HLI Chronicle 1914 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

NOTICES.HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE. 139"The Highland Light Infantry Chronicle" ispublished at four pe lice, but fillepence must besent by anyone writing for a copy, to' coverpostage. It can be had from the following:­The SUB·EDITOR, "H.L. L Chronicle," Hamilton.The SUB·EDITOR, "H.L.L Chronicle," 2nd H.L 1.,Aldershot.The SUB.EDITOR, "H.L. 1. Chronicle," 1st H.L.I.,Ambala.Anl'one wishing to snb&cribe for the space of oneye,],r call do so by sending one shilling and sixpenceby postal order 01' penny stamps to the Editor. Thenumbers will then he sent post frpe quarterly asissued. The arrival of the paper will be the receipt.Contributions in manuscript should be legiblywritten on one side of the paper only, and should beaccompanied by the name »nd address of the sender,which will or willllot be published, as may be desired.It is particularly requested that names generallythoseof persons, places, etc -and all words notEnglish, should be written with special care, asotherwise they are difficult to decipher. 'Whenprinted extr'l(its are forwarded, the source fromwhich they are derived shoulil be stated; and in thecase of newsp'tper cuttin~s the date, as well as thename of the paper, should be given.The "Chronicle" if! publi-hed on the 15th of thefirst month of each qnlirter. and goes to press abouttile 25th of the previous month, by whicl! date it isrequested that ordinary contributions may be for·warded. In exc~ptional cases matter will he receivedup to the last day of the month, hut its insertioncannot be gu"ranteed.All subscribers and readers are invited to becomecontributors, and thus materially assist in supportingthe" Chronicle. "All communications should, for the present, beaddressed to "The Editor, 'H.L. L Chronicle,'Northfield, Colinsburgh, Fife."OUR CONTEMPORARIES.-We beg to acknowledge,with thanks, the receipt of the following.. The Army Service Corps Journal." "The Lion and the Rose" (4th King's Own). "The St. George's Gazette" (5th Fusiliers). "The Queen's Own Gazette" (Q.O.R. \Vest Kent Regiment)."The Ranger.""Argyllshire Highlanders Regimental News.""The 79th News" (Queen's Own CameroJl High.landers)."The Essex Regiment Gazette.""The Aldershot News."" Faugh.a·Ballagh.""XI. Hussar Journal.""Thin Red Line.""The Dragon" (The Buffs).1st Battalion News.Owing to the war we regret that we havebeen unable to obtain any news from theBattalIon.Extracts from Letter of Lieut.~oloneI A.A. Wolfe=Murray to Mrs. Wolfe=Murray.29th August, 1914.I HAVE so much to say that I do not knowwhere to begin. We 'have had a fearfullyhard time for the last five days-only anaverage of two hours sleep for five nights,and the remainder of the time. either marchingor fighting-and no food for one-and-a-halfdays. We never had our clothes or evenboots off for the five days. We were inaction last Sunday in Belgium. ThreeBattalions of the Brigade (all except theConn[1ughts) made a night march to fill agap in the firing line between two of ourBrigades. We did this, and entrenched threeCompanies (Chichester's in reserve), coveringa town. At 5 a.m. the Germans beganshelling the town. You never heard such adin-roofs falling in, shells bursting, etc.They also shelled the trenches, and attackedwith infantry. They got within about 700yards, and then the whole of our force wasordered to retire. The enemy had a force farsuperior in numbers to ours, and we hadapparently done what the French wantedi.e.,to delay the German advance on thenorth flank. We lost 14 men woundedalmostall by shrapnel-two severely, who,I am afraid, will die. They were all leftin a Civil Hospital in the town. The worst ofretiring is that i it is sometimes impossibleto collect the wounded, who fall into thehands of the enemy.' I do hope the Germanstreat them well; but our 14 were all right." B" (Gaussen) and "A" (Mayne) Companieshad the worst of it. The men behavedsplendidly, and never even ducked their heads