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THE CANADIANS IN ACTION

' — . 'A STAFF OFFICER'S REPORT. A staff officer with the R.H.A., writing to the Rev. W. Armour, a Cheshire clergyman, says of tho Canadians:— • There has been fierce fighting, and the Canadians havo been splendid. They are in a tearing passion against the Germans who killed a lot of Canadian wounded where tliey lay. I don't suppose there has been such blind hatred between two sides_ anywhere .in this warL My knee is , wonderfully well, and the wound quite dry now, and is not bad enough to keep me away from work, especially when times are so strenuous as they aro now. "It has certainly been as stiff fighting as tho old Ypres battle in November, only now we are not the thin lino we were in those days. I saw some of the Canadian wounded being brought' in yesterday. They had had their revenge,' and looked like white-faced hungry wolves who had just satisfied blood lust; very angry and very satisfied, quite the most unique-looking wounded I'vo seen out here, yet. .

The Canadians aro grand-fellows, and quite unruffled by their huge losses. They never stop making jokes. A vast number of the privates aro gentlemen. Tlioy aro simply magnificent fighters, and get right into the Germans in their eliarge. The Germans simply turned and ran when tliey got close up with this bayonet after terrible 'casualties, but every German officer stayed behind and got killed. ' Thoy say it was the Prussian Guard again, and of course everv officer of tho Guard who ever retires is ' sent up alone to be killed. Tho Germans took most' of . their prisoners by calling, "Where are you, Tenth Canadians?" ."Where are you, Sixteenth?" or "Here you are," in English, and thus tlie.v waTked over to ■them. In a rough-arid-tumblo like that by_ moonlight hopeless confusion prevails. Rather sickening to be taken prisoner after going through this death charge!— 1 'Manchester Guardian.'-'

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 14

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THE CANADIANS IN ACTION Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 14

THE CANADIANS IN ACTION Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 14

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