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71 THE WORLD'S GREAT WAR THE SYDNEY MORNING HERSLD. TgDNESDAr; SEPTEMBER 6, 1916. eomrmdes wvr proud, and Is bnt on more of AUSTRALIAN HEROES KILLED IN FRANCE. those glorious deeds which baa made tbe Increased more than fourfold In the paatj twelve months. As Lady Henry Orosvenor has 'the right of entrance to the Arsenal at all hours, I was able to (o right In With her.

I Aanoh name of Ansao famous. THE RED TRIANGLE. work The official communique briefly referred to1 THE SOMME. INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE. SYDNEY.

DOCTOR'S STORY. this Incident, by saying that wounded prl sonera had fallen Into our hands. And. In connection with one ot those prisoners "there the passing ol hlg guna and other Interesting things, and I saw a shed where nearly 2000 glrla were working at highly skilled work, which they have become skilled during the past year or less. I also saw some thousands of girls at their tea, and I was greatly struck by the healthy look ot most ot them.

There is no question that this healthiness Is due In no small degree to the good meale provided In the by hangs a tale." Amongst our own wound ed and those of the enemy a stalwart, big- TIIE MUNITION MAKERS. hearted Ansao aoldler found a Saxon lad of In a letter to Mrs. Everard Dlgby, of Neutral Bay, a captain who la serving aa a medical man tn France gives a graphto description of no more than 16 years of age. He took him In charge and hoisted him on his back and the Somme battle. The letter la dated July 7.

The captain writes: carried him tn short spells out of tbe trenches. The unfortunate lad was almost terrified at fBT AMY MACK.) the beginning, but he soon was at bis ease when he found kind attention. When he bad K.uinfc in act, tney nave proved that tbe girls who have a good hot dinner In the middle ot the day or night have far more power of resistance and endurance than those who lunch on a sandwich and cup of tea. This la especially true of the girls who are working in the dangerous chemicals. Woolwich, with Ha great arsenal.

Is naturally the biggest centre for tbe Y.MX.A.'s activity amongst munition-workers, bnt It Is only one of many. And so It la. wherever It was miserably wet day whin I went to recovered from hla collapse tbe first desire ap peared to be to make an explanation. After considerable effort to make himself understood he finished np by saying: Comprehend, Woolwich to see what the Y.M.C.A. Is doing for the munition-makers.

The streets round the great arsenal were as dirty and unpleasant mad, grease, petrol, aod dingy bouses could mke them. But in the great hall which the I am no Hun, bat a 8sxon. and Saxons do not "By now you have read of the British offensive on the Somme. -Well, your elder son haa been In it from the beginning, and Is still all right, in spite of -narrow shaves, and hopes to come along through it all right. This la what I've been waiting for for 13 months, and now I can rest contented; though I was through Tprea and the taking of the Bluff, which were exciting enough.

I wanted something like thia to put the crowning glory on things, and now I have got It. Three cheers. "To tell you ln detail all that led np ta things would keep me writing till morning. How wo got tbe order, to move at last; the Joy of everyone when we knew that at last we want to fight tho English." you go throughout the length and breadth of; tbe kingdom; wherever there are men making munitions there you will find the T.M.C.A.I canteens and residential clubs, with their This lad's statement bore out a fact which haa been Ions; known to oar troops, that tho ongnt surroundings and aplendld meals. And, Saxons never show any desire for fight whon manning the trenches odtmmUo the British uouoi, ii anywnero else in tne klnedom a woclatlon had convertoa into a canteen, an bright and cheerful.

Rows of specklcss bite tables Btretcbed from end to And, each with It vases of bright flowers. Prom the ml hung numbers of little flags, which made a contrast to the white celling. At the end nf the room, where the scire ry was placed, boge dish covers and little plate-covers lines. Needless to say, this Saxon lad got man can get such a meal for lOd or la. as he gets there.

For, understand, this Is not charity at lenst not in the orriinarv mw every unaT poeaioie in tne sbapo of food, water, and cigarettes from otrr lads until tbe time came when he had to be removed to the proper Quarter for iitntifm vi. were 'for It' for' the 'great How we lightened our kit for the advance: woodos. in toe nrsi piaoe, and after to become The roon pay for tbelr meals, but as nearly all tho sorvice Is voluntary, tile association can give better mosls for tbe money tban anyone else could. And when there Is any profit from a very big and popular canteen. It goeB to pay the expenses of one In a lonely country district, where there are onlv few gleamed like silver, and around them were a hrrr of women In pretty soft purple overalls, the cleaning of revolvers, and, on' a prisoner or war.

nr part, the replenishing of dress preparing the dtsheB for the coming rusli. For pflt a. pros, UEDT. W. KKM- W.

