BEST O’ LUCK
BY ALEXANDER McCLINTOCK, D. C. M.
“The Distinguished Conduct Medal has beenawarded to Sergeant Alexander McClintock ofthe Canadian Overseas Forces for conspicuousgallantry in action. He displayed great courageand determination during a raid against theenemy’s trenches. Later he rescued severalwounded men at great personal risk.”
Extract from official communication
from the Canadian War Office to the
British Consul General in New York.
BEST O’ LUCK
HOW A FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN
WON THE THANKS OF BRITAIN’S KING
BY
ALEXANDER McCLINTOCK, D. C. M.
Late Sergeant, 87th Battalion, Canadian Grenadier Guards
Now member of U. S. A. Reserve Corps
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO MY MOTHER
MAUDE JOHNSON McCLINTOCK
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Training for the War | 11 |
| II | The Bombing Raid | 43 |
| III | “Over the Top and Give ’em Hell” | 75 |
| IV | Shifted to the Somme | 101 |
| V | Wounded in Action | 121 |
| VI | A Visit from the King | 151 |
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BEST O’ LUCK
CHAPTER I
TRAINING FOR THE WAR
I don’t lay claim to being much of awriter, and up ’till now I never felt thecall to write anything about my experienceswith the Canadian troops in Belgium andFrance, because I realized that a great manyother men had seen quite as much as I, andcould beat me telling about it. Of cours