Over There with the Canadians at Vimy Ridge
ptation to offer himself as an example of bravery in the face of the cowardly actions of the second lieutenant. A second minnenwerfe
no doubt, have a report of the success of their last shot, and will naturally assume that the place has been put out of commission as a lookout, and t
d have made an effort to get the proposition to him if it had not been for the exp
when you have something of importance to communicate to the higher-up," the
nication trench that connected the first and second line trenches. His leader, a first lieutenant named Osborne, led the way through this trench back to the second line. During the passage, Irving be
second line, Lieut. Osborne gathered them together--one officer a
or anything of the sort. Then get back as soon as possible, keeping your bearings and the locations of your discoveries well in mind. If any 'very lights' go up, you must lie or stand still, or remain unwaveringly in your positions and attitudes until they go out, unless the light is directly between you and our trenches. In that case, you mu
heavy and it was difficult for those in the group to recognize identities in one another's dimly silhouetted forms. The last information handed to them was almost enough to cause Private E
a suggestion which, it seems to me,
officer responded enco
cting anybody to use it now. They, no doubt, think they've settled the question of its usefulness for all time to come. Now, if you'd send a couple of machine guns out there with some men to operate them, we could repo
uick to see the valu
at very thing. Lieut. Tourtelle, see that these men are supplied with pistols, grenades