BOBDi m. A. W. BBT, Oantertnr. wrw US.

WAT80H, 6TB. J. afdaAH. Ml K. WATERS, MIS, Olen bnei and 8yd.

WV'- aTOTJR, Beaehm. OoettoraV Bnrlatom) Fare. Windsor. Stanmore. TE, W.

A. POTTER, W. RWIOBT, PTE. S. tt LOKO- Rrdo' ffi F.

J0. PTE. W. A. BW7AH- rDS.

OTUirra, Onurille. CWppendslo. WORTH, Banter's Hltl MOBBS, 0On EEUi, Uthgow. BrslaVsw). workera, or to build a new one where there Is ings, drugs, splints, etc; the seven days' march through cold and rain and mud, alternating with aunshlne; marching all the time br night; the meeting of fresh troops, every una It was Just a lew minutes neiore nan-past is, tbt hour when the midday meal Is serred to the munition-workers.

We had scarcely look-ti round the big kitchens, with their busy TUNNEL ATTACKS. RISKY WORK UNDERGROUND, neea. mere is branch of war-workers, too, for whom the aasoolatlon caters, and they are the men who are engaged In transport work, the dock labourers. At Liverpool there are eight T.M.C.A. canteens along tbe shores of the Mersey, and In London on rooks and savourv smells, when the rush be cheery thirsting to be up and at 'am; tho bivouaclng out In woods, fields, gin; or perhaps It would be better to say mo onnKB of tne Thames, there are five mare.

I can begin totllng you In some detail tbe WAITING FOB THE EXPLOSIONS. These are solely for the use of the men work tbe stream, for the men flowed in lo a steady rtream without any pushing or roughness. One br one each bought his ticket at the desk, took hts seat at a table, told tbe waiting attendant what he would like, and In throe ing in tne docks. It must be remembered that In everv branch ov aereral 4ars the tumiellera haA w. of this great war-work of tha Y.M.e.A.

the bar day and night putting in the charge benefita and privileges are for all. Irrespective course of events from tne time my brigade came Into action a week before tbe mornins of the attack, July 1. In conjunction with the Took Emmas, which were wire-cutttn. our batteries were shelling Huns, preventing them from repairing their wire at night, We banded out condensed Hades to Frits, with a mixed minute bad bis dinner before him. And 1 wry good dinner It was, too.

At one end of the room was a raised plat ni cibbs or creea. jews, Koman Cathollca, Methodists, Mahommedana It doesn't matter or exploalve te blow the mine (writes a correspondent In the London "Dally It was no small undertaking, for the gallery In which It was laid was over 100 Tarda from form, with a grand piano, and half-way through tbe meal a party of amateurs began a diet of H.E. and shrapnel, day and night for wnat a man ta ir be wears his Majesty's uniform or works In his Majesty's factories or docks. And since a chain is only as strong as Its weakest link, the great chain of military organisation owea an untold debt to the Y.M.C.A. for the work It has done In streng- the shaft or outlet, and only measured about musical programme.

When the men had finish fd eating they took out their pipes and cigar tnree reel nigh. All the explosive had to be carried very caretuly and placed ln nosltlnn. ettes, and, as It was so wet outside, most of a "week, and I had remarkable luck, having only one man killed. The assault waa timed for 7.30 and so at 7 a.m. yon saw girt with glasses, smoke-helmet, and tin- lying behind a parapet on the of a iciiiiih up ma iiuks id ua nuts and conioena oj ue iteo.

Tnangia. them spent the rest of the dinner-hour listening to the music. Then back they went to the rgenRl, looking rested and strengthened (or and the Boohes were working so very close to as that It was Imperative to make no nolee or the whole business would be given away. After the explosive a quantity of "etemmlnsr" rise ln rear of tbe firing line. Tha whole front was a maa ot drifting blue smoke, stabbed the work.

To day we all realise the value of that work. consisting of sandhaga well filled with clay "TEA LEAVES." CEYLON PLANTERS CORPS. We know that no matter how skilled and raJ lint arc our men in the field, the can do nothing without the men and women behind the with the red flashes of the bursting shells and the huge 'splash' of earth made by tha H.B. of the heavy howitzers. The morning mist bung over everything, making pbserva-tlon difficult.

However, with my watch In my band, and my glasses glued to my eyes, I watched the front line. At 7.80 I saw the boys go 'over the the sunshine flashing -on their bayonets. The part of the Una I GENERAL BIRDWOOiyS GUARD. naa to ne ount up to prevent the force of tha explosion following tbe line of least resistance, and simply expending its force along our own gallery, and probably damaging our own lines. Thin particular mine waa so close to the German trenches that you oonld hear their rifle bolts click aa they unloaded after Bring.

