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the range. All my section were lying on the straw. A high explosive shell caught the roof and got twelve of us. The shell seemed to burst in my left ear and I was covered with debris, but miraculously escaped. We have now four left our of our section of fourteen. Nearly all my chums are gone. I helped Middleton, who was lying next to me, back to the dressing station. He had two holes in the thigh. Poor VanDyk, who lay the other side of me, had his upper lip and chin nearly blown off--a horrible sight that I can't get out of my thoughts yet. He will recover, though. Oh it's a pretty thing, this civilization fin de siecle! The wounded get the congratulations out here. They are lucky!