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4TH Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War 1914 - 1919
We must now follow the battles which had been fought during the latter part of the German retirement south of the area covered by the battles of Arras.
All along the line the German retreat had been conducted steadily and with marked success on to the Hindenburg line. Although on the whole the retreat in the south had not been accompanied by heavy fighting, the attempts of our troops to push forward and define rigidly the Hindenburg system had met with resistance which had developed here and there into fighting of the most desperate character. Nowhere had these local conflagrations been more fierce than in the line of retreat to Bullecourt. In this sector the retiring enemy was opposed by Australian troops, who together with the 7th and 62nd (and later the 58th) Divisions composed Gough's Fifth Army.
A successful advance on 2nd April in this region was followed by an attempt by the Australians on the 12th to carry the line Bullecourt-Lagnicourt, but without success owing to the inadequacy of the supporting artillery fire. Severe fighting ensued, and a counter-attack of a serious nature by the Germans on the 15th was ultimately held.
On the 3rd May the Australians' efforts met with more success, and they were able to penetrate the Hindenburg system on the immediate right of Bullecourt. The 62nd Division on their left, however, were unable to progress in the village itself, with the result that the ground held by the Australians formed a salient badly enfiladed both from the village and from the direction of Queant.
The position of Bullecourt in the Hindenburg system was peculiar. From Hcninel the line ran in a generally south-easterly direction towards Bullecourt in front of the Fontaine-lez-Croisilles-Bullecourt Road. At Bullecourt the line turned due east, passing some 500 yards in front of Riencourt. Bullecourt itself was between the front and support trenches of the first system, so that the front line formed a very pronounced salient. East of Riencourt the line once more took an abrupt turn, this time almost due south, passing in front (or to the west) of Queant.
Bullecourt lies on a spur which falls northward into the Hendecourt valley, and its exits on all sides form a network of sunken roads. At the period under review the majority of the houses were already in ruins, and these, together with numerous fences enclosing orchards and gardens, converted the space between the front and support Hindenburg lines into a serious obstacle, of which the strength was increased by an intermediate trench half-way through the village. The Germans had, moreover, tunnelled the village in such a way that they could bring reinforcements rapidly and safely to bear on any threatened point. The small salient gained by the Australians straddling the Hindenburg trenches on the immediate east of the village, uncomfortable as it was for the occupants, was a serious menace to the enemy position ; and it was reasonable to anticipate that the Germans would not easily acquiesce in this partial envelopment of their flank.
During the early days of May the Australians in the salient were subjected to numerous counter-attacks, while by dint of hand-to-hand fighting the 62nd Division had gained a firm footing in the village. On the 12th May the assault was renewed by the 7th Division, and fighting of a desperately severe character developed in the village in which our troops met with varying fortunes. In the eastern half of the village the 2nd Queen's made some progress, but at the western end no advance was possible. The situation at the sunken cross-roads at the north-east corner of the village was obscure, and north of this point no part of the enemy's support line was gained. Such was the position in " Bloody Bullecourt " when the 58th Division began to take over the line.
On the afternoon of the 12th May the Company Commanders and Intelligence Officer of the 2/4th Battalion, together with their Platoon Sergeants, were sent forward to reconnoitre the positions held by the 15th Australian Infantry Brigade with a view to. taking them over. From Vaulx-Vraiicourt to Noreuil the party followed the dried-up bed of the Hirondclle River, the scene of many a desperate struggle during the preceding month. The air was oppressive with the heat of a premature burst of summer weather ; the stench from hundreds of unburied bodies and the ominous silence of the guns prior to the attack which was to be renewed the following day caused the whole atmosphere to be heavy with the presage of hard fighting to come. On arrival at the Australian Headquarters the party was informed of the attack organised for the following morning, so that further reconnaissance that day was useless. After the barrage had died down, however, on the 13th a fresh start was made up the communication trench, which was really the Noreuil -Ricncourt Road, a bank on the east side preventing observation from Queant.
The Australian attack was successful, although the position was not entirely cleared up, and they were now holding the first two lines of the Hindenburg system, the support line being our front line, and the former front line now forming our support. The intense artillery fire to which this ground had many times been subjected had resulted in the almost total obliteration of the trench lines as such, and the position was really held in a line of shell craters.
The arrangements for relief being completed, the 2/4th Battalion moved up on the night of the 13th/14th May to take over the left sector of the Brigade front, from the sunken cross-roads at the north-east corner of Bullccourt to a small communication trench about 500 yards to the east, C Company (Leake) and D Company (Parker) being in the front line with A (Cotton) and B (Bottomley) in support. Battalion Headquarters occupied a central position in the support line. A detached post under 2/Lieut. S. A. Seys was established in a shell hole west of the sunken cross-roads in order to secure touch with the 7th Division in the village. From the right of the 2/4th Battalion the Brigade sector as far as the Noreuil-Rien-court Road was taken up by the 2/3rd Londons.
The actual process of the relief, which was not completed until 1.30 a.m. on the 14th May, was exceedingly trying owing to the heavy shelling of the communication trench. Amongst the casualties caused by this were 2/Lieut. F. Stickney (wounded) and Capt. P. H. Burton, R.A.M.C. (killed).
The Germans, having been ejected from their trench system in this sector, were holding on in a system of unconnected shell holes on the lower slopes of the spur, and their main line of resistance appeared to be a sunken road running laterally across our front, and distant about 300 yards. A new and evidently unfinished trench line crossed the opposite hillside in front of Hendecourt.
The heavy shelling which had interfered with the relief continued throughout the night, our front and support lines being heavily bombarded, while the back areas were subjected to incessant searching with high explosive and shrapnel.
Shortly after the Battalion had taken up its position a party of some 12 Germans with a machine-gun attempted to attack C Company's line. The attack completely failed owing principally to the great gallantry of Capt. Leake. 2/Lieut. S. G. Askham, who was in the trench with Leake at the time, writes :
We were inspecting the sentry posts and our attention was drawn to considerable movement near our front line. Without a moment's hesitation Capt. Leake leapt over the parapet and in a few seconds we heard revolver shots being fired. He had single-handed attacked a German machine-gun team who were on the point of establishing a post in a position overlooking the whole of our front Hne. He killed four of the team and the remainder were wounded by our rifle fire. Leake returned with three prisoners and their machine-gun, which he also secured. . . . Leake was a tower of strength to both officers and men in the Company and we all felt that he richly deserved the V.C, for which he was afterwards recommended.
The continued bombardment now began to cause difficulty in controlling the situation, for early in the morning a direct hit on the Brigade signal depot completely wrecked all the instruments and killed the occupants of the dugout. Later, communication by power buzzer was also cut, and for the remainder of the day all communication between the Brigade and the battalions in the line had to be effected by runners.
This intermittent shelling continued until shortly after midday on the 14th, when the enemy was observed from our lines to be massing for attack in the neighbourhood of a ruined factory some 500 yards to our front. A call was made on our artillery, which immediately put down a heavy barrage under which the enemy's troops melted away. The hostile bombardment now increased in intensity and a terrific barrage came down on our lines, continuing with unabated violence all through the night. This barrage was for the greater part in enfilade from the direction of Queant, and was therefore particularly accurate and deadly ; under the rain of shells our trenches, or what little remained of them, were completely obliterated, the greater part of our front line supplies of rifle ammunition and bombs were blown up and several Lewis guns with their teams were buried. Through this appalling ordeal the Battalion stuck to their posts grimly, though suffering severe losses. Shortly before midnight the enemy launched an attack on the 7th Division in Bullecourt village, in which by dint of fierce hand-to-hand conflicts they wrested from the 7th Division some of its gains of the previous two days.
We have already pointed to the importance of the salient now occupied by the 2/4th Londons, and, fully alive to the position, the Battalion was not surprised by the attack which broke upon it at dawn the next day. The importance to the Germans of the possession of this part of the line may be gauged by the fact that the troops employed by them were the 3rd Prussian Guard.