Moreover, with a view to blowing a ready-made communication trench, the mine waa so close to the guns tne munition-makers. And we know, Iw. that If wo want these munition-makers to gite of their best work, we must see that they re kept well fed and physically fit for the work. And that Is what the T.M.C.A. bats are PTE.

BEST 8AM-DER8, lUelrty Rlrer. GHR. FRED. SMITH, takemba. (BY A.

J. PTB. OOVf. LINO. Tanpe, PTE.

R. J. PBHBEL TON. dOarllngliunrt, SOT. T.

NKWSTEAD, Casuia, CPIfc A. T. WINTER-TON, Tenterteld. PTE. A.

IJCSKB. Evdeigh. PTE. A. REKDT, eishfleld.

was watching go across 'No-man's Land bad SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, Jury S. General Bird wood's headquarters will not aDn a nunared other munition works throughout tbe length and breadth 0 the Kingdom. But it was a woman who first thotlffht nf uu very lew casualties before they were Into the Boche front line. Here things were bard to see, but the Boches rushed over the parados for their, second line, followed by our I sun.ee mat ue concussion from the explosion of eves tha lighter sheila from our guns falling short and anywhere near ua put all the candles out. A TRYING TTMH.

The Infantry attack was timed to begin at 4.30 a.m., and the mines had to he seem the same without the "Tea Leaves," or, to give them their proper military title, tbe Ceylon Planters' Rifle Corps. For more tban a year this corps has acted as his escort and personal guard; but. owing to sickness, the promotion of members. to other ranks, and lack of reinforcements, the corps la unable to provide tbe guard any looser. boys, bayonetting and bombing.

Parties of Huns here and there flung up their hands, and were taken prisoners. The fight then disappeared into the smoke and I lost sight of it. Farther to the north, where the smoke and shells were thinner, I could see How the Ceylon men came to be detailed at 4.20 a-m, ao that tbe Infantry might rush forward under cover ot the smoke from the for this duty Is When war began members of the Coylon Planters Rifle oApioeion. In these circumstances It was v.rv Corps Immediately volunteered tor service Ave successive waves cbase the Bocbe out of his four Hues of trenches, and then our lads, having carried this line, dug themselves ln like rabbits. It was here I saw a very pretty bit of bayonet work in which the Boche came off second best.

"Having seen everything to be seen here I abroad. The Qovomment of Ceylon offered their services to the Imperial Government, ant to have our watches set to the exact time of the Brigade Headquartera, so that there would be no confusion, and that our Infantry might not start ton pari. aloo-nakera She cZU? a'lia People lo discus, the mMte, t0geth" linn, consisting ot deputa-lord Derby, Traits nd I tie arsenal, ff tbe workers. Ther ra.t "TJ" "or.gem.nt. Th with no on- fcrmei that th, but nu FM" men a Station wnt oT dtaW.

Woolwich, it Sh 01 reitauranls and aa. went WW "chair and they were accented, and transported to by our own mines. The strain of the last PTE. It O. FITO- 6GT.

M. 0. GOOD, Coogee. LCE. -CPL.

A. LEE, WUiOUfhby. PTE. J. O.

OORRT-GAN, North Sydney. PTE, A. FAT, Uflaon's Point. OKilALD, Awhfleld. PTE, W.

TAYLOR, Ryde. SOT. A. G. ELDER-SHAW, MoBman, PVR.

A. L. HOPE ATKINSON, 8yd. Egypt. On arrival In Egypt they were put Into training, and three months later, when the Australasian troops eame upon the scene, the Ceylon men were attached for duty and discipline.

A genuine bond of sympathy sprang up quickly between those Australians got back to my aid post among the batteries, and all tbe morning the wreck and wastage of war, the walking wounded cases, trail ior tno exact moment to to pass like hours. However, we had had Just "one difficulty on top of another" to contend with, and It was 4.26 a.m. before we weri actually ready to fire. So hat we had only four nilten tn an. ed past my aid-post to the collecting station at the end of the valley.

I stopped several THE AUSTRALIANS. who came into contact with them and the Cey- ANZAC RAIDS. I open cattle tracks brought ns to Alexandria, where fine transport awaited us. The trip the beach. The manner ln which tbe "Tpa Leaves" despatched the snipers they caught pleased the Australians Immensely, for a sniper is entitled to no consideration Mtluy saw that th.r.

