nll t ,di1fT' er cn ce it
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Yours, etc ..
'A FACTO R Y GIlU, WHO lC';()WS.
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