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Show MEN FROM ULSTER DO GREAT WORK Divisions in One of Most Terrible Ter-rible Parts of Anglo-French Offensive Prove Heroes. SHOUT "NO SURRENDER" Advance Under Cross Fire of Every Kind and Hold Until Last Cartridge Is Fired. Press Camp, British Army in France, July 5. The story of the Ul-, ster divisions in the first day's battle of the Anglo-French offensive, is now accessible. It had one of the most terrible parts of the difficult attack in the northern section of tho offensive. offen-sive. Its trenches were disadvantageous disadvantage-ous located oa ground facing a ridge where the German batteries had an enfilading fire. Through curtains of shrapnel fire, in the face of machine guns and under infilading firo "from machine guns in a village the division captured the first German line shouting "no sur I render" and, "remember the Boyne ' and started for the second lino. 1 Stick to the Last. Still under cross fire and every kind of shell fire the troops of the Ulster , division continued on until they gain- ed a strong redoubt on the summit of the ridge. There those who had sur- vived dug in. Against German coun- i ter attacks and machine gun and rifle fire from two sides they held on until they had no more bombs or cartridges. Hopelessly shut off from furtuher vyfc supplies by German curtains of shell ' fire they had to fall back, bringing two hundred prisoners to the German first line of trenches, passing through ' curtains of fire to do so. Here they . established themselves and stuck un- l til help came. An English battalion from Yorkshire and Lancashire, caught in the same Tashion, so far as known, fought al- f most to the last man In holding the 1 Germans north of the Ancre while battalions further south made uniform ' progress. Gallantry Unsurpassed. All reportB of prisoners agree that the Germans expected the real center attack would be north of the Ancre. Regular army officers say that nothing In the annals of the guards, or of any other regular regiments in the battle I of Ypres, or in the history of the British Brit-ish army surpasses the gallantry of these Kitchener battalions which kept pressing on towards the objective set for them when half their numbers were down. oo WRONG DIAGNOSIS. "Your condition is very serious." said the doctor "very serious, indeed. What you need is an entire change of scene." The patient seemed puzzled. "But, Doctor" he began. I "There's no but about it," insisted J the physician. "A complete change of f scene is the only thing that will cure you. By the way, what is your occu j pation?" "I'm a scene shifter." New York j World. nn J |