10 be OHHiney saw tht th. inere wa of them and asked them how things were going, and they were all happy and pleased as iuu aauu tucj won) hi. nappy ana piease a as At this time It was slmniv rait.i. across tne Mediterranean was not without its Incident. Tbe presence ot German submarines and the loss of many vessels nrevloUBly budiiq ou? Fano Eft "Ml own mnn.

aj won saw and had related to ma bv thn waimiiAd. saw and had related to me by the wounded. TALES OF HEROISM. -nuv, iu mu umjunt' vi cbbob, were mined that need, and deter- Ubor University or English Public school eonm- could nt Kt official en-lmcn' "Toa lv" was the title given them, helr undertaking they would aod Major Hall JJn without Then, knowinr a Brown, the officer commanding the corps, left r-HCA. had already accomplished If Ih reSoin an Indian regiment upon the absorp- As soon as trenchen had hatn An thn Planters did their full share of this work rendered stringent precautlona necessary.

The censor will not permit me to say more, perhaps, than that we had the honour of having uenerai uirawooa began to get busy walking through lines the best part of the day, and often at night. A member of the Planters' A SAXOJT PRISONER. IN EGYPT AND IN FRANCE. HOW HE COMPARES WITH TOMMY ATKINS. (BY C.O.P.).

Am an A Owwoclation rafJ nI1ted their help, and Captain Oallbralth. a well-known officer in o' the burating German shells, blazed out, even though the air was thick with tbe fumes and reek of tbe explosives. Still our men, who had put ln such strenuous work for many hours, were glad when tbey were ready to get away. We crouched, and wi.ltod the. time when our watcheB (we had three all put by "brigade" tlmo) should come round to 4.29 a.m.

The time came at last, nnrl we nn.h.d uorps always accompanied him. The ta. India, was fatally Injured while motoring near Mena. In avoiding the running down of a One man, hit in both legs and the head, cams limping along. 'It's great, sir," he said to me, to see half a dozen of these big chucking up their hands to our little He was sorry to be out of it so soon, and he passed on with one of my cigarettes, "Another man with a bullet wound through his hand grinned all over hla face when I witn us uenerai Blrdwood, tha "hero or Ansae," beloved and honoured by all, six other Generals and Headquarters Staff, and the pro-clous burden was eventually landed In safety at Marseilles.

We dlsombarked and entrained (by mu.m WOMBAT.) with the heln of taKe the whoIe soon it was convert. Zr mainlng men performed trench-digging, excavation work ln connection with the forma- native, wno waa learning to ride a bicycle, immediately, and then began 60 hours of gor- dining- which Ith leaving my native land for the first time with eeous panorama. France ln spring! What handles of the exploders. So great was the In. 'bort time an Australian oontlngent, I write of life tn asked him how he got hit.

'Well, you see. DECORATED FOR BRAVERY. more can mortal man deslro? Green fields, green hedges, green forests erected the eve nn Egypt first, and then tn France. Let me an it was this way. I saw an officer come out concussion or the shells dropping at the time that for the life of me 1 thought the charge had failed.

thOUe-h Such nhnro n. worker. the number "ork the Uln mn.l.i .7 all sides, pierced here and thore by winding tlcipate here, right at the ouset, by saying siivery streams, it is all like a of a dugout with a revolver. I had a Mills, and I got it off first. Ton should have seen increased.

aaruen piot, so mtonsive is the rulttvatlon, that my opinion of the Australian soldier has never been higher than now, after nine weeks uj wucODT --uB-room. But Still h- a that officer. Mills! He was full of Mills. Aa I thought he would be useful for Information. cms.Tm t6 be- charges as we were firing were sufficient to shake down dug-outs several hundred yards away.

To make aure we hurriedly changed the connection on the batteries, using three exploders for each separate charge, and then when our minute's grace waa almost up we gave up troubling further, and came out from our Improvised shelter, feeling that we had of life in France. Of Egypt we have all formed our preconceived Ideas, and the reality la in very truth ana so painstaking are the peasant folk. The verandah less houses, the lack ot fonces, and not least, the absence of young men, caught the eyo. In tho flelda the women worked and the old men, and as a contrast to the joyous colours ot spring came the sombre black of u. Ior tneT wo no more vn M.

nejre no mO NORTHERN FRANCE, July 7. As our push continues to manifest Itself in our favour, that part, of the programme which was the prelude to It all raiding goo on In other parts of the line where the Anzacs are making themselves so horribly distasteful that Fritz does not know whether he is on his head or Mb heels. The Huns thought they had a clue In the earlier part ot the new game; that the opening ot a bombardment meant another visit, but -in the past couple of woeks we have entirely mystified them. The result Is that the enemy are "standing to" at all and are undergoing a period of great nervousness and physical exhaustion, a fact whloh haa been proved by the prisoners passing dally through our lines. They glvo the Idea that they are up bonding, the district But Buead snoeHft up to all expectations.

