Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-06
CANADIANS RECUPERATE
IN FAMOUS OLD MANSION
'eachoorough Park, ShornclifYe
nome OF Indy Malcolm, Turned
Into Hospital.
ROOMS CONVERTED INTO WARDS
'"'ients Probed for German Bullets
ana shrapnel - Practically Every
regiment Rcpresented-Attacl on
Neuve ChapcIIe Growing Exploit.
nv w. ORION TEwsoN.

''' canadians wounded In Franco are
10" being nursed back 10 health with
TWO miles OF Folkcstonc Their
"u'slhK home Is officially called the
'hadian Military Hospital In non
var days II is marlborough Park.
S"ornclire. tho home OF Lazy Malcolm,
typical. solid-faced. whIte-turreted.
english mansion. tucked cozNy under
me lee side Of the cliffs that fringe the
English Channel.
livery available room In the house
"as been converted into a ward Old
masterpieces OF Dutch and British
PAINTERS hang on the walls and broad
NairchHe: tho luxurious hall. with its
''"'iashloned fireplace. has become Il
sort or rest room for nurses. who
snatch q few minutes off duty: tennis
court is being laid out in front of the
mousse for the use of patients In the
coming months; on the huge lawn TO
me left Is TO be erected an extension
OF NE hospital And on the first floor
an apartment has been turned into an
operating room
Under the glare OF the X-ray. prac-
"caiiy every man hns been probcd for
'ermnn bullets and shrnpnel which
h'n not been removed at the base hos
piials In France. Major Jackson died
nero though his name has not yet
figured in tho casualty list jackson
h'cd. not from wounds, but from APP
hendicit!s. which he contracted In the
t-"nches
Practically every Canadian regiment
represented In the hospital-the
.ncess Patricins. wiunipcg Rifles. en-
~ ""crs' shppers. all who came with the
contingent-and some Of them
u be months on the sick list yet
MINCED" by GERMAN
SHIPPER At 81 YARDS
Corporal Charles Smith. OF the Nine
Neth Winnipegs. owes shattered arm
I" German sn!pcr who winged" him
At seventy-fve yards range two days
before tho advance was made along
the Armenticres Road Smith waB in
the reserve trenches which lay oppo-
ste wood between Armentieres md
fyrcs, in which the Germans had In
tcnched. They were we'll screened by
nrushwood and trees. Coming out of
his dugou; the corporal was making
inquiries about his platoons dinner
when 'plunk." came Il smack on the
ieft arm that sent him staggering.
They ripped his sleeve OF. and found
hole several inches long AS II was
hcing bound UP Smith collapsed but
tho stre,cher party had no, carried
in OF when crack went rifle
twenty yards off. and Smith opened his
"Scs 70 sec the hclmctcd figure OF the
Snipcr pitch from the tree Good
boys. murmured smith lie woke up
in hospital.
Two days later Sir John French
L ~.
Tie Princess rats were there, ana the
whole line trembled with eagerncss for
the order 10 charge. Gee" said one
cana dian. who now nurses q wounded
leg. 20; was some charge. The Maple
Leaf was there. YOU bet your life
They swept Tn" wood clear, came out
~ the other side. and had TO be called
back before they realized that the
Germans who weren't fighting were
lying IN heaps, and that those that
weren't lying down were surrcndering
n patches. Sir John French compli-
mented them for that
But the browning exploit was the at
tack on Neuve Chapelle. La Bassce.
tho German Gibraltar. is blu, four
miles from Neuve Chapelle and la
Rassce has been tho bette norie Of the
allies for months.
The tight for La Bnssee." cxplained
ono OF the officers IN hospital. will
be the bloodiest work OF the campaign.
II VIII be red hell in that town one
night. We can't shell II, for there are
still about 5000 noncombatants hutdled
there. 1t must be taken with the bay.
onet, and 1t must be taken before long.
The Canadians arc working with the
English Tommles on that section, and
We arc content to push the Germans
hack hundred. even fifty, yards nj a
i me
Then ono night we will be near
enough for the rush. 1t will be cruel
: ~ f. All bayonet. That is the
! iu".uing OF the recent attack on Neuye
CAap"lle. 1t lies at the junction OF
;ht Dads from La Bassee to Estaires
aud hrmentleres. French wants to
gel Ia Bassee as easily as possible.
= That's why he gave the Germans such
terrific Smelling at Neuve Chapelle.
lie wanted to demoralize them.
guess no did 1t. II may help to loosen
8their hold on La Bassee"
Tho army headquarters has found
- hat the Canadians In tho field work 30
Scil with the British regiments that IL
has been decided to include drafts OF.
Dominion men among the home bat
+
ng linc--and the Neuve Chapelle bat
'c has borne out the wisdom OF this
Management.
few Of those who helped in the at-
,,k have arrived at Beachboroueh
Ulk. They say 1t was the most OK
i'arating hour they ever spent The
cyastating effect OF the accurate shen
uc which preceded the attack had
truck terror into the Germans left in
he trenches. In some places there
we're no German trenches. 1t was lust
frghtful mixture of dead. dying and
eounded, most of whom were half
,uried by the fallen earth. Helmets.
rage caps. guns. boots, cartridge belts.
ycrcoats. ammunition, lay scattered
ger tho ground. discarded in the flight.
the Canadians swept over the fallen.
any raised themselves from the
round and called their willingness to
urrender. 1t was the first real battle
cid OF the old type that has heen seen
or many months In France
And late that night. after the Bots du
lies had been taken by bayonct to the
bouts Of Canada forever" an im-