Reading Observer 09-1915

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1 1'."h·. Territoria.l Foroe AsaociaLiOD, reMat1,. left.
for a visit; to Frap,oe.
He Wt by the'
811 fA!ltain Sharpe, tbe Adjutant of the,
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and although DOt'
unt.il Fnd":r night in lnat week,
the 1/4th Royal. Berbhtre

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Captain ,Porler, the ~et:.&ry .0:£ ~ft Berk.

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th e abeD fire
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the vorl-bern

Iino7 either b&or the,. were pHI·

p!'ovlded
I'.crkah ire

our men. Par ..boot
in t he ai tqattOllo ~
IDO"ed fOf'l'l':aro in a
under t. he lonr · we&t.ero
was n ow alm oct!,dark, and
fit e, whe n suddenly t he

a nd, ae .. lingle mao,
~ \ltNID; fi re, Wh lCl, rose
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They were met by a
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Tbey cha rg4J at nm ning speed , 't1f'1tb&ut
hn /t , frQ m~ he botto m to lhe top, losin g
~,~ ' men , a nd m T. of their ch06en leaden, inI
• :~ s.lh,nt. SIr John rthlbankc.
lL was a.
I, ;. -.! Sig ht. wa.tC$
bv t h our.a.:nd.!!. in t he e "'et';i "~r'lIJ(! gloom.
A t ~n e ·moment. t be,. were below
"~ cre~l : t he n ext
' \0,. A mome nt. .:tit.erw&nis
- ~~\' hli n ' dlsa,Ppell.l
t in SIde the Turlds h t.r e.ncbee,
I J)(: l! n g ail t.be d (enden who had not f!.ed In
_"!'It. whIlst ot.bers
~er Ktopped . t t he t.rencb
l"A bu h iashed in p nuit down t he reve.tle Ilopes.