At 4 a.m. on the 15th the enemy were seen to be massing for the attack. Our artillery once more responded magnificently to the call made on them, and their barrage caused severe disorganisation in the enemy's ranks. The attack was stubbornly pushed home by the Germans, but their barrage being lifted prematurely from our front line an opportunity was afforded to our leading companies to prepare for the shock. Advantage of this momentary respite was taken to reinforce the front line, three platoons of B Company filling the gaps of D Company, and C Company being strengthened by a party of A Company. These precautions cost the enemy dearly, and his assaulting columns were met by a deadly rifle and Lewis gun fire from the whole of our line, which completed the work of the artillery. The German attack was broken and not a single enemy reached our line. The remnants of the assaulting battalions turned and fled down the hill, leaving an appalling number of dead and wounded.
Beyond the right of the Brigade front a small party succeeded in effecting a lodgment in a portion of the front line held by the Australians, but these were shortly afterwards ejected with the assistance of a platoon of the 2/2nd Londons.
By six o'clock the enemy counter-attack was definitely and finally broken and small parties could be seen doubling away from before Bullecourt ; and a further attempt to launch an attack on the Australians about half an hour later was effectively stopped by our artillery.
After the attack had failed the enemy settled down to a slow but steady shelling of our line for the remainder of the 15th, which was spent in endeavouring to reorganise the battered remnants of the Battalion and to put the lines once more in a defensible condition. Under cover of darkness the 2/lst Londons took over the left subsector from the 2/4th Londons, which withdrew to reserve dugouts in the sunken road in front of Noreuil.
The Battalion had found itself. In its first serious action it had stood up to a frightful bombardment which had lasted without abatement for nineteen hours, and at the end of it had seen the backs of the Prussian Guard. It had paid, however, a severe price. The total casualties during the two days in the line were, in officers, in addition to the two already mentioned, 2/Lieuts. E. C. Pratt and T. Stealing (killed) ; Capts. G. E. A. Leake and H. C. Long (wounded) ; and in N.C.O.'s and men 68 killed, 196 wounded and 2 missing.
Capt. Leake had behaved with the utmost gallantry throughout the attack. He was hit after the attack itself was over by a shell which fell on his Company Head-quarters, wounding also his second in command, Capt. Long, and several of his Company staff. While being conveyed on a stretcher to the Aid Post, Leake was again severely hit by a shell which burst almost under the stretcher, killing two of the bearers. After the shelling had subsided he was evacuated, but died in hospital a fortnight later. For his magnificent behaviour he was recommended by Lieut. -Col. Dann for the Victoria Cross, and eventually was awarded the D.S.O. a few days before his death. This was conferred on him by Gen. Gough, who visited for the express purpose the CCS. in which Leake was lying. Lieut. -Col. Dann was awarded the D.S.O. for his excellent work in this action. Awards of the Military Medal were made to L./Corpls. Spencer and Selby, and Ptes. Grierson, Olinski and Spence.
For three days the Battalion remained in the sunken road supplying carrying parties to the front line. The destruction caused by the hostile bombardment was such that all the necessary trench supplies in munitions and material had to be completely renewed, and, moreover, the battalion in the line was dependent on its supporting troops for their water supply. This imposed a very heavy strain on the 2/4th Battalion for the back areas were still continuously shelled, largely with gas shell, and particularly during the hours of darkness when the carrying parties were at work ; and the relief of the 173rd Brigade by the 175th which ensued on the night of the 18th/19th May was welcome.
That night at 11 p.m. the Battalion handed over to the 2/12th Londons (175th Brigade) and marched to rest billets in Bihucourt, where it remained until the 29th, engaged in reorganisation and refitting and training. During this period the gaps in the Battalion were partly filled by reinforcements of two officers, 2/Lieuts. J. H. L. Wheatley and E. P. Higgs, and a large draft of N.C.O.'s and men. The 2/4th Londons were visited on the 20th May by Lieut.-Gen. Birdwood, commanding the Australians, who congratulated Lieut. -Col. Dann on the Battalion's achievement.
During the latter half of May the 58th Division extended its left flank, taking over in succession from the 7th and 62nd Divisions both of which had suffered severely. By the end of the month the Division was occupying a front of 4000 yards with two brigades in line. The 173rd Brigade took over the left subsector with the 2/lst and 2/2nd Londons in line, and the 2/3rd Londons in close support, while the 2/4th Londons moved on the 31st May in Brigade reserve to Mory, where they continued training.
Map No. 11 shows the position at this date. It will be seen that north-west of Bullecourt the Hindenburg line on the Divisional front was still not captured, though on its left the 21st Division was in possession of the front trench as far as the Croisilles-Fontaine Road. The 58th Division sector consisted for the greater part of isolated shell hole defences.
There thus remained in this area a length of about 2500 yards of Hindenburg front and about 3500 yards of Hindenburg support trench still to be captured from the enemy in order to complete the allotted task.
The first two days in the new sector passed without incident beyond the usual artillery activit3\ Early on the morning of the 3rd June a gas attack was carried out on the enemy's lines opposite our left by a discharge of 197 gas projectors. The gas cloud formed appeared highly satisfactory, and evidently caused the enemy some perturbation as his artillery j^romptly put a barrage on our forward posts. This, however, inflicted but little loss owing to the previous withdrawal of the garrisons as a precautionary measure.
Various signs of nervousness exhibited by the enemy about this time suggested that lie expected the continuance of our offensive, and indeed in view of the successes already gained he might with reason anticipate that he would not be left in unmolested possession of the remaining sectors of the Hindcnburg system.
On the night of the 3rd/4th June the 2/4th Londons relieved the 2/2nd Londons in the left subsector, A and B Companies (Cotton and Bottomley) occupying the forward posts with C and D Companies (Hewlett and Parker) in support. The line opposed to the Battalion was entirely in front of the Heninel-Bullecourt Road, with a support line about 200 yards in rear of it. For the greater part the line ran straight, but two small salients, the Knuckle and the Hump, had been developed into strong points of no mean order. The wliole line was heavily wired, and although the entanglements had suffered from our shell fire they still presented a formidable obstacle, while the patrols sent forward nightly from our posts obtained clear evidence that the line was held in unusual strength.
The most urgent work in this sector was the linking up of our scattered shell hole posts to form a connected line, and this was pushed on with all possible speed and completed by the night of the 10th. Throughout this tour of duty the enemy continued a fairly vigorous bombardment of our trenches and back areas, which was returned with interest by our artillery. :, On the night of the llth/12th June the 2/lst Londons took over from A, B and D Companies, while C Company was relieved by the 2/7th Londons (174th Brigade). On relief the Battalion withdrew in support to St Lcger, where Headquarters opened at the Chateau.
During the days spent in support the Battalion was reinforced by a large draft of N.C.O.'s and men, and by two officers, 2/Lieuts. C. Potter and V. R. 01 drey. The latter officer was most unfortunately hit by a stray bullet on the following day.
The principal duty of the three days following relief was the organisation and special training of A, B and D Companies to take part in an assault of the Hindcnburg system opposite the Brigade front.
The front of attack extended from the sharp corner just south of the Knuckle on the right to a point about 150 yards north of the Hump on the left. As the proposed operation included the capture of two lines of trench it was decided by Corps to divide it into two days' work in order to simplify the question of the co-operation of the 21st Division on the left. Accordingly the plan was that the first day the 173rd Brigade should capture the allotted portion of the front line, while the second day the area of operations should be extended and the 21st Division on the left should join with the 173rd Brigade in the assault of the support line.
The troops detailed for the attack were in order from right to left, 1 company 2/3rd, 1 company 2/lst, 1| companies 2/2nd and 1 company 2/4th Londons. For the purposes of the operation the companies of the 2/3rd and 2/4th Londons were respectively under command of the officers commanding 2/lst and 2 /2nd Londons. The attack was to be delivered under a heavy barrage from a strong concentration of guns of the 7th, 58th and 62nd Divisions and the Corps Heavy Artillery, together with the massed guns of the three Brigade Machine-Gun Companies. Arrangements were also made for the provision of supporting rifle, Lewis gun and machine-gun fire by the 21st Division.
The 174th Brigade was to arrange for the establishment of a line of posts along the sunken road in prolongation to the right of the 173rd Brigade's objective.
A Company (Cotton) was detailed for the first day's attack, and the special task allotted to it by Lieut. -Col. Richardson, commanding the 2/2nd Battalion, was the capture of the sunken cross-roads to the left of the Hump and of a German strong point in the front line about 100 yards north of them.
