The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25

machine gun may be dug out and ired
again. II may be dug out two or three
times and keep on firing as long as 1t
viii work n as long as there Is any
one to man II.
While the machine guns were being
eShugned every man In one sector OF
the trench. for by dividing "A tiench
INTO sectors and traverses explosions
are localized in their effects. was killtf
Then the left half OF the right fire
trench got three or four shells, one after
another bang INTO II. There was no
trench left. only macerated earth and
mangled men. Those emerging alive
were told to fall back to the communi-
eating trench. Next the right end OF the
left fire trench was blown in. When
the survivors fell back to the communi-
eating trench that was also blown In
their face.
BY noon there were rs many dead and
wounded In the Princess Pats trench as
there were men ft for action. Those
unhurt did not have to be steadied by
their superiors. Knocked down by a
concussion. they spring up with the
promptness OF disgust Of one thrown Off
Of a horse or tripped by a wire. when
told to move from one part of the trench
to another where there was desperate
need. n WORD WIS sufficient direction.
They understood what was wanted o.
them. these veterans, They went. They
seized every lull to drop the rife Cor the
spade and repair the breaches. when
they were not shooting they were dig
ging.
ReenfOrcements Arrive.
At 80 o'clock a cheer rose from that
trench. II was for a platoon OF the
Kings Royal Rifles which had come as
raanS,yretp.pfs On hitf that hand NJ
Tommics did look good to the Princess
Pats. And the little prize packet that
the very reliable Mr.. Atkins had with
him. the machine gun!
1t was not cheering news either TO
learn a little later hat the regiments on
his left had withdrawn to trenches
! abou, three hundred yards to the rear,
a long distance in trench warfare. But
the Princess Pats had no time for re-
tiremcnt. They could have gone only in
The panic OF men who think OF nothing
in their Generalization except To- flee
from the danger IN front without think
ing that there may .be more danger IA
the rear. They were held where they
were under what cover they had by the
renewed blasts OF shells. putting the
machine guns out of action again. which
suddenly ceased. for the Germans were
coming on again.
WV NtS INV bIl'l l' IL WIZ
as a nightmare In which only the OBJ
jective OF effort il recalled and all els,
is a vague struggle OF XII the strcngff
one can exert against snothcring odds
The Princess Pats shot at Germans
After n night without sleep. after "A day
among their dead and wounded. aft.i
the torrents of shell fire, after breathing
smoke. dust n gas. these veterans
were In a state OF exaltation. e~ntirel,
.aa.pta,a - ,. - ,l,.,u ,,-r,,
ings. mindless Of what came next. auto
matically shooting to kill, as they wer'
trained to do. even as a man pulls viii
every ounce Of strength he has In him II
the crucial test OF a tug OF war.
The Germans got possession OF a sec
ton OF the Princess Pats trench, where
ii Is believed, no Canadians We're lief
alive. But the German effort died there
/; could get no further, This was as nea'
TO Yprss as the Germans were to go II
this direction. When the days worl
was done, and there, In sight OF IN
field scattered with German dead, tn
Princess Pats counted their numbers %
the 635 men who had begun the fight a
at daybreak $50 men and four officers
.Niven, papineau. Clark and NandenberI
remained NJ for duty.
Darkness found all the survivor
among the Princess Pats were in tn,
| SuIl'll nv
The fire trench had become an untenabl
dust heap. They crept out only I
bring in any wounded unable to hel
themselves, and wounded and rescuer
were more than once hit in the process
II was too dangerous TO attempt 4
bury the dead who were in tn
IRE trench. Most OF them had airead
been buried by shells. For them ana 70
the dead in the support rcnches in
a fnNNn lNs thaiF A,Ht IA. aAt MAJ
recited such portions as he could rccal
u n" Church of England service TO
the dead. reclted them with "A tigh
I'm oat. Then the Princess Pats. un
beaten, marched out leaving the positio
TO their relief, a battalion Of the King
b ROYAL Rifle Corps.
when YOU see how the Canada"
fought in England" as one British sol
der said, how can any able bodicl
ErgllShmap al home fail 10 enlist ~