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Show WAG OF A SOLDIER NAMES 'FLOUNDERS' Famous Belgian Battfefield Receives Rechnstening m From Wit TRENCH LIFE IN MUD Pigeons Flutter About, Ap pearing to Enjoy Explosion Explo-sion of Shells Special Cable to The Tribune LONDO Ap U 10 Some ag has called this area Flounders or the Be glan ocean wrrtes au officer of the Queen Victoria, rifles in a letter home. There Is even a- rumor that a fleet is taking over operations here The ap pea ranee of four Royal Naval reserve men who are on leave and ha e come up here to form their own opinions about the t enches has given support to the ru nor He continues as follows Tou cannot beat the articles of lew tness for an accurate descr p on of our work and trench condi t ons out he e generally but e have ne er a ruck anything Ike the on derfu y comfortable log cao ns ihch we often see descr bed by corre epondents They must be in a very d fferent part of the Une or be dera onstra on trenches some way behind the Are trenches Our luck sends us to the knee-deep mud trenches But troub es and harden ps are soon for gotten A week b rest works won dera. Finds a Real Bed Last n gl t on returning to rest billets at after a rather arduous time In the trenches I was lucky enough to find a bed a rea double barrel spring bouom bed with a sheet Whe ner t was the irony of the situation or the com plete relaxation after phys cal and menta tens on I do no know but as soon as I vas on the bed I burst into laugbter and then s ept very ery sojndl First sol d winks for three n gh s That was at a 11a ge about 4000 yards behind the flr ng ne Today we moved to which s ano her 8000 ards away Ve have been at befo e spent about a for o ght here before we went into- he trenches So we know the place When we were here last it had the-appearance the-appearance of a hurriedly occup ed. own. Much movement and arrang ing of headquarters men nves gating ga-ting every eutablishment with a v ew to find ng where they cou d get a sto e to s t or cook by or some hot coffee. But now the town has settled down the English own the place and the men know where to find com forts Psychology btfldied Vfc e rest here for a week- Rather a lot of crocks on arria verj d rty and unshaven clothes caked in wet mud that becomes part of the ma ter ai and refuses to be remo ed. Al the men s feet cold and damp most of them rheumatic or swollen "With n the week they will be c ean and fit. We ha e ju t heard that we go back to the trenches a and hat we are to have three fu itier da "S rest there on the way up Ihe osycholoy of the men seems to be s udied by the authorities. We rema n in the trenches Just as long as and no longer than human pa t ence under ex st ng cond tlons w 11 allow We are gi en a rest not on y long enough for recupe at on but long enouoh for feelings of boredom and a seiue of jnrest to set in and then back -We go for more trench wo k The men can th s t me we do w h n ne das rest We ha e a fairly th ck t me and the au hor ties are show ng their nrrr'r mtkm Men Are Philosophic There ha e leen se eral letters n the T mes la e y upon the quest on of beha or under fire. The corre sponden s eemed to a sume that be havior when under fie woud be the result of ons derat on w en those strenuous c rcumstances arr ve They over ook wha obser a on over here of the behav or of men under fire leads ope to belie e to be of para mount mpor ance namel the ac qu s on of he proper me tal atti tude before the danger Most men seem to ha e apprecia a ed befo e t ey can e out e e that war en ai s the probab y of person al ann h ation Appreciat on of that, coup ed with w ngness to make any ne essary acrifice has p oduced in hem a mental a t tude ak n to the ph o oph c and accord ngl when he noment of danger ar es con derat on of the pe sonal danger is e m na ed and tl e r course of con d ct b p on pted so e 3 by the de s e to compete whate er p ece of vork s at he moment n hand But t at is a d gress on Pigeons Enjoy Sheik When we were last in t e trenches we we e u de pe slstent shell fi e. Duties had oca ed rae i a fire t ench we to e rbht of my pa toon Abo t n ne of the men on y we e a smal ad ance fi e trend and t e res now about twenty -were pa ked In a small dugout a few jards beh nd Fron where I was watc n0 wit an- e v it seemed as t ough the s el s were w th n a few feet of- it, if not actual y on the packed dug ou s W th each ex p os on n as es of b a k eartl sprajed up forty or fifty feet in o t e air Yet am da th s terr b e zone of crash ng and des uct on through t a p a g ound of re entless o ence the e flutte ed fron pool to poo made b she s n t e sodden beet fle d a oup of fl st five then e ght and then th rteen wllte pigeons en ! jo n regard ess of t e no se to w ch tl ey now eem accus omed the sho vers of earth and roo s which fi 1 t e al for moments after each e p os on Many Projectiles Wasted News from mj p a toon bj field tee p one be n de ayed I found myself figuring asualt es b the number of w e p geons flu er ng aroung a ome e souls of t ose w o e w ork was do e Soon the she n& ceased In tha q a er and mo ed along over ou heads and tee ephone ga e us he we come news hat no dan atoe had been done There Is an amoun of n erest wh ch were t ot for occas onal se lous osses sus a ned g be amus ng ob a ned f o n be ng fie renc es w e the Hunt, and he a 1 es keep p a long a er due o e head T e all es n ar ab g e e Huns ten for one It s ke wa c ng some huge Steel Wlmb edon ou nament sen Ices on v mos fau no o ej ng T e m ss es a e so a m ghty and so ob lou y pe en n thei whs ng cou se h o even a Man o o e p o nan would dare so mu as mp d n An numbe fa w hou o (, harm bejond n ak ng uge bas n n the fle ds comp e e es about twe e feet n d me and se e or e h feet deep befo e n hou saefied h ae ad on a da k n g t nan a an btl pn ra ons or a message o e fl np e has found akes 0 ge to so through than o wa k a o nd |