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over at the front were always to leave the man perfectly still that was hit at the abdomen.


Q. Was there a doctor there?


A. And get — I will just come to that — and get medical aid as soon as possible. I ran back to the cabstand, telephoned Headquarters that there had been some of them hit and to send down the police and our own ambulance with medical aid at once and I also sent over our doctor and the police ambulance. There was another one hurt who was taken into one of the houses there alongside. I did not see that man myself.


Q. He was a young boy ?


A. I heard he was a young boy. The interpreter that was there told me that he was a young boy ; they told me it was a young boy. I immediately telephoned to Headquarters to send down the ambulance. And I cleaned some of the men there around the corner, started them back that street, and there was some sniping right on in front of us. It looked to be two houses back, that is, right over the top of the cabstand. I picked out three or four sergeants and told them if there was any more, why to fire up at the roof, which they did. I saw them sniping there, our men firing up after there had been a shot. And I came back and looked up and I could not see anyone on account of the fog. They said you could just see the flash. And I went to telephone again to Headquarters, everything was quiet; but someone shoved their hand around the corner and part of the body and fire five shots from the time I was walking at the corner to telephone at the cabstand. They had brought a machine gun up.


MR. LAVERGNE : Shot at you?


A. Over that direction where the men were. I don’t