clothes off since last Saturday, and there
is no near prospect of getting them off.

Friday, May 28th, 1915.

Warmer this morning and sunny, a quiet morning, as far as we were
concerned. One battery fired twenty rounds and the rest "sat tight".
Newspapers which arrive show that up to May 7th, the Canadian public has
made no guess at the extent of the battle of Ypres. The Canadian
papers seem to have lost interest in it after the first four days; this
regardless of the fact that the artillery, numerically a quarter of
the division, was in all the time. One correspondent writes from the
Canadian rest camp, and never mentions Ypres. Others say they hear heavy
bombarding which appears to come from Armentieres.

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Wednesday, April 29th*, 1915.

This morning is the sixth day of this fight; it has been constant,
except that we got good chance to sleep for the last two nights. Our
men have fought beyond praise. Canadian soldiers have set a standard for
themselves which will keep posterity busy to surpass. And the War Office
published that the 4.1 guns captured were Canadian. They were not: the
division has not lost a gun so far by capture. We will make a good job
of it--if we can.

* [sic] This should read April 28th.--A. L., 1995.

May 1st, 1915.

This is the ninth day that we have stuck to the ridge, and the batteries
have fought with a steadiness which is beyond all praise. If I could say
what our casualties in men, guns, and horses were, you would see at a
glance it has been a hot corner; but we have given better than we
got, for the German casualties from this front have been largely from
artillery, except for the French attack of yesterday and the day before,
when they advanced appreciably on our left. The front, however, just
here remains where it was, and the artillery fire is very heavy--I think
as heavy here as on any part of the line, with the exception of certain
cross-roads which are the particular object of fire. The first four days
the anxiety was wearing, for we did not know at what minute the German
army corps would come for us. We lie out in support of the French troops
entirely, and are working with them. Since that time evidently great
reinforcements have come in, and now we have a most formidable force of
artillery to turn on them.

Fortunately the weather has been good; the days are hot and summer-like.
Yesterday in the press of