There Is a something I carried him Into the dressing station, and on the way I got hit. A Mills Is a hand grenade, named after Its inventor, or, as Ordnance calls it, 'Grenades, hand, Mills, Incidentally I might mention I' used -pauiDUBDi naa come tn th He tt worker. nteens meant to 'or more mourning. Almost without exception the women were ln mourning, and we bogan to realise a little the frightful price ln manhood that Prance has had to pay. Prom many, Hps I have heard the words "This la a emmtro up all my available stock of cigarettes on lir it enlT and aaked about the land of the Pharaohs which grips one; writers call It the "lure of the and, certainly, one feels It tn one's very blood.

The land you see on all sides, the sands you grope through are all so very old, so thickly encrusted with history, aye, and with mystery.1 The customs of the peoples there are strange, I our wounded. Poor devils, you can't do ROYAL RED CROSS. i to run several more enough for our infantry! worth fighting for" and with the. vision of! th, lo" arsenal. Without heslta- "Then the prisoners started to arrive la batches of 10, 20, 60, 100, and In one case nosio 01 oia.ca-garDea womon, "ayo, and dying for." We came over her a mtl.

in i an nmber have built their religion Is to us heretics mystic 260, the last bunch guarded by three Jocks. irounds-tw "senal against It and a bit more. Their expression are of the wearied order that portrays a losing and forbidden; tbe shrouded faces of the wo Australian ever does feel awe of the Imperial reglmentB. Their traditions wore so old I had a good opportunity ot studying them. men-folk prompt one's curiosity; tn all around game.

So much for the activity of our guns. jnu glorious. we regarded the English officers especially as the last word In soldiering. you, you leei aware oi a 'Hazy but Impene tit mm oanons there la room trable barrier. You are of the new world "ut, as Wordsworth says, "Somehow thero's Uth.

0M meal- Preaent They belonged to a reserve regiment, and were all men ot about 40 or more. One Boche, a regular giant of over seven feet, and hands like a leg-of-mutton, had his elbow shattered by a trench-mortar, and was nearly collapsing as he was marched along, so the they are of the old. On all hands the most primitive forms prevail, and It Is a curious i. is not used up, as iZT t0e v.r-lncr...ing num-mr da, Y.M.O.A. aerras laci tnat an attempts, barring only tbe bar rage, the wonderful engineering feat of irrl gatlon, to replace the old and cumbrous mn "oreuc now.

nan for man the Australian la a better soldier than the Tommy, and man for man tbe Auatralia officer I sny It unblushlngly Is a better oflloer than his English confrere. A concrete example will suffice. Two companies of soldlors march along thods; for example, of ploughing, of raising In the halls Many stories are going the rounds of the dugouts de luxe, ln which our enemies are quartered. Not many nights ago an Australian battalion made a dash with Its representative 'party a party which maintained tbe traditions of the Anzacs by bringing back men and guns and other Information, and found out that theGerman dugouts were made of concrete, with iron doors. A few nights ago Frits took It Into his head to try a raid on a front line trench held by a section of Anzacs.

It was preceded by a I waaier, nave oeen a complete ana utter failure. escort asked me to fix him. So I tied htm up and gave him a nip of brandy and a cigarette, whereupon, he assailed me with a volley of Hun language and tried to shake hands, so I suppose he was trying to thank me. As I "omniiea, men Australians. The Tommies march better, they keep tbelr fours better, thev are 1 nker.

havay.h!n.d.n,ght the night 1 rv It Hi long wav me old, wooden plough, -drawn by two sleepy oxen or cows, perhaps Is still triumphant. The time-worn, primitive water-wheel turned by a patient blind-folded; beast, treading Its weary way round and round the wheel, obedient to the laBh of a child, perhaps of six years or so thiB wheel refuses to become out ot date, and successfully holds Its' don't know any Hun, I simply asked 'GootT ing all compliments on the march, they trudge along silent, grim, almost sullen and aervile. Yea, that Is the word. Their dlsclpllno has Enri.nj Degest catering con- uuicaers lyonr. He yah-yahed away like blazes.

Ton can't bill for one week wee bill for one weak nuu ai uio expense or another quality. Then come tha "wild lii 'l wm realise something of the size of the help pitying them when you see them In that condition. don't march so well, most of them are out of Will the ever-lncreaslna- number, of. 'In one bunch of prisoners waa one ot tha rours, out there's some thing In them Which dlaalnlln. uwu BinBi, ny attempted innovations.

The scenes one reads of ln the Bible are still enacted to this day. The costumes, I Imagine, Varr not a dnirrAn fmm thnoa furious bombardment, and some extra special big stuff waa sent over for the occasion, with the result that things were somewhat lively for a bit But our entrenchments stood the Inferno capitally, snd all was got ln readiness to combat Frlts's adventure. It la modauon ot 'epll BrT Jm. more and morel tai, a.holutely Impossible to n'll "tep their heads are German medical service with a Red Gross brassard on his arm. As he passed me he pointed to my brassard and grinned like a Cheshire cat and said I never felt so insulted In my life, especially as the i.