The assembly was successfully carried out during the night of 14th/15th June, and completed by about 2.15 a.m. At 2.50 a.m. our barrage opened and the assaulting waves moved forward to the attack in good order, keeping well up to the barrage and suffering very little loss.
The attack proved successful though it led to some hard fighting. The actual advance was entrusted to two platoons under 2/Lieut. Wheatley (right) and 2/Lieut. Bell (left). The objective at this point was strengthened by two " pillbox " machine-gun posts and was in line with the trench already held on our left by the 21st Division, from which it was divided by a double barricade ; and Lieut.-Col. Richardson took up his Battle Headquarters in a dugout in their line, as did also Capt. Cotton. A third platoon of A Company under 2/Lieut. Boorman assembled in the 21st Division trench, and was formed as a bombing party with others to rush the double barricade at zero hour and to bomb the enemy out of their two pillboxes before our barrage had lifted off the enemy trench in order to clear it before the arrival of Bell and Wheatley with their platoons. A good many casualties were therefore inevitably caused to Boorman's platoon by our own shell fire, and he reached the traverse next to the first pillbox with only two corporals, Sherwood and Whitworth. Here the two N.C.O.'s threw bombs, which landed neatly outside the two doors of the pillbox, and directly they exploded Boorman dashed round the traverse with a bomb in each hand. Sheltering himself against the wall, he threw his bombs into each door of the pillbox before the Germans inside had recovered from the effects of Sherwood and Whitworth's attack. This neat piece of work secured the pillbox to us, but before Boorman could reorganise his party for the further advance to the second pillbox Bell's platoon had occupied the trench. A few men of Wheatley's platoon were also found to be in line. The greater number, including Wheatley himself, apparently overshot the objective, not recognising it in its battered condition, and must all have been killed or captured.
According to the prearranged scheme, Bell's platoon was withdrawn shortly before dawn, and Boorman was left in charge of the captured position with the remains of his own and Wheatley's platoons. The 2/2nd Londons were now in touch on our right, and by arrangement with them the trench was divided between the two Battalions, the 2/4th Londons being responsible from the 21st Division on the left as far as the communication trench running back from the Hump to the German support line. The shelling now resumed more moderate proportions, although it continued sporadically all day, and casualties were continually being caused in our ranks. The Battalion suffered a severe loss early in the day in Sergt. Riley, who was acting C.S.M. for the attack. He had done very good work indeed ever since the Battalion had been in France, and had throughout shown complete indifference to danger. He was shot through the chest while accompanying Boorman on a reconnaissance to endeavour to trace Wheatley's missing platoon.
In the meantime arrangements had been made for the further attack on the support Hindenburg line on the following morning, and detailed orders had been issued which provided for the assembly of the assaulting troops in the front line — the first day's objective — by 2.10 a.m. on the 16th June. This intention could not, however, be carried out, for at about 10.30 p.m. on the 15th a heavy counter-attack was launched against our new positions which caused severe fighting, in the course of which the enemy once more gained a hold on the centre of his old front line and also at two other points.
On the front held by the 2/4th Londons the counter-offensive took the form of a bombing attack, the approach of which along the communication trench opposite the right of our sector was disclosed by the enemy's own star shells, which rendered plainly visible the forms of the attackers waist high above the battered sides of the trench. A shower of Very lights was at once put up, and with the assistance of these the attack was driven off by Lewis gun and rifle grenade fire, arrangements for which had been made most skilfully by Boorman earlier in the day. None of the enemy succeeded in penetrating our position, but many of his dead were left on the ground.
It was, however, so essential to our purpose that the enemy should not have the advantage of a day's respite before the attack on the support line, that immediate arrangements were made for a counter-attack to eject him once more from his old front line in order to leave this clear as our jumping-off point. The recapture of the line was entrusted to the 2/lst and 2/3rd Londons, who succeeded by surprise in completely recovering the whole of the front line at the point of the bayonet by 2.45 a.m. on the 16th.
At 3.10 a.m. the second day's attack opened. The order of battle was the same as for the first day, but the forces employed were larger, the 2/3rd Londons supplying three companies, the 2/lst Londons three companies, the 2/2nd Londons two companies and the 2/4th Londons two companies (B under Bottomley and D under Parker).
The attack, as for the first day, was made under a creeping barrage supplied by the Divisional artillery and the Brigade machine-gun companies, and the assault was made in one wave with a " mopping-up " wave in rear accompanied by a detachment of Royal Engineers for consolidation work.
This day again a good deal of difficulty seems to have been experienced by the advancing troops in identifying their objectives, which had become almost entirely obliterated by our long-continued bombardments, while the dust raised by the barrage rendered the recognition of surrounding physical features almost impossible. The resistance of the enemy all along the line was most stubborn, and the unusual strength in which he was holding the attacked position clearly indicated that the attack was expected. The earliest reports which were received by runner led to the belief that the objective on the two flanks had been captured. No information from the centre was forthcoming, and it gradually became evident that the direction of the flank companies was at fault, with the result that they had swung outwards leaving in the centre a gap still occupied by the Germans, who promptly began to bomb along the line against our unprotected flanks. The attack of the 21st Division on the left, moreover, failed throughout, and although a few isolated parties succeeded in reaching a line of shell holes in front of Tunnel Trench they were eventually forced to withdraw.
The orders issued to the assaulting wave were to capture the Hindenburg support line and hold on to it until supports should reach them, but all the attempts of Lieut. -Col. Richardson to push forward his supporting troops were frustrated by the intense rifle and machine-gun fire with which the ground was continuously swept, and similar efforts along the remainder of the front were stopped for the same reason.
At 11 a.m. the obscurity of the position induced the Brigadier to make a personal reconnaissance in order, if possible, to clear up the situation, but he found it impossible to get along the captured German front line, and therefore proceeded to the Battle Headquarters of the 2/2nd Londons. The information obtained there led to the belief that the 2/2nd and 2/4th Londons had carried their objectives without difficulty and at comparatively little loss, but that their flanks were in the air and in danger of being turned by the bombing attacks of the enemy. The support line was now entirely cut off as rimner communication was utterly impossible under the enemy's devastating fire, and it was clear that our isolated parties who w^re in the objective must be suffering heavy losses.
It has been difficult to establish what happened to the two companies of the 2/4th Battalion owing to the heavy casualties sustained, but it is evident that they also mistook the objective and pushed on some 200 yards ahead of it, where they came under intense fire from front and flanks.
The most advanced party appears to have been a platoon of B Company under McDowell, who although completely out of touch with the remainder of their company held on most gallantly to the position they had gained for some two hours, at the end of which time their ammunition Avas exhausted and they were using a captured German machine-gun. No sign of the promised supports being visible, and the enemy evidently being about to surround his little party, now reduced to a mere half-dozen, McDowell determined to fight his way back to his comrades, and began to withdraw steadily. During his withdrawal he was hit, and on regaining consciousness found himself alone. He continued his way back to our lines, crawling from shell hole to shell hole, and managed to collect four privates, all resolved to sell their lives dearly. By this time he was completely surrounded, and his little band was destroyed by rifle grenade fire ; McDowell himself was hit again and captured. To the eternal shame of the enemy let it be recorded that he lay for three days in the enemy trench before being sent to their dressing-station, and not until six days after his wounds were received were they dressed at all.
A similar fate appears to have overtaken the remainder of B and D Companies, and the probability is that having overshot their objective they were outflanked and cut off by parties of the enemy coming down the sunken road from Fontaine-lez-Croisilles. Their mistake having become evident to them, they endeavoured, like McDowell, to fight their way back, but after making a gallant stand were eventually killed or taken prisoners almost to a man. It is believed from aeroplane reports subsequently received that this gallant little body actually succeeded in maintaining themselves against all attacks for nearly two days. But all efforts to relieve them meeting with failure, they at last fell gloriously rather than surrender.
A similar lack of success attended the efforts of the other battalions, and as a result of the two days' fighting the Brigade held the front Hindenburg line and the sunken road in rear of it, from the junction with the 21st Division on the left to a point some 300 yards west of the Crucifix cross-roads at Bullecourt.
The casualties of the Brigade amounted to 48 officers and 955 other ranks, those of the 2/4th Battalion for the two days' fighting being :
Capts. E. W. Bottomley and W. H. Parker, 2/Lieuts. S. M. Williams and J. H. L. Wheatley, killed ; Capt. E. N. Cotton and 2/Lieut. T. J. Bell, wounded ; 2/Lieuts. E. A. Monkman and R. McDowell, wounded and missing, and 2/Lieut. E. A. Stevenson, missing.