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A VISTA OF FLAME,

. f rom a t bousa.nd I~i p s a. sh o ut we nt UD that.
B 4.~ 1n ight '911 3.8 now rapidly fall~ : : he fig ur. ~a r:f. e \blurred , then lost. .11 alw.pe.
a~J lina li r djs&ppe~ Ilrom "I ew , TlLe battlefield
'U] I JDlshed oo mD I ~.+ely.. and 1LB on e left Choeol .. t.e
HI;) one ] OQk:~ ~l lop a VlSta of rol1i n~ clo\lds
( I ~ ", o k e and b'IJ ie
rea,. from the midst o( WblCh
, I.. t mcc!u.nt rop.r · of \t he rlfto fire n eTer for !I.
I~- m(' n l ceased .
Th s wa.s omin ous, for, Illthough
!b; 70 w a.!\ In ~u r h nds, the q uestion Ql'Ofie. could
'o! nold It t hroughol1t t~B nig ht in t he. f aoa of d e"r'lant'd ('o u nt ~ r-at.tiaclr:9.?
In facl., !WI tbrollgb
;h- mgh t t he ba.tUe i r1.gM IDceMan tl y, :J.nd wben
rnnm:; broke HiU ~ ";'a.s n o longer in OUT po ..
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Apparen t l be Turks we: e De\'er dn't'en
(.'1 ~ knoll on t ll e n
bern crest, fro m which they
tnl..Jcd us with m
hie guns a.nd a rtillcU' fire,
~I ~: Ihose of ' l b
Y ~manr1 who had aashed
'1' 'r. t h ll r cvera& _s l pee jIll pu reul t were counter~. ,;, ....1 and
lost. heatliv , a.nd were obliged to
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D urin, t.he nlghi I t was decided t.ha.t it
• . _ i 1>6 impoa£ible to h 01d t.he hln in daylight ,
1'.1 " ~ e order wu g i; en for the t.roo£l& tb withdn."I1I'
" ' h~l r orig:m;u pos ~ioris. Not bing, howne r, will
f' ·<t n the gl or y of tP,at ' fi n a l eharge of Eog1&Dd'a
l A- men. T hus endcfl tbls g re&t. fi.::bt. "
De:.cnbi ns t he 8Il~O fj.gbt another : cc!TfJl1Xlment
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e ti me. t he attack on Burnt
1t '1I began. The hil is covered Wllb ICr ub two or
~ree feet h igh ne..,ly lan the way Up, e :roept for
~ hu rnt pa.kh, huJfneli.r t h" top & &ort of sandy
: dl y run6 across t
(u:e of t.he bill, 'fo rming A
,-,.".d ~ c i ml!,ar-s hA
,Sf!&r, a.nd in we Cl'Oftfilng of
' ,'!o l he aLt.&.ck Dg.
w ould ba.ve n o COYer w h&t.
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AJI th.~ ' a1tt;don our m en were WOTking
1;1~ l r w ay u {l the hi l t hrougb .t b e scrub to t.he edg e
c· tbe ~i 1Ul ta.r , " h i e ihe enemy's 5hrapnel bunt.
( ~t~ t hem. The P&r~~ on bur hill danced uDder
' ,,~ l!l'l pad. of fhe eJ e.m~.': abe lls. Their hill ahook
"~': ~ r . t ho mare
orDlldable eonCll.Ulio ns of OUT
ta .~ I · i;'0ns.
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, -\Ibfut ~i~ o'cloc , fr esh tTOo~ were ~n e1imhl
.- : u p t.h e hlU fro~th~ le fi hon t. . making for t.h~
': (' 'If t heJcru b t o-t &irds of the wtJ.y up , wh ere
r:_ Ime w
form . ]It wall " can.lry di.,1I10 U
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been or r ed t-o. ~o.m pl ct6 th e capt.ur&
(' I',. hil l. I T h ,s c1'1'a~. drv!&lon had to ad vUlCe
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t he S:l lt. Lak under a t re meodoll4 shrapnel
.:.. , I h <l to If, t o la:-' , I t.he~- ru a.r ched in full V!6 W of
:oe rnem~- acrOfS
y: pa n~e of d r, m ud about II.
r- ,A.n "' It e n ~ a nd fI t .3.$ a b illiard tnbJ ~ . o n wbieh
l' 'I) mov:ng In fo ~
a.ll on preRn t such a ta r get a 15
~ I'~n me n d r ea.m ·of.
r, ' \\U hbout
if-put ~'t'en ....hen opr Yeo- 1':", ;a lned Lh.e po$lion On tbe edge of t he
. ':'I'I ll', IJ;'hellCll lh a t tac k Wall to be launtbed .
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fallin, fa t , bu t, watchjng t hrOugh· our
f ~ P' i ro m Chocol
B i ll . we .rmdd enly saw a stir
~~<[ J mtne IImlirtg $.J r ,-nen ill the IIcrub o n Burn~
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Th eil , bciore o~e realu5ed that. tjI e !&&t. Ch&rg1
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were s"armulg ~ t he
'-'-': -I =.u If r u,(,1n m fo r a pnze. In a n i~tedlbl.1'I
, • 'I m'" th ~ Ira
~w e pt aeT'Ofi!i t he Ga re gu ll)'!
-:, r., · "\'I'h· clt. i!1:;n I~ th e dll~k t heIr figu r es shower!
r. i"~ 1nh, a 'n d l he n. lhev vani shed in to t he IIm elre
).t! ';1 rkrH~ss ou
fo p of
h ill . . Oh'rious ly
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rsL trt!nch . 'rh e lMt lIeen ot
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isols ted figu res 6t ll nd IDg up
':- I'1r dam hf' n n g 0'l'6 r t he t.rench to bolt .
No
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CHf.E RS OF -qHARGING YEOMEN.

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Son or Mr.
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Pioo. ALEX, WILLIAM BADcOCK.
1/4tb Roy.1 Ber!<s (Terri.orials), KlII.d.

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SPORTS CARNIVAL.
Jon Guara n t.ee
A. promine nt
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Troop Sergt. S.
&Y';t. K e rry
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char,•• tilt! Edit~r would ~ glad to t.t:eiv~
Iloti(icationa frkm ".rantle and fr iend,:\
Photograpb • . would be (:'u1'eltll1y treated
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KILLED IN THE TRENCHES.

