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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 11, 1917
Page
5
A soldier recounts a night of artillery barrages and frontline advances. He describes the overwhelming roar of guns, shrapnel, and heavy shells, the glow of flares, and the fear and endurance of troops as they push a new front line amid burning debris and signal rockets.
A wartime letter describes near misses from shellfire and gas attacks while in the trenches. The writer recounts shrapnel strikes, a ruined junk-hole, and constant alertness as Fritz’s artillery wears on. He notes helmets, gas threats, and airplanes overhead as routine dangers.
The letter details a Canadian unit listing supplies from Attic Sash to Shiplap with brick, timber, and lime. It then shifts to a WWI front diary describing air raids, trench life, meals, rest periods, YMCA leisure, band concerts, and a hopeful message to home from Henry A Heddesheimer.
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