The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-17

don motor busses this morning at 6:SO and stopped about eight kllo- metres from Ypres. We had dinner here and stayed for three hours. We then marched about eight miles and stopped when 1t got dark again. then we moved on until we got to the trenches. We relieved the French troops there. The trenches are In a very bad condition and practically no wire entanglements. We are twen- ty.flye yards from the Germans-we stand to all night and work an day
 April live are about twenty to twenty-five yards from the German trenches. their wire entanglements are better than ours. There are a number Of dead Germans between the lines and believe me they do not smell any too good as they have been there about five months. We are not allowed to talk at night The enemy fire at every little noise, The French buried their dead about ten feet In the rear of their trenches. They bury tho German dead In the parapet and all around the dugouts and conse- quenty there are dead mems heads, arms and legs sticking out We had to fnl in a lot of them. There is very heavy rifle and artillery fire going on our r.ght Hm 6O), am sleepy as can be. but every one has to keep awake all night.
 April lS-yery heavy artillery fire going on an day and night. feel in my bones that there is something go- ing to happen te-,. but tho major tried to tell me that they cannot gain anything by attacking us. A German aeroplane was flying over our lines and one of ours went up to meet .i and 1t ended up in a machine gun fight It was the prettiest sight have seen for O long time; you could see the line of bullets going at each machine.
 The French arc the dirtiest peo pie have ever run into. They have no rauines. their filth .s scattered al over the trenches; their dead are on ly half buried. The parapets are mol bullet proof in any place and on tor of them come up to our waists in lot! of places. We are working night and day on tho trenches and have just got few sand bags up and as mS platoon got here first we brought them away with us. The trenches are beginning to get into a little bet ter shape. We had two men killed and a few slightly wounded. We just received the news that the English have taken three lines of trenches or our right; that Is. St. Elol and Hn 80. and we are expecting some coun ter attacks during the night or morn ing Private Evans In the McCaffey platoon shot himself with p.sto in the arm and les We had a hell of 8 job keeping awake at night have to watch the men SO they don't 80 to sleep. Every ten minutes ] SC on my rounds to see that everybody is awake. l have certainly got a feel ing that there is going to be an at tack here.
 April 21-About 8 a. m. April ls, was wounded while looking through a periscope. It must have been h. with Q "dum dun" for 1t was broker to pieces. My face and eyes are filled with glass and tin and the skin wa. taken off my nose My bandage wal soaking wet. got out of the trench es but could not open my eyes.
 was rushed to the Third Field Hos s pital at vlamertinghe and went on th' operating table. They took my eyei out and washed them. It was cer tainly a relief l thought l had Jos my eyes ght. There is very heavy ri ae and artillery fire going on. The ] Sixteenth Battalion arc in reserve and they had about forty wounded and killed today.
 was in the hospital all day Tues day. April 20; the doctor told me tha; there was no danger about my eyes Very little skin is left on my face. on, ly my chin and ears About a dozen wounded men were sent down to the base; about forty came in wounded last night. The battalion is still in the trenches.
 Still in the hospital: four or five of our men came in wounded last night: one died this morning. Capt. Todd and Quartermaster Sergeant Todd were wounded this morning. sergt. Green and Corporal Rexford. with eight others came in tonight all of them wounded. J.m got it in the head. the bullet coming in through the parapet The Fourteenth was re- lieved from the trenches by the rhir.
 
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