And here is one last note to his mother:


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On the eve of the battle of Ypres I was indebted to you for a letter
which said "take good care of my son Jack, but I would not
have you unmindful that, sometimes, when we save we lose."
I have that last happy phrase to thank. Often when I had to go out
over the areas that were being shelled, it came into my mind.
I would shoulder the box, and "go to it".
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At this time the Canadian division was moving south to take its share
in the events that happened in the La Bassee sector. Here is the record:


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Tuesday, June 1st, 1915.
1-1/2 miles northeast of Festubert, near La Bassee.

Last night a 15 pr. and a 4-inch howitzer fired at intervals of five minutes
from 8 till 4; most of them within 500 or 600 yards --
a very tiresome procedure; much of it is on registered roads.
In the morning I walked out to Le Touret to the wagon lines, got Bonfire,
and rode to the headquarters at Vendin-lez-Bethune, a little village
a mile past Bethune. Left the horse at the lines and walked back again.
An unfortunate shell in the 1st killed a sergeant and wounded two men;
thanks to the strong emplacements the rest of the crew escaped.
In the evening went around the batteries and said good-bye. We stood by