ing’ forward at the head of the men, waving his rifle in the air, when he was hit by a bullet and died a few moments afterwards.

In this attack the Canadian Section again got far in advance of the rest of the Battalion and lost contact with it. Taking cover in a small olive grove they stayed there under heavy fire. When ammunition ran out Tom Traynor undertook the hazardous task of contacting the Bat- talion. He succeeded and was ordered to take over Command of No. 1 Company, and to bring back every man to their former position.

The retreat was executed under enfilading machine-gun fire. Here Nick Harbocian was killed. Later in the afternoon Traynor, too, was Wounded by a bullet Which passed through the front of his mouth. Trayn- or calmly reported to the Commander before making his Way down to the First Aid Post. The Section was later reinforced by other Canadians from the Officers’ Training School and other Volunteers Who came up with them, and was placed under the writer’s command.

Whenrttlie Lincoln and Washington Battalions were merged, the Ca-

nadians were put into a new Company commanded by Lieut. Alick Mil—

ler, a Canadian from Edmonton. On the night of July 19, the Canadians were selected to act as scouts

for the Battalion on the Way from Pardillo to another sector. Despite _

the heavy fighting of the previous days, the Canadians acquitted them- selves creditably in the double task of setting the pace for the men and of doing scout duty.

Gabor Jeney, one of three Canadian Hungarians, killed by machine- gun fire on the night of the 23rd, was one of the first in every attack, always ready to volunteer, and the hardest worker in the Section. T

In the latter days of the Brunete campaign the Canadian Section took over positions with the order “to l1old the line at all costs”.

Groups of Moors Were soon sighted advancing on the Sector. The Canadians opened up heavy fire and stopped the Moors, but they soon ran out of ammunition. They were a Section only, holding a line which had been held previously by an entire Company. They s-ent out runners to locate reinforcements. As these did not arrive the Section finally retreated just in time to avoid being cut off by the‘“Moors. They reached the Battalion three hours after the general retirement on that Sector.

On July 25, the writer was wounded, and Charlie Parker, later killed at Belchite, took over command.

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