Li s'ugiug, laugmng, and Joking the whole time: there 1. ureeureu-cuougn a co at or many colours le not a frequent sight and often a fine, well- oearaed. cull-robed, and diimiflpri -hottr .111 a7 "hnllj011 tb'r Unnld nd there's terrlbhr h.rt bl mllM voman to to barfwoV hoIDe" li "on evident that a sianuing order that Hun trenches can and may be entered, but Huns must not rat Into tommies laughed, mong the first lot of ci.ua me eye, ana one's imagination can readily picture him aa one of the Apostles. prisoners were a fair number of wounded, ucu, 11 luu win me heart. Man for man they are bigger and iT the Tommlea: their our trenches, and If they do they mustn't be allowed to reiwrn.

Anyhow, the Huns nut "wortors Ti mu" brought t( 0... 7 Qovernment began bv nut. 0.111 one sees nooks of goats, tended by i--T Aucann tueir pinK-cneeked fel uo uerae 01 aoeep soepnerded into the green pastures br children nr hv In an appearance, and then a fiendish flaht Beem oovian and vnima" 1 ISLV-vHSJL them women. The curious ships of the desert still ply their trade, and a carnal inrion commenced. Bombs, rifles, revolvers, and bayonets wore the wall that had to be en tae.

3 nJ. cottagea for the married ''to. a 1th pretty pntlr cob- a rlthi go.oa- The nwried men were countered before the naraoet could ba B.oouoiuu, biukjbi 10 tne last straw. Is a com-on 1 sight in the main streets of Cairo itself. v-u.

iimu mj aiaca-maae Emrllsh tunic and oose breeches. Where the fom- our foMow "ko men. more alert, more aelf-rellant. more capable SttotrSr" daah and the result was a number of heroic indi vidual exploits. -The Huns did not get across, with the exception ot a wounded few.

hA SlSTBn k. PATON, Who waa decorated with the Royal Red Cross by King George at Buckingham Palace on June 27. Previous to leaving she waa a sister at. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Sister Paton is tbe daughter or the late Rev.

J. Paton, of Petersham, and of Mrs. Paton, of No. 7 liner-street, uosman. wi wro, 01 course, it is tbat I write, that city of a wild and stormy history, which bears In Its records the Imprint of Napoleon's ambition and sojourn there.

The fort he built to command the otherwise p'ractlcallyi out me later iocs were ail pretty sound. "The prisoners were all marched Into a barbed wire cage before being sent on to the bigger concentration camps, and here they were searched. One Hun had an Iron Crass In his pocket-book, and this was a subject of-great interest. Most of these prisoners had had nothing to eat for, three days, as our bombardment prevented them getting food up, and they 'picked up bits of biscuit and bread and sucked empty beef tins as they went along. One, standing close to me, asked me If I could speak French, and, on my saying I could, launched forth ln a long yarn.

He told me he was an Alsatian, and all about the battle from bis point of view. So I yarned to him for about an hour, and gave him my last -cigarette. I asked him what he thought of our troops, and be said tbey were all the Scotch reaiments were known among I write this not 11,. crawled tn after the melee was over. The Hun raiding party failed, and T.MmT- He J.

grand. nation could breed the omer linn una lines. towers, still stand secure; and not uninteresting are the well-nreservafi rni nr 5'0ur adn''n 07 hi. thorough! ness. he Is a man you would e.V.

-S ua. iuvib taouKnt. 1 Bunnna. than agalnat: he win would do something like themselves clear out Is Imnosslble tn. whi nf rDi.n visitors arrived." waa bow an in.

death be the Inevitable cost, and he will 2 fel" 'lt-a says. dunno, I like Doreen." BI0Ke fnllort I a taiR of the Pyramids. What varied ooinlons ciarea nimseit after classifying th. affair aa a -Y iMCMea we were to meet a CapinI" nt along the front V.r "vo 1 neara or them. a waste of- decent stone and in hour --'vio ldh communication trench, who oioKum scrap.

Those raiding incidents have always re one. "The outwar.i virfAnpa the Germans aa tbe 'Mad Women from Hell. One ot the escort on duty at the cage had u. uie mine nan exploded splendidly! THB INFANTRY PHARfiP CAPTAIN ARTHUR JAMES PETERSON, D.S.O., Son of Mrs. Peterson, ot The Pines, Drummoyne.

iy' rards of the enemy's Snrant tSS jil'-n1 and the greatest assistance to the braw.r7'.M an omclal announcement, personal w.l 11 nclll7 1 that Captain Pet- Jam ad hi! rJjn pnr 2 "rvlvlng the He con.Untly one the D.f?M?' survivors have been awarded the Military and 'Vl0'' University secured the degrees of and hrofhiJ 5naS.beo r. He la years of age, unmarried, ser to. calling of mining expert and as- PrlonM at Cobar. Afterwards he went to Western attached te atraran on went England, and becamo Wh'fefn SvdJ hL miTl th8 Artillery In London. Vars'ty telms Preminco; footballer, playing for Newlngton College ud suited in berole and daring deeda by odr and overweening pride." say another.

