Reading Observer . June, 1915.

HsooDt's , THRI%IN'~\'ADVEN1'WES
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pli.8hed, of more perils dared aad"j hid&Japa endured dunng ... the p1'el3ent. Ca.mplU~ thaD. Sergt
F J. Bowler, of the Lo~ North-Lanea.shil'6 Regl.
ment,~ a Ru.ding mao 'Who IS now wounded at hrlJ

MISSING.
WANTED OF SPE!ifCER'S

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prevlOusly employed ml the

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at &a.diRg
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me:ncement of hosttlltlell.
He served l.urough tbe
battles of the Maine and the .AisDe, afterwards
OOtng wonnded m the leg.
He Mcovered.L,. aq.d
agaru went.- on actlve sel'Vlce~ ~\Dg &gam woiinded
In the general advance lB3t May ... Scrg;b Bntler

He was a. reservIst and was

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H~h ,ympathy ~ teJt f~~ t ho parent. ot
W.- NorrlB, .of Spencer's Wood, who ' waa
18 a. ~ut, whose duty It 18 to creep forward from
ported 'WoUnded on " Apnl 15th, I 81nee whleh the trenches a.nd locate the euemy's pOlltionll, a.od
t une nothing. . .I b as been ' beud ot him . Pr1'vato
Norm camo fklme from India WIth t.he ~ Berl-, he baa had many thtillmg adventures o.nd hair
~t.• a.n~after· enjoying &. few bour&" :\ a"e
breadth e.3CB.pe.8 He was mentioned m deSFa.tcbeS
bome wa.fl:lent. to tllO Front. lu .! pnl last h>!t
ConSPICUOUS brJovery m tho field 00 October
part 1P t he famaus bat tle of Neu\'e Cbapelle. 18th. and recommended lor distmStlon.
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Every eHort I S bell'lg made to get tldlORI of him.
Describing the ba t.tle of RILS3Y. whu:h took place
and we reprOOUJO Pte NorriS pll ota lhlll week. JD
t.he hope that It ma.y a SSIst. 10 findmg out where m the region of the Maule on September l~b.
he IS iLt Ill::seD ~ .
Sergt Bowler told an .. O~erver" representatiu,
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''.We were att-ackmg t he enemy. who were ~Y"
the surroundmg hli b
We were wea.rmg our I
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It.had been ramlDg all t.he mornmg.

The F-dltor " Ill be ~Jlld to reeelTe from ~a.th"M and we~hid done a-bout fift.,teD. mlles foreed lIW"'Cbhann r friend. at the front Ifltrly lDtima.t:ion 01 lI.uy LOg
ks our BClg~6 wei at.taclung the enemy's
cuus.1tieJII (Moog thew, tlud m CIl80 of death n.ny bln- PO:l1tiO'M We were InJ stakeb for the enemy (our 0).1
graphlc.ol detail.. In tbeu- polISI.:SSIOll ' ~otogra.pbA sh eets were "of a !nmllar colour to t he GCrm£D. urn lO&had to us ior t eproductlOn will be carefully handled forlll) aDd we got undcr a. ternble tlhell fire from
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our own,guns ors well as the OerTl,l<Ul "Jack Johnsoos," which were burst.lllg aH round WI
'Ye reccrvtld oroers to retire f rom tho top of a. hill which
wo had rushed
We were met ou thu top of the

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waa thought adVisable b) our con:4lJander to make
te mpora.ry reltrement
On gorug down the hili,
CarpI Knigh t , of my pla.~tf. 'got seriously
wounded m the foot
He called to me to carry
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hlm ·a.wa.y to gave him from bemg captorrJ, and
I got blm across my shoulaen .nd ca.med hUll
mto safety at Ithc bottom of the hill
All tho
t1me we were under ' a terrtble 8be~1 fire
I am
pleased to lea.rn t bat Corpl K.DIglit haa got h l:f I
comnml61OU, ar{dj"'ur now attacbed ~o tbe 3rd Battbe L~i\'Y'L ' g [\,9 Ii. Lleutenaut
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a.ttack the llOlilt lon agaui , ~ ton II
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up Ie blll a. sholl burst: o\cr mr ~ ~~ I
bloWn up In to tbo air
I WaH r~ rcd
~,.;~~,,,,,;·;;-u; to~ the tIme, and WllS 'Wou nded !How
ever , I ~CSllcd,l my wound mYself, a.nd contmUI,d ' 11
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};CONmlY