In N.C.O.'s and men the losses totalled 7 killed, 53 wounded and 139 missing, the majority being in B and D Companies.
It became evident during the afternoon that the 173rd Brigade, who were weak before they went into action, would need relief that night, and arrangements were therefore made for the 174th Brigade to take over the line. In accordance with this arrangement the whole Brigade front was taken over on the night 16th/17th June by the 2/5th Londons, who pushed forward strong patrols towards the Hindenburg support line. This, however, was found to be held in strength by the enemy.
With this somewhat disastrous day the idea of immediate further offensive operations was postponed, and the 174th Brigade settled down to consolidate itself in the Hindenburg front line.
The fighting spirit displayed throughout the operation was splendid, and it is only to be regretted that the two days' work had not been arranged for a one day battle. As the event showed, the capture of the Hindenburg front line on the 15th prepared the enemy for our attempt to take the support line on the 16th, with the result that on the second day severe casualties were inflicted on our troops to no purpose.
During the second action at Bullccourt an incident occurred which is surely one of the most remarkable of the whole War. We recount it in the words of the official record, which appeared in the Battalion War Diary on the 8th August :
No. 282496 Pte. Taylor J., of A Company, admitted to 29th CCS. This man had been missing since Bulle-court on the 15th June 1917, had been wounded and crawled into a shell hole. He sustained a compound fracture of the left thigh, and aided by Pte. Peters, B Company, had lived on bully beef found on the bodies of dead men. After being in the shell hole for over six weeks Pte. Peters apparently was captured, for the following day three Germans visited the shell hole and shook Pte. Taylor's leg, but he feigned death. The following day, not being able to obtain any food, he decided to crawl back to our lines. His position was some distance behind the German line. He dragged himself to the paraj^et of the trench, threw himself over, crawled through the wire across No Man's Land into the sector held by the S. Staffords. Altogether he sjjent seven weeks and four days behind the German lines.
Pte. Taylor's story was subjected to severe scrutiny by Lieut. -Col. Dann and by the Brigadier, and their opinion of its truth is witnessed by the fact that he was awarded the D.C. Medal. Pte. Peters' fate is unknown, and it is regrettable that after his devotion to his comrade it was not possible to make him a posthumous award for his gallantry.
On relief by the 2/5th Londons the 2/4th Battalion marched to Divisional reserve camp in Mory Copse, where it remained for four days in reorganising and training. The month at Bullecourt had cost the Battalion 597 casualties in all ranks, and a rest after the prolonged operations was urgently needed.
B and D Companies were for the moment practically effaced, and the few remaining details were therefore attached respectively to A and C Companies, these two composite companies being placed under command of Capts. E. N. Cotton and H. A. T. Hewlett.
On the 24th June the 58th Division was finally withdrawn from Bullecourt, its place being taken by the 7th Division, and Divisional Headquarters opened at Courcelles on that day.
The 2/4th Londons with the remainder of the 173rd Brigade had moved on the 21st to Camp at Logeast Wood, where a welcome fifteen days' rest was spent in training and reorganising, working parties being supplied daily to the R.E. dump at Achiet-le-Grand.
During this period awards were made of the Military Cross to 2/Lieut. D. S. Boorman, and of the Military Medal to L.-Corpl. Coates, for their gallant conduct on the 15th/16th June. The Battalion was joined on the 24th June by Capt. W. A. Stark and 2/Lieut. S. Davis, and by drafts of 107 other ranks on the 21st June and of 28 N.C.O.'s on the 4th July. This welcome accession of strength, especially in N.C.O.'s, who had become very few, rendered it possible once more to reorganise the Battalion in four companies under Capts. E. N. Cotton (A), G. H. Hetley (B), H. A. T. Hewlett (C), and A. G. Croll (D). The duties of Intelligence Officer were taken over from Capt. Croll by 2/Lieut. S. A. Seys, and on the 12th July, Cotton having been evacuated to hospital, command of A Company was assumed by Capt. D. S. Boorman, M.C. The period of rest at Logeast Wood was brought to a close by a Battalion sports meeting, one of those quite informal but very keenly followed affairs which always have proved such an invaluable means of recuperation for tired troops. The following day the reorganised Battalion was inspected by the Colonel, and on the 8th July the Battalion marched through the devastated region and the ruins of Courcelles, Sapignies and Bapaume to Bancourt. Its route continued the following day to Ytres, where six days in billets were occupied in parading for inspection successively by the Divisional General (Fanshawe), the Brigadier (Freyberg) and the IV Corps Commander.
The Brigade was now in Divisional reserve, the Division having taken over a sector of line in front of Gouzeaucourt and Havrincourt Wood. The British trenches here were opposed once more to the Hindenburg system, which had not been penetrated in this region. After severe fighting in April round Epehy our troops had established themselves on high ground on the line VOlers Plouich-Beaucamp-Trescault, whence a series of spurs descend gradually in a north-easterly direction towards Ribe-mont, Marcoing and the Scheldt Canal — all destined to witness bitter fighting in the Cambrai battle five months later.
The Gouzeaucourt -Havrincourt Wood sector was now exceedingly quiet. This, to an extent, was of great advantage to the Battalion, since nearly 40 per cent, of its strength at the moment consisted of drafts newly arrived who had not yet been under fire. It was possible, therefore, for the new mPtterial to become properly assimilated into the Battalion before further casualties created deficiencies in the ranks.
On the night 16th/17th July the 173rd Brigade took over from the 174th Brigade the right of the Divisional front from the neighbourhood of Villers Plouich to Queens Lane, a communication trench 500 yards west of the Beaucamp-Ribemont Road.
The 2/4th Battalion remained in Brigade reserve for a few days, Battalion Headquarters and A Company being in huts in Dessart Wood, C and D Companies in Gouzeaucourt Wood, and B Company attached to the 2/lst Battalion in a support trench south of Beaucamp. Daily working parties were supplied by the Battalion for trench repair and improvement work, but very little incident worthy of record occurred. The principal excitement was provided by the intelligence that a German spy disguised as an officer of the R.F.A. was in hiding in one of the numerous woods with which the countryside is dotted, but the Battalion was not successful in tracking him down.
The only portion of the line in which there was any degree of activity was in front of the left of the Brigade sector, where an isolated spinney in the middle of No Man's Land — here some 600 to 700 yards wide — was always a target for the enemy's artillery. This spinney, known as Boar Copse, was occupied by tPie Battalion in the line as an advanced post, and it was decided to wire round the edge of the Copse and connect it to our front line by a communication trench. The duty of executing the work fell to the 2/4th Londons, and a working party of 4 officers and 180 N.C.O.'s and men was supplied under Capt. A. G. Croll on the night 20th/21st July. As ill luck would have it, the Germans selected this same evening to endeavour to raid the outpost line occupied by the 2/9th Londons farther to the left. The raid was carried out under an intense barrage, but our artillery answered promptly to the call made on it and the raiders were beaten off, leaving a prisoner in our hands. Unfortunately the raid caused a certain amount of shelling on the Boar Copse front resulting in a few casualties, among whom was Capt. Croll. This was exceedingly bad luck and a loss to the Battalion. Croll had done excellent work since the arrival in France of the 2/4th Battalion and had just received his company. His wound, though not dangerous, was sufficiently severe to keep him in England for almost a year. His company was taken over by Capt. C. A. Clarke.
The following night the Battalion relieved the 2/3rd Battalion in the right subsector on a front of about 1500 yards, all the companies being in line and each providing its own supports.
The trenches were well sited and well dug, being very deep and heavily traversed. Throughout this area the communication trenches were of exceptional length,. Lincoln Lane in particular, which ran from Gouzeaucourt Wood to Beaucamp, being over two miles long.
Very little incident occurred during this tour of duty. No Man's Land was patrolled nightly and appeared to belong to us as no enemy were encountered.
On the evening of the 30th July the Battalion was relieved by the 11th Royal Scots and marched to the light railway at Dessart Wood, whence it entrained to Neuville-Borjonval, camping there for the night.