"Mar-venous works of creation and an automatic pistol, aod when asked where The captain was now in th Mm. ano wnen on tba defensive on this oo- SURGICAL DRESSINGS. JUTE WASTE UTILISED. for all time," says a third. But whatever the MIilAmni wl al iion toey were not found wantlna.

a. pressea, wnat an Im he got it, repnea, -rrom a uerman omcer. 'And where's the asked tbe officer In charge. 'Oh, I bayoneted him, waa the repW and, Judging from the blood on IM bayonet, have no doubt be did. "Later on 1 went over the captured around makM- 1 "er matter of fact, they were at their beat, and as an old saying puts It, "Britisher, are never uii muio iu leau nis men over the parapet and across to tbe German lines as we had been waiting for 4.39 a.m.

Ht waB tbe captain of the second line, who were ioe terrible breakdown i. "au wnen tney have their backs against .7.7 1 T. m' eye Ie" their stately, silent grandeur. It waa from tho parapet around the Mosque of Mohamed All. Itself nerched hl.h in ih.

"Wla'l, tn nnmarrled. and aSl. ana the young boys. boll" I hiJZ. athorltles said: "If bow agrMd to nianage a slinnu but that those bJr the Y.W.O.A.

ms iVl lnto th D- the to take bver Cjbf glrl" we" the 1 tb. .1" eaw enough, con- tta alZ. Part o' the women al Woolwich Is done ln" ne down HenV Onor herself it i. to b0 opened In a week Wood woden building near Dpot Se 01,1 of tho Australian lw th. wltn "'I' considers-" ll well orL tne mntes.

Each sflrl wi hiugb- Uhad. and tw" big ie.7, r00ra t0 a ta and a alttlng-kl" arr.n.eJ,'rlDg wltn "P-to-date lH orrln. P'onlT of bathrooms. bl'btroorJ 'of damp clothes, and a rWs, and 'tndl for Tbm i pa'mellt will ba 18a a le i iirl. f.

to accom-ul tbf rat0 o' week' rr l.ti at Woolwich meaicm up to within a few hundred yards of our new now manning tne iron i-line trench, while the front-line fellowa were already In No Man' Land, lying bidden ln a dltcb. At last the i last winter has wall." And certainly on that memorable night the Anzacs stemmed a strong rush. Th.y nring line, passing over 'No Man's Iand, where several of our lads were still lvlnc result. It will moment arrived, and the order to charge forward was given, and away they rushed across awaiting burial, 1 passed Into the Hun front line. All his wire had been out to small whTh" i "cal dressing, which Is being placed on the market at a cost one-llfth of that of the cotton-, And there away in the distance, some eight miles or so beyond tbe sombre Nile, beyond the Intervening city buildings, and green Irrl- ancient Pyramids.

One felt a lltle awestruck a little subdued expectation rather J1 pieces by the combined Are of 18-pounders and svotj open, ana in less id an pair an nour ft ad taken the" first three lines of German trenches. Tbe sappers, too, had rushed out, and with pick and shovel were bus nakln thw rnn. irencn morxars, ana ue neavy bowltsers bad got on to the trenches themselves. I never 8f water-carrvlng. and other Oallb'rauh "kST" If I a month or ao boy.

used to oallbralth waa killed, whh.t n.i.Ui.. n.iu a cooinesa and determination characteristic of them, and which ha. been styled as magnificent. The. hotter thing.

the fiercer the Ansae, fought. There was one eveht of tbe night which for Individual bravery could scarcely be aur-passad. In fact, I have little doubt hut that th. deed will have th. reward of merit which It deaervea.

A corpora Ave men to reverence. This mosoue Itself, hv saw such a wreck. The trenches were only nectlon blown by our mine into a communication trench, br whfch ammunition inri r. succession of orumn holes. Tha OarinAi.

boast they made "dlnkum" Australians of tbe "Tea who. whnn awav frnm thm employed at the various "Dal" were reaching India 0f the suffering, of the troops at Kut Lord Car-IirC -suited SufOce It to Jo? a thlnl a joy for ever. The mosque Itself Is built of the outer coat nr of dead lay piled up In heaps, two, three, and four deep, having met tbelr death from bullet, bomb, bayonet, and shell fire. I won't dwell In detail on the ghaatly sights I saw at every serves could be brought forward to the lada ln front. This work brought to light tbe fact that we had blown ln a German gallery within four PTramld- Th" denuded! th.