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OFFICER'S
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TRIBUTE.
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Mn. Ha.rriet Bedcockt of 13, Pa!ngboutD~-str~t,
Reading, ho.s received U,e sad nllwa that. her aoD;

Alexander Willi~f' ~OOck. of ' the l,I4th
Royal Berkft Regt.., has been . killed , in action at.
the front .. He W~ i truc:C by a. .bell ....hiGh explodec:t
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in his 'trench on
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PERso,NAL NOTES.
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F f'~a-e-. I that 'amonga,t th6 Berks Yeoatam"y t.he
(,II) \\' , n;:: ofti<:.efl , bad been' w~:".
L'/,;UL. H. P . CrOdaDd.
~. Lieu:L. W. H. c.oda.nd.
~1 n.Jor :to 8 : Goqeli.
C&.pt . P . M. N. Wnmrfltr.!L.
~. Lieat.. T . R. Aillger. ~
Ca.pt. S. B: Bui-l..!Jr-BelDdenoIl.

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Mr'l. C. H. Slaughter aDd Mra. Percy Gyles.

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Sleep. . Soothed
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.ESSAGE FROM THE KING' AND

~ond Lieutc-nan t ' J . .W~lI , whOse portrait is
re-producOO on th is' ll9£fI , WM tho son of Mr. W.
W~ l.a, T he I1 av~ n , N orthumberla nd-avenue, a wellkno n postal offi cial.
~e 'W;t S dro wn ed
the
" Roval Ed ..... a rd " on Au ~t 13t h.
t o tt;e ~Il mad e by' Lord K ltrne ne r
IOU; Devons 'i n St!p tcmber, l D14 , and
of a bout fh'e "'eek:;
<om,Â¥;o;h+
11 t.h 8atbdion . He
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Mr. W ilham wJ t, of 1 ~, Wh itleY ·ltreet . ! the
Ch ie-f T ~tor at the R ea :l on :- CC!'lJoration Wtt.erworn, lUI.:. recoe-iyffi IDti m atiyn t llat ins &O il , 'ft'f£per
Reg. L. We«I , has bePIl wO\ln dNl. · 'l'rooper r- ~t
W &I; edUCB.Led a t d'll! ' Kcnd ri d: :khool a od ..... ..' a.
elelrk in t he Berlu Il nstlra n'('e Oftk6, ' Abbob' w
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W e ha ve ' also"' le~t,nlld th'. t Trooper 11'. W O.
Fott&, 50n of M r ' l ,:n<F M rs. ThOl: Potu . or 54,
.EdqehiIl ",tr eet, hal; bbt!n wounded
T"-oper .:tt15
was eDlployed .aL Lh e Pulsoar de r Worla.