The following day the Battalion moved by bus from Neuville to Izel-les-Hameau, in the Arras area, the transport under Major Nunneley moving by train from Bapaume to Saulty and then by march route to Hameau.
The whole Division was now put through a regular course of re-equipment and training in preparation for the heavy work it was to be called upon to do in the offensive at Ypres. In this training particular attention was paid to musketry, the necessity for this having been clearly demonstrated in all recent actions, in which troops had shown a tendency to use bombs or rifle grenades to the exclusion of their rifles.
During this period drafts of officers were received as follows :
6th July— 2/Lieut. F. A. Carlisle.
20th July— Lieut. F. S. Marsh (7th Londons) ; 2/Lieuts. R. Michell (6th Londons) ; and H. N. Bundle, W, F. Vines, E. R. Seabury and C. C. H, Clifford (13th Londons).
25th July— Lieut. D. C. Cooke ; 2/Lieuts. F. B. Burd and A. J. Angel (13th Londons).
1st August— 2/Lieuts. J. McDonald and F. W. Walker ; 2/Lieut. C. S. Pike (7th Londons).
9th August — 2/Lieut. A. S. Cook (7th Londons).
The Battalion changed its quarters on the 13th August, leaving Izel for Denier, where it proceeded with its training. Not all the time was devoted to work, but some excellent sports meetings were held — and at the Brigade Sports on the 20th the Battalion was successful in winning the Cup presented by Brig.-Gen. B. C. Freyberg, V.C., D.S.O. The importance of achievements of this nature cannot be over-rated. The longer the War continued the more obvious it became that if " rest " periods were to do any good to the men at all they must be periods of mental as well as physical rest, and games of all sorts provide the required relaxation more than anything else. On coming out of the trenches, weary, muddy, possibly hungry, and almost certainly wet through, the men's first moments of freedom were spent in a game of football.
This was an aspect of the mentality of the British soldier which we believe was never fathomed by the French villagers. Their hospitality and devotion to " les braves Tommys " was unfailing and genuine ; but we feel there was a lingering notion among our kind hosts that this remarkable devotion to football was really a confirmation of the time-honoured tradition that the English are all at least a little mad.
Reinforcements of N.C.O.'s and men were also being fed into the Battalion during this period, and by the end of August the strength in N.C.O.'s and men had increased by about 240.


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I love the topic of productivity because it doesn't matter how big or small your business is, it doesn't matter who you are or where you are in your business, there are no special skills required to increase your productivity.
Anyone can make changes to their daily habits and the way they work and see a very positive impact as a result.
In today's video, I talk about one of the ways you can increase your productivity and help keep things running smoothly. Spoiler alert: I'm talking about creating systems.
A system, which can also be called a workflow, is an organized set of processes. Basically, it is the way something is done from beginning to end.
The process of creating systems doesn't have to be complicated at all, like I said, anyone can do this.
Let's break it down so that you can see exactly how systems can help you, and how you can create one.
When you have a system in place, it makes your process repeatable. Which means that you won't need to constantly reinvent the wheel every time you go to do something, and you can be confident that you haven't left out any important details or steps.
It also means that you no longer have to do evvvverrrrrything yourself.
With a system in place, you can have someone else on your team take over certain responsibilities, and you can be confident that they'll be done the way you want them to.
I know that you're not the type of person that needs to be done the same way you've done them just because you've always done them that way. And that's a good thing, because one of the biggest benefits of having a written system in place is that it makes it even easier to edit and improve your operations.
Systems give you a clear account of each part of the process from beginning to end, making it even easier to identify pain points, bottlenecks (a specific place where progress is being slowed down) or anything that just needs improvement.
So, how do you create a system?
- Look at all of the things you are doing in your business. The best place to start is with what already works - chances are that you've already got some really great systems in place, but haven't documented them. If you have a process that is running smoothly, now is a great time to create a system or workflow for it. (Once you get the hang of doing this for the areas that are running smoothly, move onto the areas that need a little more work and create systems for them).
- Map it out - write out the steps and processes involved in your system. You'll want to include important details, but try to keep it as simple as possible and if it's possible, leave a little wiggle room so that your steps aren't so rigid. This wiggle room gives the person you are handing your system off to the opportunity to help you improve the system as you go.
- Edit and improve as you go. Never be so attached to the system that you aren't able to see areas for opportunity and improvement.
So that is your system for creating systems.
The more you are able to create systems or workflows around things that you need to do to keep your business running smoothly, the easier it will be to do just that.
My challenge for you today is to take a look at the different areas of your business. Where can you create a system based on something you are already doing? And, where can you create systems to improve the areas that might not be working so well. Let me know in the comments below.
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On Whiteness (Interview)
Interview of Ashley Putnam conducted by Sarah Ngu
Q. You're appearing on panel in February 4th for church to talk about race and your grappling with whiteness. When did you start being conscious about race?
I think I first starting grappling with race and privilege when I started working in social services in NYC. I grew up in Texas, I went to Barnard College in NYC and then moved away. But when I moved back to NYC in 2008, I found Forefront and got a job working in frontline social services in a "Welfare-to-Work" type program, serving low-income New Yorkers who were looking for a job.
The first thing that surprised me in my work was really me coming to terms with my own bias. The people I saw, the people living on public assistance, included college-educated people, middle-class white people. I didn't realize I had a preconceived notion of welfare, very much influenced by stories we hear in the media.
The work itself also brought me to grapple with racism in ways I had not expected. I began to see the systems of discrimination that impacted my clients. For example, who was perceived as qualified for a job? Having dreadlocks, for example, might make someone "not a good fit" for an employer. At the end of the day, people tend to hire those who look like them, talk like them. We have decided that a certain group of people are less qualified for a job based on implicit and sometimes even explicit bias.
I really struggled to come to terms with how unfair this was, and also how it benefitted me without my even being aware.
But I don't think I thought about structural inequality until more recently.
Q. How did that begin?
During my time in policy school in NYU, I was really interested in welfare policy. This narrative of people being lazy and "living off the system" was really pervasive in how people understood what I was doing for a living. When I started to research, I learned that welfare in the 1930's was initially only intended to benefit white widows, and local policies made it difficult for women of color to participate. The policy itself was discriminatory, even before the Ronald Reagan stereotype of the welfare Queen and all the implicit ideas we have now. And yet, in the country at large, there are way more white people on social services than people of color.
We have a racialized idea of poverty. I didn't realize that I assumed all of the same things until I was sitting down with a family after the recession that could have been my mom and dad. I thought, "Ok this can happen to anyone." These are human beings making difficult economic decisions. Policies have put all these parameters on how they can live their lives because we make assumptions based on this same narrative of "laziness" or "working the system." We now regulate people's lives so intensely, we have more or less criminalized poverty.
I started working for the City after grad school, about two years ago. At work I was offered the opportunity to go through a training called "Undoing Racism." It was perhaps one of the most difficult and game-changing experiences I have had in both my personal and professional journey.
It was a 2.5 day course — I recommend it highly — and it really talks about our mainstream American definition of racism and how to start to think differently about race, structures, inequality.
Q. What is the mainstream American definition of racism?
Coming from Texas, the response might be, 'I don't use the N-word, so I can't be racist." Or it's, "Sometimes I think all the taxi drivers are from this one country, and I'm not racist —it's just a presumption." Racism is often defined as explicit prejudice or bias. In our post-Civil Rights era America, we define "racism" is this individual choice we all make to not be explicitly offensive to someone. But racism isn't just prejudices and biases.
The Undoing Racism training focuses on structures of privilege and power. For instance, although my work in social services was in cities where there are primarily communities of color, one of the questions that I'd never asked was, "Why do people of color primarily live in cities?"
As one point in our country's history, they didn't. This shift to cities was a result of racism in rural areas and discriminatory housing policies. We basically forced people of color into certain areas, refused to give loans to people in their neighborhoods (redlining) and now we say, "Look at those people in the 'ghetto.' Stop being lazy and go find a job." We don't even realize that we created those "ghettos."
This training was also the first time I'd ever talked about what it meant to be white. Someone had asked me, "What do you like about being white?" I was stunned. I didn't know how to answer that question.
The only answers I could come up with were more about privilege than they were about culture. It was about power, being treated a certain way in a situation as opposed to how someone else might be treated.
