Reading Standard Etc 07-1915
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TOLD IN
FROM
BRAVE
l,
1st BEBKSBIRES.
at Loss of Three
Officers.
~~~;'m'~!~'n
good spirits, and f(lr tM best!
II
by his MaJesty, Wi):) bestowed
011 thl) '~t of t'n:) picVJhllIJ, IjslLLanco--C orpl
Randl!:, SCTGt Major
1,,~:kj1~;.r;;,;;r~iF
Bossom
CM
G~oo
cc8te.rDst.rC'et
Front IS told In
Ii
of HeooquaJ'tc{'S Compar, Y
to
B<~:~lb~~;i;~l:'~,:;;;; d('l.'lUi 01\: t5-16lh M",y lIn
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1:ti~t 6tli&elyt tloIlndnorfpasSC(1
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ofIDlbe<.
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.~n~~~:;:o";ntiUTlng
:::lhe cn(,my
sfirst
the athck
)
no
me and 1 gM6
Tefl, me ] hea m
no allHwcr and
tlm~
t.o Ill" 'ke cGr
lint'
onlprlv fim('C
gl'le"Ol'd Tat. his
and hI! "O\lld
~
No IlUat
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set 111111\
tc
Ill" \0 Len YOII h ow dC(' ~ll'
hI" p t'lfcnh nnd rela.l1V~
fu was II f r l(> l1t1 to them
rn} sln ceTI!>
lIla lit&!! of
f '
and dN'P sympathy
loll
brave Ulan and a.
,
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J'toEC
'In my btUe wet
In the Mnch
'Vbero tho rlUD5borlllli:S contlnua.Uy- ~nc.h
I
'l11ete $ a d oad coW"" el
by
With b oofs Lufne~ ho tlle 0:1
AM It glvr...li oft 11 N:rr~ble sLenCll. ..Underneath 18 l1> pb.ca l called a J!'IJor
There s a, mass of wet'ltnud a.ntll~e straw ...
.(
Alnd the Jack JI...hnsone. tear
I
Throngh tho l''t'D-scddC:n. a.lr
To my btUe ~ home 1D the- tl"flnch
JU⢠s n ce to
up IJl the lIlGnlrng.
)Standlng ,tw. toJl'lll~ at dawnW tutJn:; there ttl the pounng ram.
I Wlsbmg yoo d De,e, beoll' bom
And when tIM &hells are 6lMftitlg
J 1And bulleb are wh?ulDtt abead
t'~ moe to XfIt up 1n the mornulg
I
.Bu, ~ Its ~ Jolly sight t ll~r 11,1' bodl'"
kt
I'
I
J
r
J
\1 LWeI Risked to Piek LIlies
In n.n efl.rher letter Pte. ~eher saId "hen the Germans C!\Ule ~bey bUried "oousands
bottl~
ot -.;hlSk.y m opl\*rs and OOmt;lGied them
Ho"ever " we hl\.v~" t been abl4t
1\15 y'Ou can onl!
there at
bit
When
wtllEtUiet
get you
~."""-'
LI~~I~~~!;~~~~ ''';''' "'''~~'l
- "U". I ~j
of tho
tho.
call No Man II
Ge:rman trencbe8
a~,
w~
18 an abtack
and
ground Wa hat-am aur
UI. front of tbfl trenches, foY) If
up their nare ) lgnlA w() ~ may be
You wou!d have laugl1~d baa you been here tbe Ilt~~~~:JJ~
ot1~r 4a.y The (~rmRfWl; had been worklng hard
for 186vCtll.I nlgh\-.. bUlldfug a. barricade acroa& a
rond on IS hill frO th3.t they could carry d.ore8 etc
IDto tlle lt Imes w,thollt being seen
l_
One of our tLllfoplanes ho..e'ier 8j>Ottt:d It whilst
b~aged In t."Ol'(>nntl.l@&l.DOO a.nd tll~n ..ncd to O\ll'
artillery to fire The first sho ~ dropped 10 tront
Rnd the second blew It Into notbmg
I hI!. the
Gel'lllana dldn t. half swear Every t ime
'buiM
It up they gut IS -shot at It
al~onA~~s &~nS,
of Blagra.,~~ St.. &.ai""
equlpped ' l 14e. Df.lsakl
Studio , for 'a ll ol."n liD
HI" Maje ..tll' .. S~ vlc:e.
to who~ tb~:s Slve
tbe followin!\ Special
Term,.l l ~
1/6 eac.h fol' \ o"pllcate
copies
Flr.t Po"tral, pre.ented.
Extr .. odo:z;en .. , 17/.
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THE SCENE 0;:: CALLANT DEEDS.
dato has moro qulcUn'3d the pUlse of Ensltihmen
has been acclOljmed by common ~om:ent as 3 d.:,,'1J.;"~
dJ1patch,
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Our ol'lly a,Anch StucllU
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S'f;\nON jP-()AP, BEADIl'It,
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