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Swankie, to whom it was greatly attached. A further 

 statement as to its work is as follows : 



" The last time this Div. (18th) was in action, I was 

 sent to Brigade Hdqtrs. After being there for one night, 

 my dog ' Creamy ' was taken out during an attack and 



carried a map of also a message from the front-line 



trenches back to Brigade Hdqtrs. Time taken was 25 

 mins., whereas a man took from 2| to 3 hours. Under 

 the conditions and heavy shell fire, it was very good, and 

 my Officers were highly pleased with it, for the map and 

 message were very important, and all other means of 

 communication at the time failed." 



Further testimony as to " Creamy 's " sagacity is sent 

 by Keeper Reid : 



" I may say that Swankie's bitch ' Creamy ' helped the 

 3rd Londoners from being cut off on the right of Villers 

 Bretonneux. She and ' Tweed ' kept the Battalion in touch 

 with Brigade Hdqtrs. There was no way of getting a 

 message through only by a runner or a dog and the dog 

 kept the way open." 



Keeper Reid makes the following statement regarding 

 his own dogs : 



" I am writing this to let you know how my dogs are 

 doing. I may say I have tried them all ways and they 

 come home. To-day I had ' Tweed ' and ' Jock ' acting 

 Batt. Runners from Batt. Hdqtrs. to Transport Lines, and 

 they have done splendid. I had ' Tweed ' up the line and 



