SCOUT-SNIPING

<p>Scout-Sniping is a classic 1918 sniping manual written by a Big Game hunter and decorated Great War soldier who is believed to be the only Canadian officer to escape from a German prison camp during the War. A rarity in it’s original 1918 printing it lays down the principles for the foundation for sniper training.</p><p>Anderson went overseas with the first Canadian contingent. The 101st contributed the entire 9th Battalion but the 9th was broken up to reinforce the 1st Brigade; thus they almost all ended up in Ontario units.<br />He was taken prisoner at 2nd Ypres on May 9 1915 but he escaped in October 25 1915 using his knowledge of languages to bluff his way back to England after his escape. </p><p>In a humorous letter to the Commandant of the POW Camp he has escaped from he wrote: “It was on April 24 1915  that I was taken Prisoner at Ypres after every man that was with me was killed. I was blown up twice and when I woke up I was a Prisoner. I arrived at your Hotel on 28th of April and it is no doubt one of the best if not the best Prison Camps in Germany... No one ever had a prison camp but there is always some way of getting out. I had been a big game hunter all my life.  I can go get the big bull moose elk deer grizzly bear. That being the case yours or any one else's sentries are worth little or nothing as far as I am concerned...”</p>