Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-11

uaysxis 9f my tsl,- ~. matorey 10 49,
patch rider and resumed my duty as
orderly TO headquarters vi -
\ great deal has been said Of the
CanstinnS. Too much praise cannot
be given them.
The irst uf the Canadian regiments
to come .ato a ton WAS thG Princess
Padtid's Canadian Light Infantry
This regiment WAS ia one of the dl-
Visions III our army corps. 80 | saw
quite bit .ui tlN mcn from time to
time. They were "A tie body of men
and were very hi"hlr tEoucht Of hy all
the English reCjGGa'& with whom they
were aSSocia ed, Tley lwcIe strong
man ana r},!Ni Filb!a leaders to keep
them at their highest pint of cihCicn-
cy. such men as OiOnel FacGuhar
they adarcd md here was nothing lie
could ask them to do that wuuld re-
main urdsuc. Ii was his custom To
lead his men into action carrying moth
ing but a walking stirk. and little
things ike this mean Il great deal 10
the men of Il regiment
At the time tie Canadians were
brought into action we had some black
troops on our extreme left. The Ger
mans sent over gas, ana these black
troops were forced 10 retire. supports
Were called for. and as ours was the
nearest headquarters In the vicinity
the Gull came to us
We had no spare troops available
right on the spot, so the men Of tie
headquarters nR--ordcrleS, mesSen-
gers, etc.-were called upon to 70 up
and act us supports until Te-entorCe-
ments could be brought w, We went
UD on the dead run and found that the
black troops had retired, So we went
into the position Just in front Of the
Germans. The kaiser's troops had al.
vanced about two miles. but hhd stop
ped at the last trench Of our first line
Of defense. l,Thepe were no more
trenches toU f0ur miles.
The troops who had retired We're or
dereI into rest camp, when we took
the position oyer. so we had to go in
and hold until the Canadians came up.
The Germans made no attempt 10 al
vance any farther, and We certainly
were in no position to quarrel with
them just then. We waited there al
night, and just before dawa the Ga.
nadlans arrived. They didn't stop fpr
anything and went right oyer the top
OF us and at the Germans. We acted
as supports FOR them during this en-
gagemcnt, and II was treat to see
the way they went after them. '''' 70
Trench after trench they took WITH
out any letup. The Germans contest,
ed every inch OF the ground. but moth
ing could stop the, Maple Leaf bays
that morning. When the GerWaDs wait,
ed long enough for the fighting to come
to close quarters the Canadians were
: right there with the cold st'el. and
when the Germans kept their distance
those boys showed that they know
which end OF . rifle the ballet comes
from. .o' ,1E,sF ms
The Canadians had advanced about
a mile In this way when the Germans
brought up some re-enforcements, and
Immediately started to comterattack.
They tirovp- us- -tack few hrIttrrt
yarGS. but we made Q, stand, and after
the eLge had worn 81 the German at.
tack We commenced TO advance again
TVS time there was ~ deR:lng tie
CahIllhS, and thcr went rig4t
through unfit they had retaken all tie
Srounl that had been ,ost. They alsr
recovered four guns whirh the Ger
mans had Catlred
As nearly as can tell. il was at this
time that the reports Logan 70 If
around that no prisoners We're Jciu-
taken This is an extremely diflcu''