The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-16

ALASKA DAlL1 H diameter but otherwise did no harm.
 March 6-We are In tho trenchea for four days this trip. At night the Germans must be afrald of on attack, as they keep ronding up star shells all night long, which Eliminates tho sky for 8 few minutes. We were re. lieved from the trenches at 9:S0 D. m. by the Forty-cIghih Highlonders, or rather tho Fifteenth Battalion, and got to our billets at 2:S0 O no. Our billet was only three miles from che trenches. but our guide did not lead us. The trenches here are Just Ike a horseshoe. Tho German trenches are from eighty to 300 yards away. The trenches that my platoon was in had a brick walk all through it. The wire entanglemonts are also in good shape.
 March 7-Thcre were heavy artil- lery ducls going on yesterday and today 1t is heavier than ever. We have had two men killed and two wounded during the threc days we were in the trenches. d.d not get so lousy this time as ] did in Armen- ticres. Got up at II o'clock this morn ing and spent the rest of the day in getting the mud off my clothes. Brig, Gen. Turner gave us visit yester- day in the trenches.
 March S-We are bileted In hotel. ! have bed but the men sleep on the floor. We are not dong anything at all; just resting up. We have rifle inspection and roll call and then are dismissed. We r-~a just got word that the Germans made an attack on an English regiment just as the North Staffords were relieving them. The listening post saw them leave the trenches and got back to our trenches. Our men waited until the Germans got to tho wire entanglements and then opened up on them. Less than half the Germans got back. This happened Tn tho Armenian trenches we left March ]. The Germans also destroyed the whole of the asylum but there were no troops there when they sterted in to shell It. All of tho English boots we were supplied with before we left England have gone to pieces. notice a piece in the Can adian papers raising the devil about the Canadian boots. The water might not go through the English boots as lu'ck as the Canadian ones, but the Canadian boots are made of leather and will wear anyway. would give anything for a pair of them now. One of our machine gun teams was called out as one of the Forty-Eighth had been damaged Q little. We arc under orders to sleep with our clothes on Corporal Harrison returned tonight He is no worse off for the slight wound he received.
 We have not head from Canada for over three weeks. We are not allow ed to write any information as to where we have been. All our letters are censored. Most of the fighting is by artillery dues, and every now and then they put one in our trenches. So far only one man in my company has been wounded. Some of the trenches are O. K. They are nice and dry, but others are filled with mud and wa ter. We are better taken care of In the trenches than we are out, and most of the men prefer being in the trenches. We are in for four days and then 80 to the base for four days This base .s merely for these trench. es. and Is only two to three miles in the rear. 80 we would be ready in case of an attack.
 We are issued with flags" as they call them here. but we are unable to buy any real cigarettes to smoke. We can buy tobacco only and make our own. All you have to do is to call the tobacco and it walks to you. l have written Harry to send mo some more cigarettes, as a good smoke cer- tainiy comes in handy at tho present time.
 We are due for rife inspection in a few moments now.
 March 9-Stfl in bnlets. Went in the trenches at 8 D. ID. and relieved the Forty-eighth Hlghlanders. The Germans are certainly afraid of m attack here, for they keep sending up slyrockets and firing all night. We just keep low. with a good lookout and do no firing at all.
 March 1O-The English on our right advanced at a. m. We started rapid fire. as per arrangement. so the Ger mans would be unable to bring up re- Inducements. Our artillery certainly let 1t so today The English made a big advance. Sergt. Moore was killed