Q. What is whiteness?
A lot of the training is about how race is a construct — we are all part of the human race and we've created these arbitrary lines in the sand. "Whiteness" is a kind of blanket term for "majority culture." My heritage is Dutch, German, English and French, but I don't know much about my family that settled or what their culture was or what foods I eat that are part of that culture. American-whiteness is about assimilation to that which is the "mainstream culture."
One of books I've been looking at is How the Irish Became White, which is about what it takes to get the things that come with whiteness: Power, privilege and economic preference. Because when Irish people came here, or Catholics or Italians, the American majority culture didn't like them either. This was probably true of my German ancestors when they settled in Texas. And in many ways, oppressing other people is how new groups get a step up on the economic ladder.
Q. What are some a-ha moments you've experienced when it comes to race?
I think coming to terms with racism and whiteness is a constant journey. It means struggling to undo what you've been taught your whole life: That society is fair and just and treats everyone equally.
When I first started dating Dart, I remember having a moment I really failed to listen and understand. I was waiting for him on the stoop of his apartment in East Harlem. I remember being angry because he had left me waiting for a while in a neighborhood I didn't know very well.
After waiting a while, I had given up and gone to a friends' house when Dart called. He told me he had been stopped by a cop, harassed, and given a ticket for walking through the park near the house, because you're not allowed to be in the park after 10pm.
I basically called him a liar – I assumed it was a bad excuse for blowing me off. I said, "That's not true, I've been in that park at night. There are always people in the park at night. It's fine." He told me how the officers were really aggressive with him, even after he demonstrated that he lived down the street. He even pointed out a woman walking her dog through the park at the same time, asking the officers, "If the park is closed, why is she allowed to walk through the park?"
I was horrible to him after that conversation. I think I was trying to rationalize my own understanding of the world. I told him, "You're just whining and complaining and being dramatic. You should've been nicer to the cop."
Since I've lived in East Harlem, I've interacted with police in the neighborhood regularly, and my treatment is very different. It's often, "Are you okay miss? Are you all right?" There is this mindset of, "I need to protect your innocence." Especially as a white female, I realize how very differently I'm treated in certain spaces, especially in a neighborhood that is presumed to be a "bad" neighborhood. I see more police officers in my park in East Harlem on a Saturday than I ever did in Prospect Park where people were openly drinking without any concern for a ticket.
Q. If we define "racism" simply as saying offensive things, we wouldn't be able to make sense of what happened to Dart…
Not at all. One of the things I've been thinking about is how you may not harbor any racial animosity towards anyone or think anyone is less valuable, but we all participate in and perpetuate a system that encourages officers to stop someone who looks like Dart and not someone who looks like me.
He and I could be doing the exact same thing – being in the park after 10pm – but the presumption that I am innocent means the law is applied to him, not to me. It could be that the officer had other reasons he had to make that stop – a quota or something he needs to fulfill – but at the end of the day the outcome is still biased.
Dart was stopped and ticketed for nothing—he was literally carrying my takeout dinner through the park on his walk home.
It's always been hard for me to understanding how traumatic and frustrating that must be for people. I would imagine thinking, "Am I less valuable as a member of this community? Why do I have less right to be here as that woman next to me with her dog?" It must have only made it worse that I refused to believe him.
I couldn't acknowledge what had happened because it hurt for me to see that my experience of the world was not true for everyone. So my way of not acknowledging it was to say you're wrong, you did something wrong, as opposed to acknowledging that something is unfair or unequal. I think that's the harder part of coming to terms with racism for people who don't directly experience it – we need to listen, empathize and believe people, instead of saying, "I don't see it so it can't be true."
Q. Where would you like to see Forefront grow when it comes to race?
When I worked in the social service sector, we never asked clients about what they wanted. We just assumed we were doing a good thing, that we understood their needs better than they did. Churches are in danger of doing the same thing: "We ran a soup kitchen and therefore we did good for the community." And it's a whole other thing to have difficult conversations about racism. It means we also have to talk about power, decision-making, and why we do what we do here.
I think the other difficult ask is to talk about racism with people who aren't here in our immediate community. Many of us moved here from places like Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, and, in my case, Texas. We have a much deeper calling to take these difficult conversations home to our people. Imagine, you may be the only person a friend of yours or family member encounters who will speak about your own journey to understand racism in this country. We too often rely on people of color to do that work for us. I understand – it's uncomfortable to talk about race, I certainly don't feel like I have the answers – but these are OUR friends and families. If we don't talk to them, who will?
I've been doing that informally with some Forefront members – almost like an accountability group. I often want to get mad when having these tough conversations, but that's not productive. Talking about race requires a lot more thoughtfulness and empathy. It's awesome to see how Forefront is approaching it. The next step is just to listen: Where should we go from here? What does it look like to have a group in the church that cares about racial justice? Where can we support communities of color that are already doing this work? I'd love to see ways our church can do that.


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Asian Russia makes up the eastern third of the Russian Federation and covers over 663 million hectares, more than two-thirds the size of the US.
The Snow Forests of Asian Russia comprise areas of intact ancient forest ranging from the arctic zone in northeastern Sakha, to the subtropical region along the Amur and Ussuri river basins to the south.
Forest makes up 45 percent of the territory, and ranges in type from shrublike tundra forest in the north to rich mixed forests in the south.
These diverse forests provide a home to many species of plants and animals, including the highly endangered Siberian (or Amur) tiger, Far Eastern leopard, the Himalayan bear, and the musk deer.
The Amur-Sakhalin region shelters more types of plants and animals than any other temperate forest in the world, with many of these species existing nowhere else.
Like other forests, the Snow Forests of Asian Russia are also home to indigenous peoples including the Nanai of the Khabarovsk region.
"Illegal logging and trade have been identified by international groups, including the World Conservation Union (IUCN), as a primary contributer to deforestation." - Friends of the Earth Japan, 2000.
Would you put your body on the line to stop some of Europe's oldest trees from being cut down? That's what hundreds of activists are doing to protect the Białowieża Forest in Poland.
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Bertin, the world's largest leather exporter is joining the fight against deforestation and climate change and is finally doing the right thing and backing the call for a moratorium on buying cattle from farms responsible for Amazon deforestation.
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Motion without blur. Action shots without shake. Perfect video even when you move. Thanks to advanced technologies specifically designed to keep the camera flat no matter how you move it, the DJI Osmo helps you record videos and take photos like never before. It is much more than just a camera. It helps you create with more freedom than ever.
The grip on the Osmo is precisely engineered with materials selected for comfort and durability, and designed to ergonomically fit the palm of your hand. Conveniently placed buttons and controls keep important functions by your thumb for instant access.
Put your smartphone in the included Phone Holder to see what your camera sees and control it with a
tap of your finger. Your phone is also the home of all the Osmo's powerful intelligent shooting modes.
The Osmo brings DJI's recognized leadership in camera stabilization down to the ground and into your hands. A 3-axis stabilization system completely integrated with the camera cancels out your
movements in three directions so it stays still even if your hands shake or wobble. This is the first time this technology is available in a camera you can hold.
The Osmo's Zenmuse X3 camera works as one with the stabilization system. It brings you 4K video at 24, 25 or 30 framesper second so you could even shoot for the big screen, and captures photos at 12 megapixels in Adobe DNG RAW,opening up shots that you never thought possible before.
The Osmo is also compatible with the all-new Zenmuse X5 series of cameras, bringing you highly stabilized imaging with all the
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|"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." — Dr Samuel Johnson
One of the characteristics of having an episodic memory* is that it allows individuals to project themselves back in time and recollect many aspects of their previous experiences.
I first visited the Artillery Arms in 1976 as a young man in my late teens. One of the reasons I come back here from time to time – when opportunity allows – is to recall memories of those days as a junior member of staff - volunteering to go to the fish and chip shop in nearby Whitecross Street on the last Friday of the month. As a perquisite for undertaking this task I felt I was entitled to while away 30mins or so in the Artillery – whilst the chippy prepared and wrapped the bundles of food for the half dozen or so hungry and expectant office seniors. Fish and chips how they should be! One of the reasons I am always drawn to the pub and the Cosy Fish Bar is that neither establishment has fundamentally changed in the interceding 35 years – other than the prices. Sadly the same cannot be said of me.
