LETTERS FROM OUR READERS.
FIVE POUNDS FOR A STORY.
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The Ypres Times.
to secure the extemporised line while plans were being made to regain the original position.
On the left the gathering French reserves were soon to re-establish the line of the canal.
Two thousand of our kinsmen died in the prime of manhood on that fatal field. Their
spirit still is with us their bodies only lie in the fertile fields of Flanders, where again
the cattle graze in quiet, and the farmer ploughs his peaceful furrow. It is for us to
remember the deeds of our brave countrymen and to cherish the memory of their high
■faith, their cheerful bearing, their proud and willing service. We would do well to take
their example for our ideal and make it a vital part of our being, so that it may be trans
mitted to our children's children, from generation to generation, forever.
A. W. Currie.
Thanks to the generosity of a good frien: of the Ypres League, The Ypres Times is able to make
an announcement which should interest all its readers. We have often asked hereand not with much
successfor good stories of the war, and now we are able to offer what we hope will induce a flood
of good stories, and that is a prize of Five Pounds for the best account of an episode of the Great War.
The conditions are very simple
1. Only members of the League may compete, and the writer must have actually seen, or be
able to give authority for, the event he describes.
2. Any episode of the war may be chosena night attack, patrol duty, a big offensive, a raid,
an incident in a big battle, in trench warfare, or behind the lines, but the account must
not exceed 750 words.
3. Only one side of the paper should be written upon and the first sheet should bear the name
and any rank, etc., of the competitor.
4. The last date on which stories can be received is November 1, 1923, and they should be
addressed to The Editor, The Ypres Times100 Eaton Place, London, S.W. 1," with
Episode written on the left-hand corner of the envelope.
The best story, and we hope some others, will be printed in the Christmas number of The Ypres
Times. Here is a chance then to earn a little honest money. Any ex-Service manfor the story
need not be about the Salient at all, it may be drawn from any theatre of the Great Warcan acquire
a very useful five-pound note as long as he is a member of the Ypres League.
THE 39th DIVISION.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Sir,
May I be allowed to thank, through your
columns, Mr. H. Duffell and Rifleman" for their
kindness in giving me such detailed accounts of
the 39th Division's adventures after the Somme
retreat
Yours faithfully,
G. Lloyd Higginbottom.
(Capt., late 116 Bde., M.G.C.).
CAMERAS AT THE SALIENT.
To the Editor of The Ypres Times.
Sir,
May I offer a suggestion as to one way in which
members might help each other? It is that those
who are fortunate enough to be able to visit the
Salient and have cameras with them, should photo
graph graves for less fortunate members of the
League, living in their own respective towns that
is, if they can get into touch with them. I have
already done this for several people, and I know
what comfort it brings to those who have never
seen the resting places of their dead.
Yours truly,
A Member of thb League.
Mr. F. R. Smith, writing from Beira and Mas-
honaland and Rhodesia Railways, Sakania,
Belgian Congo, Central Africa, would be very
grateful to any old comrades who served in the
Salient if they would write to him in this far out
post, or better still endeavour to meet him if they
are anywhere near him. He served as 25409, Sig.
F. R. Smith, C Coy., 9th Battn. D. of W.
W.R. Regt. (Depot), Halifax.
Mr. J. B. Hopley Joe late 17th Sherwood
Foresters and 117th Machine Gun Compar. "1 would
like to correspond with any late member of above
Machine Gun Co., and especially would like to
hear of Sergt. Harry Maltby, No. 2 Section, whom
he left at Ypres. Present addressc/o Cargills,
Ltd., Kandy, Ceylon.
Mr. David Young (ex-gunner), of 31, Pont-
street, S.W., would like to meet a few ex-service
single men who hav^ like himself, not too many
friends in London.
