A Dummy Highlander

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 October 1915, Page 3

A Dummy Highlander

All oiuclT iUliiuicU u> Die m^niati-i ioUiLUliiua ill UiO liOlH iiellus all lllßpirillg me lyjiijjor.iu:eiil ui iiiu cuizeii soluiei'b ill tijc tio-i----ciici ueioro ine enemy, niiting uii July 1 lie says;— The OoruiiUis liuve iairiy been piling the shells around noio this moruuig. They seeon to have a uattery oi lour wlucii they uie m rapid succession, iu Uio distance one nouns a rather iaint ''phut-phut-phut," iiud then a iaint whistling or winning sound, getting louder. lou wonder whore uio ■missiles are to land, and either go on r - with your work, pop into a dug-out li: one is convenient, or get behind a tree, bank or wall to avoid splinters, etc. Then, comes ' 'cnusli-orask-crafch as the sheik strike the'ground and explode, and then you hear the angry whine oi the bits of broken iron—jagged pieces of various sizes—as they scatter all around. Within an Hour we had at least 20 groups of four landing all nound, but without anything to show for it in the way oi casualties. At a later date the -writer says: — "Our battalion has now (July 19) boon *""~ in the trenches again for four days, and our casualties have so tar been very light—one private winded and another killed. A' casualty return of that sort doesn't necessarily imply th-r no-tiring is going on, for firing is going on persistently, but that our men are getting 'old 'birds' now, and know when and where to show themselves, and how long it is reasonably sate to show above the parapet. Some of the tricks they play are really good. A few of the boys faked up a real good Highlander the other day with Balmoral bonnet, tunic etc., who Bravely exposed himself over the parapet, drawing a tre- '""" • -mendoiie lot of fire from the- Germans who must have thought either that thoy were beastly poor shots, or that "Scottie" opposite had a charmed life. When a shot strikes the parapet our boys signal "Back an "'inner,' 'magpie. , etc., with a spade or any okl stick, or a miss with any old rag stuck on a stick. 'Hat invariably brings two or three ■ more in rapid succession, but the parapot is thick and no harm h done.— Lennox Herald.