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Show NIGHT CANNONADE IS THRILLING SCENE Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON", Dec. Private Arthur H. Barnes, driving a supply wagon, tells of a stirring adventure tn the following le.tr ter to his father: At last I have a minute to try and give a little Idea of what we are doing. For the last fortnight we have been constantly on the move, hardly ever stopping more than a few nights at the same place and frequently moving mov-ing at night. My wagon was chosen as one of those necessary and, aiter harnessing up, we moved off to a village some seven miles distant (tiiis village was totally desertod of inhabitants and hail the houses wrecked . The battalion bat-talion then took up position in the reserve re-serve trenches, and the transport given a position just behind behind a house (half wrecked) which was to protect it from bullets End shrapnel. We had only been there a short time when a staff onicor came up with en order, and we were told to stand to our hor-es. which we had hardly done when bgan o;:e of the most terrific :uAades that har ever been heard. Two hur.drtd Erglish guns w-ere ir-rnr.red ir-rnr.red in The shape of a horseshoes f-; A.iiA n-p vrc risht in the lr.iinh?. sn t'iat hsi: liie gc.i.s i;red over 0'.;r p'.-ne 1 vihl. p.i.I tli iiuiio it-:m-M 10 In: you. v.hA- the ?hehs overhead i-eer.-ed lik- t. ah;S hurtling t nrou -j'.i Th-- action, v. ?. -yuic successful and. i-.i.riA, the Cr-rrr-ar! guns w.-mv pu.: cut of ao!ion before they could ;jly. |