From the News

Dated: April 13, 1916

A number of wounded soldiers have just arrived in England from the Canadian front, where at St. Eloi they had sharp fighting. I talked to some of the wounded this afternoon. They narrated that after a terrific concentrated bombardment, the enemy attacked and managed to dislodge four Canadian battalions, which had been holding the craters were mines have been exploded by engineers about two weeks ago against the German position, and which were taken by British troop. The position was a most difficult one to hold and of no vital importance. After standing shell fire for some time the Canadians were ordered to retire a short distance. Notwithstanding that the attack was the fiercest in many months, the Canadians stood their ground splendidly and soon were firmly entrenched close by. Our artillery sustained its reputation and ably supported the infantry. The Germans suffered severely from our shelling. There was no more difficult position on the line to hold to that which was held by the Canadians in the vicinity of the Ypres salient.