Reading Standard Etc 01-1915

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The GO"MUons n.ng to !.hi, .'''',l'.'' ll''~
&)1 Chr'stmaS' nJgbt.
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Tbe
troorr IMai4c6teacl
representingarb
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are
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.of t.ho Chrllltmaa
TerritorlalAl
who ' were

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25th an~
by

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reheved"

of Swod:sb W.~ I

Cannon

17.!, Sc\ool-pla.ce,

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j Rea.d l~g ~tand~rd

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but anoLhor OD I B.

closer to

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en em y .""d

_}b."fo.:el

and;i~[-~~::it';!~~';~~r:i~~

are like block.!! o f l eo.. (' Vo get IR a. , thlS. alfiogethe r
alD find ~)De. or on the Hank Of the group Qf eight, h a.vmgj
prnctl4e tb? 8~ep dan~! of WhICh we lmpro"vlpg ,Jug-ou\:.s or ,h ead

ne\t ,.o nes. !

ml\.lJ

IS kind enQugh to aF.ar himself
puta a.oou t ten rounds Into t h o
front and reJOins tho er'Cle agalD,
tllled at least 0I1e man.
I &metlm ~ .oue' & prcfl;eoco at
ll potted. by tho 9:tke r .iae.

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At J ,ndsor '-"Dclg'!an'" Army
to 0. young c!ompatnoh
'I'he
was 22. h ad 10J hurry· back to
wh l1j b e hod b
w~ullded
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"r;d .~tl:oj~d.

t

chaUmg
t b lS mormng ~ shouLcd to the Germans
Night
we re not golt2 fo fire. nnd at about. nine , St.rbn~l~ onough. t.he ",,,,,"~.I
6.d.w two of them aoo\ 6 t.h9lr trcDchC!l p~ thl.DIJIi prescnt-war,
Shot by Accident
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I d~,.. and 80 ou.
Then one
us
f th
hm1&elf. und, takmg ha nOe, go to n 11~~',n"
oy
peer t.brougb, lOOkmg for 8. hUlUan

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for the BelgULn IWrujtccs.
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and ls,t dtfnklllg.
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of trueo.
InterestIng
and the " orst t.h mg we havn ,I ~n
d ay! and night,
l our foot.-w(I .cnn' t koop them eometl ~e& ~Iow a.nd

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The Burghclcro Branch of "':~,~~:;;~~
given the 'rhole of the yeat:'s
t.lons, s.mountlDg to .£3 8s, t9 tIre

to have the sh ells wb 18t1\u g o.bQ.ve our

co~y of

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lint j'lo t ll!jlat;ion a j Readmg
..n'~ea.th &t tho front
portral~, a dtpaplOO by the
t.tiQ .. R.(md l'n Sta.~dard .r ·

ma.de D. anmsttee on
a. &core of ahot. have!
\a long tho
Of' 500 yards.
The
a lflO qUiet. a,nd It W J a plea.aant

~i'/i :'t"C~ on a bayonet and OOi n abo, 0 the

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RoYf Bc:.rks R.c:.gl-

at

a

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J.tumour says ~h3.t t;he 4th
ReJpment expect. to go to France

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!A coJtUlgon t of t.he ;'3t Ba.tt
ma.ny of ",~om h».d lbeen

wOWldcd, lef t
.Tanusry 7th,
Front.
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Wplmg 011 I Chrlstmas
S".r'fteld·9~·JMI~on. lli ·
8.,
Saxon rognn ent signalled
two ba.rrels of boer auto the
t.senchea

·;~:.ri~
!iif;i:VI,r;il~;;r
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So tar only ODe

blood. _and he got. 1~ i,. ~ll.~~:,;'::i~~;:jl ~:,~
Night 1& 'very .'i
tn store.

kcl•.•.'"..

"tcxt.

ha.ve

for they wore
tlDle, fu,d we had
!Dcbes. to a foot of mud

bB.Vl~ ~I:~~e~'i~:t

Illto

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th~1 mud ott, but I t

wlUlh

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1m

un-

M the Germans were 6edtilDg t heir
us, "nil we were lucky mdecd t..o
ond !;11n~ ' ~ounded IR the Qrm
evet watchful to IImpe us, but
0.11 tb c]r~ O firr wILy ,We ba.\c our
fUD {Lnd pof t lmUl when 'JIe get

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T h oymuch
spo,t dunng
a plll.OCthe
In
"DOW hlrlD
themaolves
nfiB on lt, flre ati ~gbt, and

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of gfjttmg ODC home' l We are

their trJcJts, however, although they
few of our roen o'i ery t \mc we go m.
& few spare momcnia In. which to
aa I am W8oDt'.cd to dlshimlt tho I' ~.;"plii~t:·;;
~dci,~;;t';;';
glfts, of "bleh Fe bn.ve a.n I'
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and nQarly evcry man ItI. the
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rul'9~ tk,

find

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In such, Bo stJte
1 of
interest 18 <shown the-

rCIDaID.

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permit.

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Ilha.VlDg

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here ffor f our
After clean-

and otherwlSD

wc return to t he trenches for

;n1:Ut~1

mu... ;s .the
famous mUSlC 1.1e~eher 11
or four month ( tbe

grea.test ea.se.

TheI

WblCh~ time tbe

rendily be a:pp~
""" IUO! ','U". of
sio~ "'ithi~
I.n.a~~.biliti..li..,np."e<{ by ,the 'faol ,

m

many

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PRIVATE ALFRED ·jl.'tJ'LLIIl't~.

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Berkshire's Life 'Gi,teu
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her:.IOnTilehunt,
Alfred, A.\Scrgt
private
BIlt.balion Royal 'Berks

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lOrry to
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d ead on

him in &
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all ~rry

took

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