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in the dogs, and would trust them with all sorts of important 

 messages. It took the runners one hour and five minutes 

 to go from my dug-out, whereas it only took ' Paddy ' 

 eleven and ' Prince ' fifteen minutes. The dogs can get 

 over rough ground far quicker than can a man. Later I 

 got a very good dog called ' Rags.' 



" I then went back to Ypres and got attached to the 

 29th Div. I used my three dogs there. Each of the three 

 bringing important messages, and coming in first-class 

 time. I worked there for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 

 Leinster Regt. and K.O.S.B.'s, and they were all very well 

 pleased with the dogs, as there was always a heavy bom- 

 bardment on, and it would not be safe for a man to bring 

 the messages. I then got relieved for seven days. I went 

 back to the same Div. on the same front. They were 

 preparing for a big push. It began on the 28th Sept. 

 The Royal Fusiliers took two dogs, ' Prince ' and ' Paddy,' 

 they were away for two and a half days, as all the lines of 

 communication kept good, but they got cut with shell-fire 

 and both dogs were released with messages and returned 

 all right. I do not know what the distance was to be 

 exact. The officer told me he thought it was about nine 

 kilos. It was raining very hard during that time, and 

 that made the ground very difficult to get over with the 

 heavy shell-fire and troops advancing. I then got relieved 

 and came back to Houtkerk. I stayed there ten days 

 training and exercising the dogs. I then got orders to go 

 up the line and got attached to the 36th Div. I joined the 

 107 Bde., 36th Div., two miles from Dadeszeele and stayed 

 for one night and marched into Dadeszeele next morning 

 at 3.30 with Bdg. H.Q. My dogs were taken away at 4 

 p.m., the Div. advanced about ten kilos. Oct. 14th. On 

 the 16th two of my dogs, ' Prince ' and ' Rags,' arrived with 



