Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-27

an AmerlCan. However, he dld get In, giving his birthplace at New Bruns- wick, Canada. He started in training and was sent on the death leave'' in less than two months from tho time he enlisted.
 In France he went through ten days of intensive training. His first ex- perience of trench warfare happened when he volunteered as member of a raiding party.
 Contracted Trench Fever.
 Some time after he contracted what is known as trench fever.n He finallys recovered and was able to leave the hospital and rejoin his com pany. The day he reported for duty again His commander announced that the next day his company was to go over the top and take High Wood. They had great many casualties get ting into the second line trench. And when they got there it wasn't trench at all, only series of shell holes. In shelter he found the body of a Ger man who had been there for over a month.
 The First Tanks.
 He told of seeing the first tanks go into action. This was in August, 1916. The tanks went into action with his company when they took High Wood. The orders were to go over the top at Il o'clock.
 Promptly at Ii o'clock he watched the first wave go over. He was in the second wave. When they got 50 yards ahead his company followed. The Germans opened fire and the men in the first wave went down like ten- pins His company got in position to fill up the ranks in the first wave We waited for the third wave to come up, said Corporal Holmes, and the tanks hadn't started and we couldn't under stand it. Then the fourth wave came up. As we lay there we heard the chug, chug, chug of the engines and we knew the tanks had started.
 Germans Cowed by Tanks. ] We didn't have to make the final charge after all. There in front of us the Germans were huddied together their eyes popping, mortified. They gave up in Swar7ns. It fell my lot to | take back batch of these prisoners. 1 was sent out on a bombing ex- ! petition. We were to take sap. In ] shis sap were machine guns. We i found the sap all right. When we got within 15 yards we could hear the ] Germans talking in the sap. They i gave way to us. When we were ir /; possess of the sap we found num- l Der of oaET party had been wounded ol killed We sent word back that the ; sap had been taken. The word didn" ] reach it's destination and no relic. party came. There were only four O. us loft in the sap. We dug a sheltel and crawled in. Then we discovered | we had nothing to eat. About I o'clock shells began dropping around us. Taey were our own shells. Gu captain thought the Germans were stil iH possession of the sap. They some thing landed. I was pinned down b. earth. I was the only survivor of tn,
 four in the saps as I was told by tn,
 stretcher bearers as they were carry ing me back to a hospital.
 Treachery of the cowardIy Hun.
 Corporal Holmes then went on t, tell of the treachery of wounded Ger man soldiers who will shoot allied sol
 diers in the back if they get tn, chance even after their captors hay, lbeen befriended. He told of aiding
 German soldier who was found wound
 ed on the field of battle. As soon a Corporal Holmes and his comrade.
 had turned their back on the Hun h picked up his rife which was besid
 him and shot one of Corporal Holmes
 comrades through the back Whel
 Corporal Holmes had turned aroun
 at the sound of the shot he saw hi comrade dying and the cowardly Hui
 with his skull crushed in by the but
 end of an allied rifle. Punishmen
 had followed instantly.
 Wounded in Action. I went into action shortly after an it was then that I got my woun
 which resulted insmy discharge on tn