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LADIES' ·COMMITTEE.
MEMBERS OF THE
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II):: b L l!i t h ~o wll 011 tho R'lon oUl!l eba.rge
''''I '''r wr lttcn ~" SergeA.nl Claude S pence r ,
'Ve lave &160 been informed. of the followlDg her
r ho m!] Iii ;:;1.
and "'ho is Ilt presell ~ cuua ltiet\ · " \l '1' l nried in Ne Ie:, H ospital. 1 1e is • we ilTrooper F red n;nnett of Lhe ~mtCad.
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l· \ '1 ""un ty c r iell:cl r , :md f..'Lys tha.t r;.He r r eceiv- grave.
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~'f.l. Claude Spe ocer , of E tnfie ld, ou nd cd In
,. '<Ir nlllg 10,t h (' heers of big c~ rMes 6:S both
egw., ..oo D OW 1)"U11j In Netley HOI!Ipit.al.
'n a n ';
;t ;l;l1n
t CJ" ~ II.Jlant.l y aM:.a.cked the
Troopers ."-. T. &nd G. 11. C'la:ydon . of · Englefield ,
" W1 n He 'w as 'fin lly !lIcked u p bI t wo men o f
bot
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wounded
IlOna of Mr. Claydou. of thel Work..no n !' t !Y'g' men t,j who carr iod h im t o. ufe t y
me-n'lI C lub and yillage poaLala... Lor.
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YeomaJ:Iry . 1ria 'pa,reiitA lit. 't.l, Lonao n .... t.ree t. hue
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PALS
recelYed, of6.cia.1 mhm~on , t h &t he i& m*lIll1, b u~
.. letter from a. churn &aya t ha fl be' baA been killed .
.. Bob " .AJT&I ;ron fe.rne in Reading IolIo.'ldiatriC?t ~
A TROOPE 'S DESCRIPTION.
8.0 e:rpert swim mer, &Ad be wen. fo-r ~ ree 1ea~ . In
lU~lOn thel Palmer iChaJJettp Q\J:p 10 COnnectIon
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thfl tlemen:t:a.ry eebooL. . ... izmn.w.g BpOJ"t.B" Mr.
.'1 ~n ifi.e& n t 'PaJ!SI4l& In a wounded TroopeY"s
Ayre.-; \a the pe~nt J~ Mck 'ris1tor of the
I· ~~ h'1:ne IS "Tbe ! wont I h ave to tell :JOU 11
n ....... 01 Oak p,...~ly ~e\y ,
'-,' nr,ul.v &1J Ill:" p~ ls A.re gone. " The wnt.er ill
'I:r~ J . R ., WMf., eon 04 Mr. aDd }In. H . J.
lr"" ,,"'r Ilay Df";'!, of the 1st. Troop, .. B " SqUad- A. "WC5t., babr, ot ' lt:1eigh-road, &hghU,y wound@<! .
r '~ i hn sa\'s _
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He ... employed a t jtbe ltead;inc Education Offices.
( In the ' 20th an
the 22nd iust. ~ went. BefoJ'e enli6tiDt::' !MI' WrM at.ooyiftg for a. B.A.. deg~.
t'l"l:-h :- rno!'", a. ..·ful tI me. AL t.wo o'clock i n the
Corpora.! Good. ~ of · 1fT. and lIn. Thomas
""'t n-,' n oi t hs '2 ls ~ i'mst ., we et.arted ;nt.o wha.t Good, of NOrlbum!*l'!nd· ...nu., Bea4inr, is ....
' ,. N " I ! 1 CAn a p r o~r deat h -trap.
I n the f ron t ported wounded . ~ploy~ &t. t he Pulaometer E n, I, "' :' ~ II. t.hree-m ile ope n pia ln before · r ea.c bln g gi neeri ng Work&.
HfI ..._ formerly a m em ber o(
' 0 i,] ....·h,ch we we re to at.t..3.ck.
AU the wa y tbe 1... Befit. Bpy ~ ,
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Troope:r
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. Era.clcnell , wO(l nded ' in
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At. Ja..5~ W~ TfIacbed l he h Ili.
Neyer
left tlll g~ ib1 a11 6Xploa.4I bullet. ~e. "111' ' '' on tbe
};:II I iO t :{t~. 9,·ha.t. h t !>pencd . . If such a. pl,,:OI!l lU postaJ.
e~ · .at Brac~aeU 'before he J<l lDed the colI ·:l: I" S. It ....&5 of! that hilI.
ll , regllD6nt OW'II , &nd ~
& .pleDd id aOot.
': " 'o¥l I h~ aha.r k, aDd u nd elr
rift e . maxim ' a.nd
Trooper
IPbillip ~, youngeat SOD of Mr.
: "'rn ... l fire we eou.1d tJlot live i n such a . place .
BOwyer. wheehmght., of Wa.r6eid, klUe.;1
" ..·... r" "\rdercd to ~rive the m. ont, so on we n t Thcnnas
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Lce.. ·Corpl H&n'1 JIowell, m Brach:nel1, miuing'.
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N ovel' ,hall I fOllIet· t h ..t
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[t \I'll.'! ;tk.e dri .., ng Uie De.fil out of RetL B.e waa oerl. to ~t.. ~ooer .(m611t.iotu:d ' above)
~,. AI' 'A'~;'1t a.mKl a nericet- · blLi t of lead a.nd Look wben tM . . . . re1l111 tM (:'bpee. . '!'bere haa boeo.
DO t.Hee ef ~ einee.
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.'f( , I ' n f' ~ of be ;lChe~;,f - Ou r br S.V& f~o..s dropped
, :. w !, but. W61 did our worst . OD.r 5Upport not
T",ope.t
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' .~t' ~ ' ron g eDou!!jh , ' we were oroo~ to ret.re.a.t,
•• t " as only ~'t'6r! a bout 20 .Ya.nb.
The woni
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God . o nly n o . . Ihow I got t~sh,
(.......-I <tI; u ' 01l m y ' Me. \ M y h &nd ia s lightly
~ ""Ia~«l WILh t:b ra pnel. but. it is onl! ekia d~p, "
\ rn nnt; 1 ~ reported 11P'OtJ'D<I~ are Trooper
F! ~ .,.:.. Rldd l&, IOn of ' Mr,' H. H . Biddia, of W~t.­
I : ~(.! . Xf!wbttry, a.nd Troopet- . Arthur Fnrnk:e, ~n
I., . ~ :'I!ld Mrs. Edward Bul'UkIe, of Stroud GreeD.,
" M is 'lOW in .. hue ltoapi1jaJ at Alu:a.~~&.

