The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-03

!. VI. NtllsOni u HoIBthNI lIi Iue
Scottish TerrltOrials at Nprr~ sends
to his family IN Brooklyn y y al
graphic account OF the terrifying con.
ditons IN the trenche- lln writes
under date Of January 13 aud says
"Bessir you have no ldru what this
| Is Ike! am not allowed tu shy where
! am. hut we ure in the firing lime We
tour company are very lucky Tor
we get home each night except uu Co.,
CasiOns when we have 10 work through
| the night. owing 10 the duugrrUu~ur~-
or our position. The infantry though,
ARE In the trenches fur days some.
times weeks AT stretch our com
pnuy at night come back imply soak
Ing with mud aud water right up to.
their wrists 80 YOu may have hu lu"n
what the infantry nrr llkr NrNrr
thrlrsS our Chnps are really worse off
In some respects, fOr vr drain the
trenches for the Othrlr From this,
Bessie YOU may not get 20 very roh"r
pnt idrH ~ what happen SOD lil just
write yuu wee bit out Of nay diary
SUNDAY. ION. January Ihr day
of rest but not for soldiers. MI
Snnnks uhntS one of rnr 0rfirrr-D
has guu, to de- some work with his
section. where Mr. Clark uuulhrr Of.
ncrrI already h. 50 tWn there ARE
uul, two NJ our section here Many
German trenches have nrrU captured
hy British mfuutry and ] hear Lieu
trunms Shnnks aud Clark huNc been
ordered out tonight presumably tu the
|urN trenches which have been taken.
| The sergeant major reports hr saw
many women today wing hnbl"~ ana
running for shelter anywhere when
their ,umer was shcllrd Dog the Ger
muu- The women plrndrd with INN
nud Major Arthur to hrIp them but
what could they do simply hud 10
pass ou. The sergeant major aud ma
Ior had shell which landed two or
three Yards away from them
soldiers Prematurely Gray
Monday Report ha- just com" in
aud Mr. Clark, Sergeant Baxter aud
Taper Russell have hrru wounded.
Nothing very serious Mr. Clark ana
twenty men II seems went out to max"
some alterations IN trenches last night
Sunday which were captured ye-
trrdny. The Germans made AN at
tack during the night ana the
regiment who were beside ON men,
took panic aud nearly all except two
" their officers fled our twenty
however. under Nj CLARK. who had
rrtreatrd little, came hnrk 10 @
chnrgr. The other two Officers wcr"
Killed but our good old Luwlnnd twen .
ty regnincd the trenches after very
Not work Some Of the return
ed then and Jumped into the trenches
and very hndly bruised a good few "i
our men We have been com
plimrntcd ON our great work
That. Bessie Is really nothing Io.
date we have only gul about five or
six wounded but another Is reported
tonight. Nobody however, has been
fatally wounded vet have seen men,
Bpsslc come ont Of the trenches Hud
you really felt sorry for them ...,ss .t.s,.sasIl.
nothing but pair NJ putters, ys2ee'ss
round their feet, tunir ON ana hlnn .
kct wrapped round them Instead Of
kits or trousers
But what do they care; Some ~
them really don't know what they are
doing. That's the worst Of H. HsI
the being In the trenches for so long /
AT stretch that dOes all the damage /.
The men ARE mad M doubt about II .
II You speak to them they just stare
at YOU They don't understand. |
don't want tu write any more about II. I
but many will be- prematurcly grny /
II good many and some others you
see who have been ont here since the /
beginning have sort Of shock, for
they continually shake cur men .
(the First Light Dragoonsl have a |
terrible time, but a man can stand such /
a lut II he just gets home AZ night or f.
at least gets proper sleep and food .
think am getting bit mixed up
with French, | make 81 many mis-
takes.
Can't Take Wounded from Trenches
The night before last a bullet pass
I'd through box on which | was lean
INK and numerous ones passed quite
closely That Is putting long story
short Two men " certain rcg
by general court martial and sentenc
ed to be shot, and the sentence carried
out on the t2th inst. II discipline
were not maintained we would lose.
How would II do II we all did the
same as the regiment who were with I
Mr. Clark? | forgot to tell you, Res
sic the women got safely back tO their L
homes, all through Audric and Cont
bridge Territurials It's a terrible 4
war, Bessie, and win last, Tm afrnid
and sorry to think N II, long long
time
ITS time for turning In, so III have
10 close, Bessie, with best and SINGER
est wishes for all, from your loving
brother Address Sergeant =. VI L
NELSON, First Lowland Field Coy.
r. +. G.. British ENpeditlonary Force.
Remember. that is all the address.
Il am just going to write few |
more lines. Seeing there are so many I,
thousands Of British troops IN France 4
the army service corps are to he great |,
ly' complimented on their supply Of
provisions. We are well fed and near
ly all are alike Just to give YOU an
Idea Of how much mud IL IN the
trenches Bessie, I'll give you few
instances. n at many points. man
gets wounded slightly and falls down
he has got 10 lie there and die In the
mud The medical transport Is not
quite as II might be, hut they do well