Letters from Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott to his family, May 1917 - December 1917 - Part 12

then all & dear Uncle scordie     
and all his beare boys can

O
&on so bravely amidst all
the dreadful whells & when
quits up near Deda the German
uincle scordiorntt
but poor
a shell the died & has gone anxy
ts heaver twe will mot noten
any more untill we die too.
got Heaver & dear hiltto
Oeguelys will never, see her
Veryome Dida at all to the dear
weladdn + gazy must love her
very very myst the Very good
& loving to then recause their side
died to rave tida & his soldier
on thy Hermans & a
ten Morch
y
ooldrers cans
diedsin
is barly & then
&eday on
tup they chans     
rdners 19.
ernann
thon narty od
back for a logesay theveye
the wash that is chelea Wood
& Killeg
tren & they caught
wict a lot of them & threthat weren
 

Killed cried & hered for merce
& knosed Didar solddy hand
because they didn't kill thei.
have benn untaiy to jail
Aau
We lave lad a wonderfu
bastler yuonderful vict
ty. My
wys lave iiply conered
themvelns wilh
Lony Ihave
twrit you a plle aecou
fet toor but not just now. The
Herars thew we wre every re
attack us noon to they thought
to disarrageour,
ane.
attacking isI
Tter a parke
imaidment gttacheld at daw
ther cam it
N25
tc
Thouands. My boys
2o13
vere in the it line & dispite
dreadful casualis tht ever
28
tont equal th
i roe
yrom but tro.
kineg Noor
Britis
Battalin a Sonddlever Bredle
ould not sland & they broke
rar about
a mele until the
4
 

Egale & Futherlard Highlande
Ct
support crecked then
1
teo is then leu advnced
a little int could make bitty
empremor or the enemy evr
preved i witt oachin Buns and
t cap. I called up nosma manho
Iordered him t advancenet
Devrts duadful
hs to
camalties they passed through
the enemys wells towhen
Neit Freman mr Eeno

nepher was cooly tarch
holdrng the attack of thr
yerman. In gront of his Boy
oMr Jamous 15. Neve
arded
Morta Buttern t atlacker
hrad no hope wroten mn
compelled to t caultody
shello acoud 4 boyards our
at fer indeed phayled through
nebolo
the fire of thomorlar
& deermired mor was no
dead 15 paces forr our lin
bi they were savl dealtuse
 

but where they got inoth medalin
trenct & tuned along & started
Cowbyin therewas great hutt
wher the trough
inceive
u acont a dozer Naehire
giv& ret therpy ther&
but Ikeena
our &c
Sirce
with
the ters
the help.
mostars freed then tack a
wfte you hn plank & with
ons supportng dys joued
odca
a deferive glank
wth directin
the Digyler.
when normar Morkallg m
came up the pers Cr
had
nraght or icnpccou
Cwidlen pont tine int the
remainder mersed i & prolored
our glank & tho ugh,
Yan
Bt this still left gay
dent called u am
Hewarts
ordered him t prt
& protory thoting sult further
ou u wich Me Higzles.
He went right
ay a admise
 

Sr
of Irismer to Neil Freena
Hen
got the riluation of
this ready at wce when his
to came uy & throw ther
roo
int the right places. They also
nyfered dreadfully capt tran
Capt Dickenin at Goynt Lother
another m killed & fothen
crounded out of the 18 officenwho
centu out the B.
ys kegon
Chams Company gad not a ringe
You left wrtun led intacti
bt Flemning wo alreatly bas
drogguished tremulf repeatedt
The Line was ther at last in the
godng light made good as for as ir
wery conceived that begond the
Argyles a lipt death shuggly
A
shilt bennoged & continued
yr wanhors
Forder to
AoHoccre

takeng the
who had in.
ver esgaged as yet & pdcether
Fosstin
on rear of throd 58
tattock at denvr & I was
 

told anoh tno pert Boitlatis
would be nnt u to help us.
As we had pied away mosto
our amnites t& it would
require the replenished if we
crie t advance & guide thate
Balto wil
te dark
bth enemys carage wn
plt appallin
you an belien that
at the lase but as our Genera
Inded determind t ty
it
Li yut of every diffcult to my
boch ihs troop & bll the needed stons
In the I was underfully helped
by an Sewart ws in the midst
1o all the dayers was simple
wonderful vornar marshall to
induloon the jot of guiding the vew
troops to that foas pontion
eaid white tape everywhere in
it ground t guide then. The Briter.
oor right were tadrnce a
th sands time
Ao daws our kriage trecon
ike a pillar of smoke
dou
was neme
were - kpore then
 

out it like a sippolarc
a worth wirdday.
re
hind it ou pantory curving
13
mer daked to the charge
the Gernor who excaned the
Barrage fire tried t revr
but wer plan with tullet
or laysret Conciety bockhon
ever insted & thei desirder
ran & you the ti wen.
o must liften
on indden
Iftwas neer that th Briter
bad no come or at all thas
enstead then was a quickly
Brenn
of nearly a mcl
had arraned fr
recyX
Marstall & Kenart to thers
tememet hel this goy but in
I had not athewll
Mo hrry
ispressed this all them
particularly the ner putti
they mis t ener
yomin
t allac then gain t pans
&mory
Srcetth
round
mas
reen 1 died
 

Woswidea
&tadvance ca

Da Haid Hill. I snti
furious order t proceed
& bld th80 of them new
my that would injuced
the enley they
ofor as onee
goe or the lift deyed & gaied in
ein of weretgier us arown
obectine but th right Land me
had lost it pinet. I i a
slight emmunce or on rightpout
wh ground the Betert sould
have latter the was this renain
oa gamhoure chot fortifiea
& this weft an appalling fin
across our god hre offece
her killed tryng tget beread
weae this all effrt died away
ther a Ballatiof Welst were
nnt wind toe & they pime
us at regirtaryles sorl advance
-moved due woult trrce
the enery wo obstrulted the Buti
Addrancg. Then proces uss Nos
intal lenth wring rom
 

prolorged & protected ven line
Had the Beitoot advanged now
beind ther all would have bee
will bot all communication
ad failed & no one knew the
hssition to they did not con
on again. The major Comnaiding
M Welof feel dead me noma
marshall wary ocers fellly
enem tariage grereared &
formig chirc i will theevery
advanced wth crest i nowe
Tis was two much for the Welshi
who harted t rin back. One
omy boys a puivate named
Brockffeld par oer tthen
I ordered then bagk the
races & rainyo wike
t brains
weatered t tho out.
of any way who releved wwithin
wor got then taek t them place
Ounvartitley decended in
the enemglite & pall & wept
hin out of eninenee iicenore
themwas a bull. I untorders
 

to norn
narsholl o
arreegand all eere yrews
cake tho in
r
+
ryordley
of cost. In the garnering darknen
by fimed up the remnane
tas gallant joys 9
-ged ackays
aith then himself leader

they mept on the place
Rollidor cantince garrim
unt t wod byord where
gter continued
intth
night
its the was no remnoule
sa Your diservetle io stodaik
i i uncertain that he had
taken tho fam I meant, I god
ont
of patrence
& went ut
Myssel
fou how thugower
mti therafter dain

Inore mid met a
ten
conisin mer o al
4
incent
mined i
all or thopace dead
all regimentstay ande t
ener
every there but I say