The Escape of a Princess Pat

ourth

The Clash of the Scouts-"

of German scouts so that some of each were nearer to foe than to friend and so had foes on either side. They shot at one another. Some of us in our excitement shot at both, scarce able to distinguish one from the other. Others amongst us strove to knock their rif

e was only one incident of many, and what became of them I have never heard, except that Lieutenant Lane who commanded our rear guard was with us on the Eighth, s

had finished their task; when they sought their holes

allow of the nearer approach of the enemy's attacking infantry. The worst was the enfilade fire of two batteries on our right which with six-inch high explosive shells tore our front line to fragments so t

ainder were in Belle-waarde Wood, the outer fringe of which was a bare one hundred yards behind the front line. They were f

ff, our losses were well on to two hundred men, most of

t for a march back to Ypres from Polygon Wood, since early April. But after such a smashing blow on men who were already thoroughly exhausted, the plan