lebrating in good old July Fourth fashion. The Canadians be» ing mo-dest (sic) didn°t say how they were going to celebrate Dominion Day. We made preparations quietly and when Dominion Day rolled around we decided first to despatch a telee gram to the folks ba-ck hom informing them that the Canadians in Spain were celebrating the day when our co-untry became a nation. We recalled the traditions of our forefathers. We were here today celebrating Domini-on Day on the soil of Spain because we knew we were the heirs to those traditions. It was a quiet celebration. Not sombre. Not so serious, but quiet. And so the Americans to-ld us again, wait till July Fourth comes around. The morning of July Fourth found us on trucks on our way to a new front. The faces of the American boys were just a wee bit downcast. All the plans for a July Fourth cele» bration were unhappily sco-tchedl as the orders came to ‘move on.

Avenge Bilbao . THE news of the fall of Bilbao had the effect of making us more determined. We knew that the Basques were cut -off from the rest o-f Republican'Spain, that they had no planes, no tanks, no munitions and we were going to avenge the fall of Bilbao and the massacre of Guernica. Our Spanish: comrades were bitter. They were eager for action. They were going to show the fascists that when they came up against an army that had arms, they would run.

V July 5th We went into action We were healthy and rested after our three weeks in Albares. Canadian ofiicers were leading us. Ed. Cecil/Smith and Bill Hallowell were company * commanders. We had "been ordered to march "through Vi l l a n u e V a de La Canada. When we came to"’-'m’archthroug‘n it we found that before we could march fhroughiitgwe had to take it. We did. After sixteen hours of fightingt.‘ Bryce Coleman was mortally wounded. One of

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