The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-15

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Battle Of 9ommo.

London.-An interesting article Wx1o.
ten by Malcolm Ross, war eorFeapoo4
ent with the New Zealand forces, -
dealing with the work Of The Nv -
land medical corps on the Somne. -
been issued by Sir Thomas 1laekeor
zie, high commissioner for NeW -
land The following are extracts:
NO account Of the fighting on IL
Somme would be complete without reEL
erence to the splendid work do
BY the New Zealand medical cofpa =
was on September Ii that the COTS
took over from the English divisioo
that our troops relieved. In q Ger.
man dugout at q place known to -
as Flat Iron COpse the. advance
dressing station was established It
was all the time under shell flre. Two
Of the orderlies were killed on the
first afternoon. Several bearers were
killed in the vicinity Of Thistle Alley.
another station. Others were wound
ed. One night both doctors and men
worked for hours in their gas helmets,
and that is not an easy Job.
Battle Was Raging Near BY.
"Two thousand yards away was
Flers. about which the battle ragged for
some time. From there the bearers
had 10 carry uphill over soddsu ground
through fairly heavy barrage Of 50
high explosives and shrapnel. II was
a long and difficult job. hut rain or
shine they never ceased their efforts.
In many cases il took six bearers i've
hours 10 bring wounded man from
the relay post 800 yards south Of Flers.
medical officer and l. men were sent
out there. The post was no sinecure.
There il WAS that Major Martin and
Captain Boyle were killed They were
splendid fellows. and very brave.
During the whole of the FIRST week
the Germans kept up their barrage.
with view to preventing transport
and troops getting up to Flers. but dur
ing the whole Of the fighting not q
single man ever he>itated to 90 for
ward when required.
Some of the bearers worked for 4S
hours. some for -. without sleep and
with but little food. One who brought
a wounded man right down 10 Flat Iron
Copse was ar the finish almost worse
than his patient. Another bearer was
Wounded but went on carrying in an
other wounded til wounded a second
time He WAS shot in the leg Later
he was shot in The arm. but even then
he picked W his ~frateher ane. wanted
- carry ~. and would have. don.. 50
We're it NOT for the fact that a doctor
had ordered hin away He now
proudly wears the riband OF the mill
fary medal
owing - the casualties in the New
Zealand medical corps. orders We're
given by the army corps that regf-
mental officers and other officers and
hearers We're - 20 out only az night.
50 far as | could see, there was no
very laudahle intention of carving out
that order
Count Day as Night
The New ZealanderS salye.i their
conSciences by counting day as night
In this way they got one long night
OF "A hours. In other words. they
Went right through. night and day:
many Instances Of bravery and untir-
ing devotion to duty in the big event
might be given
There Were men who day and
night went out under she'll and ma
chine gun fire. time and again. and at
.r.-,, az, -. Of rheir oV'-- IT, ~~--.-s Mo
lives Of many : ,,:.,,.......lsi who orherv,...
would have died or been killed. So,ns.
~ Thorn worked continuously collect
inS wounded under fire for 20 hours
al Il stretch Bur there is no need
- multiply instances. Our stretcher
bearers earned undying fame in Gal
liIfoil The SoT1'n.. erhanc.~l the ms
ter II their laurelS
he work IF the doctors from h.-
ginning I" end was magnificent. They
do not say much about Il themselves,
hut those 81 u who saw something ~
IT. can estimate il az Ifs rrli.. vasu4
AMI fhe estimate j. very high.
~ a'l he advanced dressing STA
lions and al posts they ,ser- us.d.-r
ir", but they stuck 20 their work ..av
and night. wi'h herel~sa worthy 81
n fts>t tradition, - RrItSa doctors
Tire eul II ol- -saal h4aa lost their
lives 81 ~. >.f.r.4.-
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