Gunnison news-champion., 1917-12-07

Amer the battle ] Waa. q eo0sDe n.
ueyed Of my job ~ motorcycis a..
patch rider and resumed my duty -
orderly to headqusrterA
A great deal has been said Of n
Canadians Too much praise cannoe
be given them
The FIRST OF the Canadian regiment.
10 come into action was the Prir>e,e
Patricia's Canadian Light infanrry.
This regiment vas In one Of the d
visions in our army corps. SO l sav
quite bit OF the men from time 10
time- They were Q tine body Of men
and were very highly thought Of BY all
the English regiments with whom they
were associated They were strong
men and needed strong leaders to keen
them at their highest point Of eficiqa
cy Such men as Colonel Farquhsr
they adored, and there was nothing b.
could ask them TO do that would ~
main undone. II was his custom to
lead his men into action carrying notk.
Ing but q walking stick. and littiy
things ike this mean a great deal 70
the men OF a regiment
Al the time the Canadians wen
brought into action We had some black
troops on our extreme left The Gef.
mans sent over gas. and these black
rroops were forced to retire. Supports
were called for. and AS ours was The
nearest headquarters In the vicinity
f the call came TO US
/ We had no spare troops available
/ right on the spot. so the men Of a.
headquarters unit-orderiies. messed
GERS. etc.-were called upon to 60 I'D
and act as supports until re-enforce
ments could be brought up. We went
[ up on the dead run and found that the
black troops had retired. SO We we1t
into the position just in front Of the
/ Germans. The kaiser's troops had ad-
vanced about two miles. but hRd stop
ped at the last trench of our FIRST line
OF defense. There were no more
trenches for four miles.
The troops who had retired were or
dered into rest camp when We took
the position over. so we had to go In
and hold until the Canadians came up.
The Germans made no attempt to o.
vance any farther. and we certainly
were in no position to quarrel with
them just then. We waited there all
night. and just before dawn the Ca
uadians arrived. They didn't stop for
anything and went right over the top
OF Us and at the Germans. We act6
as supports for them during this en-
gagement. and II was treat TO see
the way they went after them
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 boys
that morning When the Germans wait.
ed long enough for the fighting to come
to close quarters the Canadians were
right there with the cold steel. and
when the Germans kept their distance
those boys showed that they know
which end OF Q rifle the bullet comes
from.
The Canadians had advanced about
q mile in this way when the Germans
brought up some re-eufcrcementx and
inin-dIateiy started to counterattack.
They drove us back few hundred
yards. but We made Q stand. and after
the e. re had worn OF the German at.
tack We commenced to advance again.
This time there was no denying the
Canadians. and they went right
through until they had retaken all the
ground that had been lost. They also
recovered four guns which the Ger.
mans had captured
As nearly as ] can tell. II was at this
: time that the reports began to ny
around that no prisoners were being
taken. This u an extremely difficult