The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-16

this morning. He was one of the best sergeants Tn the regiment Pri- vate Hunt was also killed. There was only one man wounded
 March live kept up a steady fire all day long. The artillery was cer- tainly going at it today The Ger
 mans blew part of our trench away. Private Wowat was killed and four
 men wounded. sergt, worralI went out on patrol. The Germans had ta- ken in lot of their wire entangle- ments. They also have an advanced post about fifteen to thirty yards in
 front of our wire. We are not sure what they are dong. They might be laying mines or something They were digging all around our wire. They are afraid of an attack here. as they keep sending up star shells at night. They have reserve trenches a little in the rear of their first line.
 and l think the first line is blind and that all they have there are a few snipers and machine guns. We have been repairing our trenches every night. We have put up four new dug
 outs capable of holding twelve men. There is just room for man to get a good field to fire and at the same time keep his head under cover.
 March 12-We started rifle fire once more this morning. working every. thing by volleys. Gen. French sent word that he was very pleased with us In covering the advance of the Eng llsh troops on our right. The Ger mans have an advanced post about 100 yards in front of our trenches. l think they go in the rear trenches all day long and come up at night. They also have sniper trenches in front of their first line. in line with the ground.
 March 13-stn in the trenches. We worked nearly all day and all night l All night we work In front of the trenches and in the daytime we nn | ip sandbags. We got bee-lino on O German sniper trench and certainly gave 1t hell. We were relieved from he trenches at 8 D. m by the Forty  s'ght Highlanders and went to our 'lllets.
 March live had to move to an. other billet, as the one we were In 8 being made into a headquarters for he ammunition column. The house ye are in was shelled by the Germans and part of It was destroyed The artillery is within a hundred ards of us, and they keep going day md night. The Germans posted signs .round Armentieres for the people to lear out, as they would start to shell he place at a given time. They start I'd by laying tho asylum low. The ,lace where the trenches arc hero is .alled Lleurbaix. It is rumored that ye might have to so to Ypres or Las 3assee. The artillery cut loose on the German wire entanglements Crying o find out if there are any mines aid.) It VII be fun for our men In he trenches tonight to get the Ger nans while they are working on their wires.
 March 15-Yesterday our artillery ook the chimney off the house we re billeted in and e piece of brick it corporal Edwards. The Germang rought down one of our aeroplanes D their Ines and just as tho Germans were running up to 1t our machine uns opened fire on them. Then the rtillery got at it and destroyed the machine. One of the Gurkahs came p to us today. He could talk a little ,nglish, and after while he started Q show us the souvenirs he had. It of wire around his waist rith German ears on 1t. 2
 March 16-We are stlll In billets. [ here was not very much artillery I ring today We marched to Sally ( ? platoona and got @ bath. also new