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The orch a rds round were ' abundant
with fru it.. of wh ich the men partook freely and
no d oubt foand very I'Cfreshing.
R ~ierring to the 1/4th B attalion 0( the Royal
Berk3b.ire Regiment . t.he Capta in remArked tha t
be wu much gtruck ..·ith tile general a.ppe.a.ran ce of t.he men, the whole of who m ~~rn in
: clt:cc11cn.~ gp!rr~.1 ~nd . very' fi t i?cl eed, !bilst" ~n the
matLer of d l8Clph ne It .... as plaID t o I!e~ that It WWl
very h ig h.
Oa!lt.ain Porte r a}to brin gs h ome the
plev.i ng news Hid, t he Baltali on a re fa vou.rahly referred La b v all wi t h whom t h ey hAve come in to
con tact, whilst in courEe o( ,conversa t ion with sarno
of lbe mf)! ft he l earn t tha t t h ey 'W e rc well pIO&Se:d '
with the gener al a rrangements made on . their
behaH.
On Sa turday night Ca.9ta.in PMter went t'ound
I t he tre nches in (:Dlnna n}' with Colonel Serooold.
, when he fO\lnd that al l tile m en on duty w:ero very
, kcen and ' alert, a lld in every way t horoughly at
home in their du t iell. ·
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The et.ra.in of t rench life IS , of eoun e, observed
CaVt. Porter, very great. but t be' fiDe tTa.inmg
whIch t.he tru'!D "' ere given p nC r to le-f,ving' Englaoo had ev ,denflj VI'ell fi tted them for their 'Work,
and ' w(luid, in 8. grea t mcasure, ' &CCQunt for t be
\ I mallness of the ca.suallies 1n tho battahon . They
kn ow what de pends on t hem, commented Cap t .
1 P or ter , .and the ma nner in 'Vi'h ich they comport
thoO'lSciveg speak~ larg ely to their all-round ~ ffi­
cicncy .
Capla in P arler, who had the experience
of 6I ee!) j n~ in one of the dug-ou l;s in t.he t rench.66,
describes I t ali, wonderfully comfortable eonstdenng
the circumstan ces, .and e r:!Il'essed, hi rnaelf as dehghted wi l h a ll th(l · arran.::eme m;.s made for the
: COntror/; of the men. The S eeretllry CODSldf tfl t.hat
If tho rE'ma.lU j n~ elig iblo ye ung men of the .Co~Dty
wou ld o nly rca' l.!ie ( ""h ic1~ they :sbou ld by thul l ime)
",h f t a strain trcnch warfa re must be month a.Her
mon-h, t.hey would come fo:rward ip l&rge numoera
to joint. the ir comrades of Berlu!hire at the front.
thu& giving lon<>er llOUrs of reHef .
Many of those
at. the front' ar: askin g if there' are still &Dr .left. in
the county' w'1fo could an,& should enlhlt. . ]
In concluding,· Capta in Porter F..aid tHeI men
Yery TOuch apprecia.t.ed the gr~t lD.~t ~btch
was toeing abown .. in th em by the .... ~ol&
of Lhe people i n the County of Berkablre.
On thG mornin g' th a t Cnnt. Porter loft the Berks
were abou t to leave the trench~ a.fter .. long
spell in them. and all ranks. he M Id. woere lool ing forwnd with a cODaide r3ble amount of pleasure
t.tJ the relief about to .be arrorded.

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