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.. THE ' ONLY

made money o~t ot tile ~ar aboulu
ImpollI\dcd )by f.Pepial tax&by forcea conbi~uti.om. t.o •
e.I.tent of 50 per OI!1II.t 'He also lug
the weekly \\ .~gea o~ WOMrp above £J
he partIally dlY~ moo & loan bY
Go""crnDlent Bonds which would
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Serving in France!,
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the kuper of the ii.a.\ion.l pumr.
membern who adlfre_ .recrwtlng
10 a. ..... ord 10 favour of e<:O OIKll),?
aUdle'Mel tba~ nO:l". If ~, IS
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soldlCI'8 made a bayonet charge, and ca.ptured shauL
400 of t-he en c!illY
I t; Wa.s a tcrnble d<J.y for ~:\II
bngade.
'Ve loot. lIe-pllY'. aod a. great number
of o1ti.~
Thu enemy were' eight tunes our
strengtl1. apd they were stroDgly entre1;l:ched
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fonght till dlL.k, when t4e figliting ceased.
We
gamed the hClghta at l'toy'OD, ~d tbere our Erl
gade entrenched and held the P08l.tlon for fiv (}
weeks
On Lhe monllug of SenteOlbe. 15th. a.bOllt
3 n..m , & party of tho enemy were diJ(:oV;rod. be '
hlDd a ba.) st.ack on the IUdo of a. tIJQln ro&d, clOti&
t& a. Jl1m fRctory.
J.. 16 Ut Knowlu, of our Ba.t~
alton , and I l.'Ot to the ba1Mt.ack , whlch was ttilm
on tire, a.nd when we got near the German l'iootlY
challenged lIEl
We crawled to the other ,ude of
t he b1ack Without. rcplymg:, and got up about J 5
yards. from t.he QutPOl:IL \ 'Ve were on the POlD t of
nmhing whcn the man ou :rentry lihoutcd out, ami
.~bout 100 of th\l eOltmy oome nr..illng out from be.
hind the wall of tbe Jam l factory_ We were vcry
lucky not t o ~et ~
J ed 0. captured. and we ma. n
aged to take ti helt'e bchmd tI. big treJ!;
We saw
two Germans who \\6 t!o9k fnr IOtretchl'!r be&renl .
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1') 109 a ma.Dm gun
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thong"" they were
oding to t he wounded They
were, ge!y, about SO yard~ awa.y. and day 'Waa Just
br6ll .~""tien a.l l of'i.-sudden tlfey opened a. '4pld
fire m ~our direct-IOn
\'''e~had a. wonderful e!tCo.[>«L

SOl L Chio_ Money ad)oU.
Mr, Rusself, ~ uraed that

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strengpt. ,OCCUPYlnlg hills florid thIck woods
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KlDg.S Itoyal RiHe:t made, all attack, nod ~ctLugbt
a.bou~ 600 of the enemy hrvouaced In a wood Our

on Monda.y, 1 $e.'ftta.l suggestion.
for heipmg to IDeetI the finanaal

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D~rtblDg the actIOn, Sergt Dueler

' ~Pn ~eptember 14th, ..bout 4 &..m., our bhghd~'"
stnt;ied ~u t t..o attMk the enemy, wbo were 10 geM"

RFROL'IWE" ,
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THE AISNE BAT~~

Three da.ys later the groat ba.ti1e of the Alsne ~ r.1

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d~IIUlllt..lC MOJlomy .~ Tb~ liS
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ludulged III
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SNIPING -mVEN1ORES.
Speaking of hlA acivcl,lj:u.res as a liDlper, Bergt..

B.owler saId I
.. About ten o'e1ack the same mornmg ('Septem.
ber 16th) . Ca.pt Allen asked me to go. out IDUplDg
tho German office"
I \plcked out t heir leaders
WIth my field gla&:1e8
I gnt.' nn tho eight flank
of t.helr trenches about ISO yards a.way, concealed
m a. .blglbole III the p-0und made by the bur3tiDg of
110 OJ Jock Johnson" I sllot about twelve of thei r
leadetl!l before they daco'\"~red 'my po.ltJon Then'
they
!>hotA through
WIth a. mUlm
gun.,
wsht abntlt I
o·e1ock 1 wa....
sent
a batt-ery of
that waa shell.
.D..Gt crept out

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RC>Y'"L , BERKS

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