officers themselves. There were the usual toasts
and speeches, and before the party broke up Captain George T. Richardson
asked for a few minutes' silent prayer for those who would not be
present at our next dinner. It was a wonderful tribute to his sincerity
that this was granted, for the evening was well advanced, and soldiers,
as a rule, dislike having their religion tampered with by anyone but
chaplains and other authorised personages.

Poor George! he was the first of us to go but a few weeks later!

We relieved the Toronto Battalion on the 29th, giving them a chance to
celebrate the New Year in a similar fashion.

Then the second week in February we attempted a raid similar to those
made on our right and left by other battalions. The most obvious point
was selected for the attack, and, by an unfortunate chance, a night when
the moon was nearly full.

As a result we were unable to get the wire cut, and the proposed raid
was cancelled, the enemy having men dug in amongst their wire watching
it.

For some reason or other Captain Richardson, who was in charge of the
affair, again went over the parapet, possibly to see that all were
safely in, and was discovered a little later fatally wounded in amongst
our own wire. He passed away a few hours later in the little dressing
station at the Support Farm.

So died a man who never gave a command he would not himself have
executed willingly, and whose character and ideals were such that all
who knew him envied him.

And on his grave his brother officers placed a wreath with these simple
words: "He played the Game."

EPILOGUE

Our later experiences are too recent for publication to-day; here, then,
this brief story of the Canadians must make an end.

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