I have no doubt that my work colleagues of so many years ago will now be very elderly or else passed away. The next youngest person to me at the time was Chris and he was in his mid-thirties in 1976. I don't fully understand what episodic memory is all about – but I know I have it – and I'm sure that most of the memory-related episodes would be trifling to the majority of people if they were made aware of them. However those excursions across Bunhill Row cemetery to the pub on Fridays remain fresh in my memory – along with the associated feeling of contentment and fondness for those days. Because the pub and its surroundings are just as they were all those years ago - the memories seem more acute. Here's to the next visit...
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* Tulving, E. (2002). Episodic memory: From mind to brain. Annual Review of Psychology, 53, pp 1-25.


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Social Traffic
Waze is the crowdsourced real-time traffic and navigation app par excellence. Built on communities of drivers worldwide, it makes going places smart and social--and plays roles in everything from reduced commuting times to disaster relief.
Jessica Lessin interviews the Chief Wazer Noam Bardin about his company Waze, acquired by Google in the middle of 2013. For Noam it was a good decision:
"Google is leaving us independent despite being bought" - if a Start-up is to be acquired by a someone, make that someone is Google. Noam Bardin says he was able to negociate his deal with Google so he could retain his company's autonomy.
"Our services is now a little bit better than without Google, a little."
But what made Google wanted Waze? It's a map app like so many others, you might think. But Waze offers more than a horizontal experience, it's core case is commuting. The goal of Waze is to save you 5 to 10 minutes a day based on the question "What has changed since you drove last time and has it an influence on your way?" - and everything is real-time. The data is collected in real-time and it's crowdsourced by the users, active or passive. Everything leads to an expanding commuting experience.
This is very emotional - and totally different to Google. Using Waze is an emotional experience.
"Google is a machine-powered world, Waze is a community-powered world."
What's Google getting out of the deal? GoogleNow is partly powered by data from Waze AND Waze is still alive - maybe because of its users?! Waze is very transparent and offers a value to the user. Waze informs about why they want to collect data and for what purpose, they keep the users posted about it, and as a result they create a better experience around you.


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I need help on my HP Pavilion G7 laptop. It comes with Windows 7 and I am having issues on its wireless connection. At times, it is working properly and then disconnects without warnings or errors. I already checked on my internet provider and they said, there is no problem with them. How can I fix this?


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DST Systems Inc (NYSE:DST) is trading with a trailing P/E of 11.5x, which is lower than the industry average of 24.3x. Although some investors may jump to the conclusion that this is a great buying opportunity, understanding the assumptions behind the P/E ratio might change your mind. In this article, I will explain what the P/E ratio is as well as what you should look out for when using it. Check out our latest analysis for DST Systems
Breaking down the Price-Earnings ratio
P/E is often used for relative valuation since earnings power is a chief driver of investment value. By comparing a stock's price per share to its earnings per share, we are able to see how much investors are paying for each dollar of the company's earnings.
P/E Calculation for DST
Price-Earnings Ratio = Price per share ÷ Earnings per share
DST Price-Earnings Ratio = $83.67 ÷ $7.28 = 11.5x
On its own, the P/E ratio doesn't tell you much; however, it becomes extremely useful when you compare it with other similar companies. Our goal is to compare the stock's P/E ratio to the average of companies that have similar attributes to DST, such as company lifetime and products sold. A quick method of creating a peer group is to use companies in the same industry, which is what I will do. DST's P/E of 11.5x is lower than its industry peers (24.3x), which implies that each dollar of DST's earnings is being undervalued by investors. Therefore, according to this analysis, DST is an under-priced stock.
A few caveats
Before you jump to the conclusion that DST is the perfect buying opportunity, it is important to realise that our conclusion rests on two assertions. The first is that our "similar companies" are actually similar to DST, or else the difference in P/E might be a result of other factors. For example, if you compared lower risk firms with DST, then investors would naturally value it at a lower price since it is a riskier investment. The second assumption that must hold true is that the stocks we are comparing DST to are fairly valued by the market. If this does not hold true, DST's lower P/E ratio may be because firms in our peer group are overvalued by the market.
What this means for you:
If your personal research into the stock confirms what the P/E ratio is telling you, it might be a good time to add more of DST to your portfolio. But keep in mind that the usefulness of relative valuation depends on whether you are comfortable with making the assumptions I mentioned above. Remember that basing your investment decision off one metric alone is certainly not sufficient. There are many things I have not taken into account in this article and the PE ratio is very one-dimensional. If you have not done so already, I highly recommend you to complete your research by taking a look at the following:
- Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for DST's future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for DST's outlook.
- Past Track Record: Has DST been consistently performing well irrespective of the ups and downs in the market? Go into more detail in the past performance analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of DST's historicals for more clarity.
- Other High-Performing Stocks: Are there other stocks that provide better prospects with proven track records? Explore our free list of these great stocks here.
To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.


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There is no official record for longest gum chewing; however, Guinness World Records has three official gum records, including Longest Gum Wrapper Chain, Largest Gummy Candy and Most People Blowing a Chewing Gum Bubble Simultaneously. There have been several Internet claims for the "longest gum chewing," but none have been substantiated.
The world record for the Most People Blowing a Chewing Gum Bubble Simultaneously was achieved in Spain in September 2014. The record was performed at the Joy Aslava nightclub. A total of 737 people gathered at the nightclub in order to break the record, which was previously set by a group of 721 people affiliated with the company Big League Chew.
The Guinness World Records office in London receives more than 1,000 applications for their world record titles each week. The Internal database holds more than 40,000 records. To get a record in the Guinness World Records database, a person has to first register their recorded proposal and then wait until a records manager can review the evidence.


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if you're in your final year of college or high school and you're preparing for college auditions…
…then this year is no regular year.
and if you don't treat it as a special year with one huge, singular, life-consuming goal, then you may be disappointed when you receive your college audition results.
the thing is… most people are going to be unorganized.
they're going to start working on their pre-screening tape at the last minute. they're going to change audition repertoire. they're going to be unorganized, unprepared, and play a sloppy audition as a result.
when you step into your college audition early next year, the faculty can tell if you're organized or not. they can sense if you're winging it.
the only way to earn a spot at the best conservatories and music schools is to start early, work hard and be super, unbelievably prepared at the audition.
the good news is that being organized and doing this project the right way just takes a few tweaks.
so today's video is about 5 steps to preparing for your college auditions this fall.
it's a quick summary of the most important things you should be doing between now and your college auditions in january, february and march.
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The workshop is organised by the Political and Economic Affairs Department in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) in conjunction with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Hague, Netherlands.
According to a statement issued by the Director (Press) in the OSGF, Bolaji Adebiyi, participants for the five-day workshop were drawn from both the public and private sector in the country.
He said the workshop would focus on issues "that seek to identify toxic threats and hazards, support the development of national chemical risk assessment reports, identify gaps based on the audit of country's current capabilities and identify standards to be achieved in assistance and protection and finally assist in the development of a counter-chemical threat capability as basis for a national protection programme."
Stakeholders in the different sectors have expressed concerns with the rising wave of toxic threats and the associated hazards, as well as near absence of an urbanized report on threat appraisal.


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Mark Clements
Mark began his tenure as Milwaukee Rep's Artistic Director with the 2010/11 Season. He is an award-winning international theater director whose work has appeared in over 100 major theaters throughout Europe and the United States.
For Milwaukee Rep: American Song, Of Mice and Men, Dreamgirls, Five Presidents, The Color Purple, The History of Invulnerability, End of the Rainbow, Ragtime, Clybourne Park, Assassins, Othello, Next to Normal, Death of a Salesman, Bombshells and Cabaret.
For The Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia: Oliver!, Born Yesterday, Great Expectations, Les Misérables (2008 Barrymore Award – Best Production of a Musical) and Of Mice and Men (2007 Barrymore Award – Best Director and Best Production of a Play).
The Milliner (Off-Broadway, World Premiere), CSC, New York; My Fair Lady, Copenhagen; The Browning Version (Barclays/TMA Regional Theatre Award) at Derby Playhouse and Blunt Speaking (World Premiere), Chichester Festival Theatre U.K. and Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York.