mm. Bvei, out uiey were a speaxing expression ot the horrors of war. all took up position with a supply of bombs. As far aa can be authoritatively ascertained for th. hero of th.

deed Piece which Vtli, remain, smooth and si noerv. th.f ih. to tho feaalbllltv 'The dug-outs are marvellous bUms nf dressing, rapidly' Ind.V "inVtVad'' VT. lnl1 for any ni li, are 001 now He. In hospital with three wounds, on.

ln th. neck, one ln th. left and another work deep down under tbe parapet and BO shcM made can reach anyone down there. I went Into several In tear and tremhim. ha.

or.f. renewal of the supply from Eng. S3. dic' d'eVri WIJ" tU Oeneral do fiolj Lotblnlere, O.B. (now General Birdwood's chief engineer), escaped In miraculous fashion, and received nothing worae tban a shaking.

Sixty of the Planters were next given commissions In the Indian Army Reserve. Others obtained appointments with British formations. Eventually 74 remained true to the Ansao Corps, and Oeneral Blrdwood made these men bis guard and personal escort. They landed at Oalllpoll with the Oeneral on that memorable day In April, and some were killed almost Immediately. The survivors found themselves detailed tor a duty tbat needed great pluck and presence of mind.

Snipers concealed between the beach and our trenches were causing us heavy losses, and the Ceylon men were detailed to locate the mm not bT men far Oeneral, were to be seen attired as roughly as possible and unshaven, but with a perennial smile on their faces. When General Blrdwood arrived In Egypt, following the evacuation of Galllpoll, ibe Ceylon men resumed duty under him os guard, and this duty they continued until today, when, 10 strong, the guard disbanded. It was found Impossible for 10 men to perform guard duty continuously, night and day, and occasionally have to keep an eye on German prisoner. The men, through thoir commanding officer, Captain R. Beatles, made representations to this effect, and to-day they departed for Anise headquarters to attend an racers training school.

The men carried away with them tbe best leei oi our own, and naa killed at least four Germans by the explosion how many more there might have been In their demolished gallery one eould not say. For our part, tired out by the exertions of the previous few days, It' was not long before we were back at billets and fast asleep, and It was a most pleasant reflection as we lay down to rest that- we bad carried out our work with tbe best possible results and without a casualty of any kind. of a "le'n- BacB 1 In 8 rl. wm no ul Bll much henent from you It haa never been scaled: but tbereb. 5 The r.rat Australian contingent t0 117 i on "ornlng an Australian breeieV dhihe 01 summit What these hardy sons of the desert bad fail.

cause In many cases Huns were found ln thm tne thigh early in the combat th. young Ansae leader found himself alona. hla mates iutj bimmk sun auva ana run Of fight. The Ones 1 t-ntrtA anlw tlreail. Tj "canny homes aa they Jrm (d meals bavin been out off.

a. stood by his post and hurled bomb after bomb until th. supply there, and surrendered tt dye workTof Ti. group for the purpose. K.cninery adapted for tb.

end In view waa rapidly liprovCd and' In a very abort tlm. bandages wjr. being turned out literally by the mil. ootton-wool dreaaln. in pled by dead, aa our fellows, as soon as they oo ior generations, our Australian nova i.w xaausted, causing havoo and panic eu.

iu nuns in meir uug-outs, oombed them and slaughtered them like rabbits. All along the trenohea the same thing bad happened- crumped trenches, dead Huns, and dug-outs hlal twinkling of an eye. tan ml 'S Mcommodatlon "Mns aSsi and "ow th "'lr unmarried men. J.1' I oust I am say bnw man amongst th. oncoming Bochee, A.

soon aa his bombs had given out he drew hi. revolver and discharged fully fifty round. Into By way, doubtless, of centra riitit w.v tnere is little to say. except that It is very much Ilk. h.

souvenirs, ior those who of thousanda of Australian tronn wisnes port that the Dreadnought Thurlnwn was Wew- ture of the work was the rapidity with which apparently Inauperable difficulties hid been overcome. Th. dressing, being turned those Hr noio earcoioa Wltbnnt IN FRANCE. 5SE "Jutland. tSL SJSSr Oeneral Blrdwood was particularly sorry to Wsw.h.?0.0lW,cb' j' I catihlnr.

glimpse Vl thami bu tS.y III" the seething, maddened enemy him. When found, hi. revolver wa, lying by hi. Aai sow pass en to other leenes. There IpVrtl'n'g To wrlMen tr7 oBcer mmlfwltt Ma oor.

woy hi. aaooa nana, clearing th vicinity ol warmly with each, awe, u. empty shells of the last round still la the chambers. It wa. f.at ot which hi.

'touched. dose.".