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In April 1915, Bruce Bairns father took part in the offensive at Ypres.
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1. In April 1915, Bruce Bairnsfather took part in the offensive at Ypres. Now we were in it! Bullets were flying through the air in all directions. A few men had gone down already, and no wonder - the air was thick with bullets. In front of me an officer was hurrying along when I saw him throw up his hands and collapse on the ground. I hurried across to him, and lifted his head on to my knee. He couldn't speak and was rapidly turning a deathly pallor. I undid his equipment and the buttons of his tunic as fast as I could, to find out where he had been shot. Right through the chest. The left side of his shirt, near his heart, was stained deep with blood. He was a captain in the Canadians. All movement in the attack had now ceased, but the rifle...
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