Other productions include: Speaking in Tongues (U.S. Premiere), Roundabout Theatre Company; Speaking in Tongues (European Premiere; Barclays/TMA Best Director Nomination), Hampstead Theatre, London; Creator/Director – Soul Train, West End (Olivier Award nomination), and three U.K. National Tours. U.K. National Tours of The Glass Menagerie, The Gingerbread Lady and Love & Marriage all for Bath Theatre Royal productions.
Mark served as an Associate Artistic Director for Moving Theatre Company, the production company founded by Vanessa and Corin Redgrave. He has also been Associate Artistic Director for New End Theatre and New Players Theatre, both in London, Royal Theatre in Northampton, and Torch Theatre in Wales. Additionally, Mark served as Artistic Director of the award-winning Derby Playhouse in the U.K. from 1992 to 2002, where he directed over 40 productions.
He currently serves on the National Advisory Board for the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program at Ten Chimneys.


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Sustaining Mother Earth for future generations
In the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we often hear terms such as big data and the internet of things, which may sound highly technical and virtually digital to some. While Thailand is fully aware of the opportunities and challenges that come with modernity, it also seeks an all-encompassing human dimension of inclusive development, particularly during its term as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. That is why it has come up with the theme "Advancing Partnership for Sustainability" to promote the "sustainability of things", which means sustainability in all dimensions.
Sustainable development is an overarching concept directly related to the "sustainability of things". However, the first aspect of sustainability that usually comes to mind is environmental sustainability, which is a significant part of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are simply grouped into five "Ps"-save the planet, foster peace, create prosperity, enhance partnership, and nourish our people.
'Circular economy' concept gaining ground
Fresh air and clean water are among the basic essentials for human beings and all other creatures that share this world with us. Sadly, Mother Earth has been taken for granted and harmed by humans. That several SDGs give importance to the rehabilitation and conservation of our planet reflects the rising environmental concerns and the call for a more balanced development, widely known as the "circular economy" concept.
Thailand recognizes that enhancing environmental sustainability is inextricably linked to social and economic development, and is one of the key conditions for sustainable development. It has therefore adopted measures to restore, conserve and manage our natural resources and environment in a more sustainable manner, and included these elements in its 20-Year National Strategy Framework (2017-36).
For instance, Thailand has launched the "Nationally Determined Contribution Roadmap on Mitigation (2021-30)" to ensure that it meets its targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20-25 percent by 2030. In fact, last year it reduced the emission of 45.72 million tons of carbon dioxide, or 12 percent of the targeted 7-20 percent by 2020. Also, it has rehabilitated about 24 hectares of coral reefs and 880 hectares of mangrove forests, and reduced the use of more than 435 million plastic bags since 2017.
Exchanging ideas on how to fight climate change
Moreover, Thailand has consistently advocated cooperation on environmental issues with the global community to derive long-term mutual benefits. For example, it is committed to fighting climate change, according to the 2015 Paris Agreement. It has also been cooperating with all its partners to exchange knowledge, experiences and best practices in order to more seriously combat climate change.
Sustainable development is a global agenda that requires concerted global efforts, and Thailand, as the ASEAN chair this year, is in a position to drive it forward. Since Thailand is also ASEAN Coordinator on Sustainable Development Cooperation, it has been identifying the complementarities and promoting closer coordination between ASEAN and the United Nations.
One substantial outcome of this is the "Complementarities between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: A Framework for Action", which identifies possible synergy and means to strengthen ASEAN community building while simultaneously realizing several of the SDGs.
A recommendation of the complementarities report, which is likely to be fully realized this year, is the establishment of the ASEAN Centre for Sustainable Development Studies and Dialogue in Thailand. The center will be funded by the Thai government and will help coordinate activities and projects related to the complementarities' initiative, while linking up with similar centers in ASEAN member states to form a network of centers in order to strengthen the regional sustainable development efforts.
Marine debris a major environmental problem
Another sustainable development issue that will be addressed during Thailand's chairmanship of ASEAN is the marine environment. The marine debris problem and its impact on the environment are of great concerns to Thailand. And it believes urgent action needs to be taken to address the problem.
Researchers have found a marine debris or "garbage patch" larger in size than Bangkok in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This debris is eaten by fish, which is then consumed by humans, thus causing severe health problems. News reports identify only a fraction of the more than 100,000 sea animals such as whales and turtles that die after eating indigestible waste. In addition, marine debris affects the promotion of environmentally friendly tourism, which in turn reduces the contribution of the tourism sector to a country's economic development.
A research by the Thai Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment found that rubbish thrown into the sea can travel all over the world. Therefore, it is necessary to build a platform where countries can discuss the problem and collaborate to tackle it. A technical working group meeting among ASEAN members was held in November 2017, while the Special ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Marine Debris and Asia-Europe High-level Meeting on Marine Sustainability were held on March 5 and March 7-8 this year. Which shows Thailand is advancing partnerships for sustainability, starting with environmental sustainability, and will extend it to other areas throughout the year.
Philosophy of 'sufficiency economy' adopted
The benefits of sustainable development are countless but each country should embark on its own path to achieve the goals. As for Thailand, it has adopted the "sufficiency economy philosophy" to achieve sustainable development. The "sufficiency economy philosophy" is now part of Thailand's policies both at the national and international levels. It has also been a guiding principle in Thailand's national economic and social development plans since 2002.
Besides, Thailand has shared this philosophy with many countries as an alternative approach to achieving the SDGs by organizing training courses and establishing several cooperation projects in Asia and Africa.
In conclusion, Thailand's commitment to sustainable development is steadfast as demonstrated by its achievements and contributions to national and international development. Thailand is committed to do more. And it looks forward to working with colleagues in ASEAN and beyond in a global partnership as set forth in Sustainability Development Goal 17.
The author is minister of foreign affairs of Thailand.
The views don't necessarily represent those of China Daily.


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Day 113 – Monday May 19
I know some day we'll pretty much forget about the last week of our daughter's first grade year and the last week of our boys' preschool careers. They will all be in the big fancy elementary school next year.
They are growing up. It's sweet and sad.
I'm learning, though, that one of the worst things to do is to worry about their growing up. It'll happen. We might as well focus on the moment as best as we can.
Worrying that 'soon they'll be graduating' is dumb. We miss things when we worry about how fast time flies and how soon they'll be going from American Girl dolls to worrying about Mean Girls.
So, let's enjoy each moment with our little ones. It's the little moments that build toward big things. We miss the little moments, we'll have small relationships. We take advantage of each small moment, we'll have big, strong relationships.
I suppose the same thing goes for you and me. Let's do a bunch of little things well, how 'bout it? 🙂


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The KVFD Carnival Bracelet
Many of you have already been introduced to our Carnival Bracelet... For those of you who haven't seen or heard about our special icon bracelet, this is our history. The Carnival Bracelet was designed by staffer Troy Robertson...
"Being a native to the Northern Neck, repair specialist Troy Robertson has the same connection and heart for giving back to the community as we at Burkes Fine Jewelers do.
Troy wanted to design a piece that represents one of the Northern Neck's longest standing traditions, the Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire Deptarment Carnival. The charm bracelet depicts all of the staples of the Carnival; The Ferris Wheel (Big Eli), a BINGO card, French Fries, a Carousel Horse, and the badge of the KVFD. We are so excited to add this piece to our Northern Neck Icon Collection. Every year the last weekend in July, the men and women from the KVFD gear up to host the Carnival. It's an event for all generations and for the ones that grew up here and moved away, coming home to take their children is a highlight of their life.
"The carnival brings back so many memories over the years of my life that I really just wanted to create something that represented that… It's a piece of nostalgia" says Troy Robertson.
The starter bracelet with the Ferris Wheel is $85.00. The complete bracelet is $250.00.
20% of all proceeds will be given back to the Kilmarnock Volunteer Fire Department."


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An uncle and his nephew are warded at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital with non life-threatening injuries after being shot by an armed man at their business place at around 1 p.m today.
Stephen Babb and his nephew, Dwight, were at Babbs Mini-Mart when the robber, dressed in blue overalls, a scarf and wearing shades, entered the building located at Dayrell's Road, St Michael.
During the incident, Stephen was shot in his right forearm while his nephew received a gun shot injury to his upper left back.
It is not clear if anything was taken.
Police are asking anyone with information to call 211 or Crimestoppers at 1 800 TIPS.