The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-27

.gn Legion. writing under date or May
a.. says:
we have again been In the trenches
a., have mad a most exciting time OF it.
vbar we went up (you always go up
IN me trenches and down TO rest. or to
r,,,onmeuts) after an hours marching
,a entered a beautiful park and passed
sp.end.d but utterly ruined chateau
s-l an equally wrecked chapel. belong
Ing 10 one of the biggest French names.
=, vas quite A job keeping order in the
,,,bs the lawns and grounds being 1T
.r,'ly strewn with shells, so the men
Won't bohh ng out every now md then to
r.r, m aluminium fuses. the great fash
~, being aluminium finger rings made
is.n fuses
past endless stables. garages. COM
rons INTO a lovely orchard in full
h,o5n; then, outside the park gates and
vail f,teen minutes march through
Rose. thick, bushy wood. where the 100
u.l!meter long, heavy artillery Is then.
,ns, outside the wood. the trenches. at
400 yards from the encmy's line, on the
other side OF a DAD bordered by trees.
~ had them have charged INTO an
o,her since-three Anglo-Sax-
ors in my section. an American, a Cana
dian and an Englishnan. With no de-
sIrs TO natter tthe writer is a Ruma-
mani I can only say that for good be-
hayior and perfect service there are
no better mon in the regiment. Their
weapons, clothing n equipment are
a,vav spotless and they always do
what they are asked. quietly and keenly.
"Must See some F~1shtins."
IN. American - an eminent sur
eeon who has, so to speak, escaped from
hospital 10 enlist as q private Just to
see the fun as he says. I must see
some rghtins,' he keeps on saying en-
rAat!cally. The standing Joke in the
company, In which tho Captain Joins. 10
TO tell him that his services will be re-
ou!red as hospital urEeon He then
beg. and entreats, ending with vigorous
yama.., jamais' tnGver, nsverl. one Of
III. few French words 10 knows.
LES trois Anslais' tine three Eng
Nshl. as We call them. say they are
very happy and undoubtedly are treated
very well by everybody. They were
sways en~treating TO be taken on patrol.
no, speak French. and I am the only
one who aVaAkA English.
The naeEa left At 10 p. II. crAwied
under the wfrs netting md want Up the
rad on knees n elbows. drenchsd to
the skin BY the h1Nh wst grass. Every
fly yards . sentry was left to peg the
return journey. When the road was
reached . young 6pan4ard, hearing .
rustic In one Of ths trees bordering Il or
dark MAS brea11nG through 0oughS
and branches fell to the ground. II
moared We approached and found .
German. bleeding profusely. 30 w
headed baok, bearing him a. gently a.
We could. Once back and properly
stretched on . mattress 10 soon reoov-
cred oonSciousne0L His left arm was
broken.
His cioehss wers sessi gray IKE Gun.
his trousev blue Nike ours. but With q
red side nraA instead Of yellow. Ills
had shAps. He tuid u that this was the
third night running nat he with others
had climbed trees 10 watch u and look
out for our patrols. He was % hungry
that he forvot ths pain from his broken
arm - be devoured some chocolate and
drank COCOA and wilma He admitted that
they were badly fed Ind that their oOm-
psnies. $40 strong in December. had
neied down TO between 100 and $50.
We had quite . Job convincing him that
Italy had $oinsd ON our stdAL
'NefA, NS1nl Nh Unsi"
s1ssn, nGn! Mt unsr he ksyt on
rspsstins unta he saw IN WIN . placid
an me bstter. the sooner It will be
over The stretchsr bearers then took
him way
Tho remainder Of ths night We put
The men to ont the gras0 and remove ths
beet IN front Of our w4re netting. At
"A NJ hot ooffee was served. we were
sipptng II coutentedfy whom q German II
milltmeter ta fnch) shrapnel whizxed
overhead. flashed is lightning in the
night and spet out It's bullets a hundred
yards behind w. About . dozen more
followed to nnd the range. then the big
shells came. those of the l0b long lover
I inch) being the worst. much worse
even than the bigger calibres which stun
You with their noise, but are far less
harmful.
The men were sent under shelter in
n. shellproof underground rooms and
Wa renamed with only a few sentries.
Tho deluge OF steel and lead lasted fully
forty minutes The Captain strolled
through the trenches cheering everybody
tr!re pale. but smiling and Joking all
no time. We suffered but little. one
Elled outright and three wounded, so
We did not hear too often that sinister
call les brancardiers' tstretcher bear
Gs).
III was quite a relief 10 hsar the
swift whlrr of our own 1870 long +h
Mch) passing over our heads on their
way 10 the German batteries.
Just before 3 A. NJ. as the grayest
GAVIN ! have seen began altering through
the horizon, the Captains agent de liai-
sou ~tllhkman) tore past. They're COM
ing Captains orders-watch but not
ohI. the men out until he orders The
sftl.ery roar became terrific, shells
cropping faster than ever. A hideous
scream In the air. then an OK
I'ns.or, like the end OF all. followed, a
feFser Of mud just IN front OF the
rghoor,ug section burst up then
ro voice OF the sergeant, a Spaniard.
!e7'hol me and ! shouted on his words,
Just .n front OF No, 3, second section.
no damage, Just a hole, ten feet out.
to'F MY breath away and n volcano
or''rj mp twenty feet off on my left
fF' 10 tine trenches, the ramparts clos
tn Jpn Ike lips.
.."u with as steady a voice as J
o. sJUmoU | gave out the result, In
q. i-'..h, just at the limit OF sections,
r.."'F hut Then, as II by magic,
o. .' f'Il, q silence which ] could hear
-'' You'd as the loudcst din Nine
n .'. ~ campaign have not dulled
y 'r 80 excitement of the approach
q what We call lie grand bal peered
o. and saw the Germans advancing.
pa the road, In faultless array, adyanc-
lnf bN leaps, the companies In lines OF
yl' tthe four sections abreast. Zach by
tou's, column deep).
IN" agent de liaison shook mo BY