(It was after) made clear to us, we were very lucky to escape from alive , - yet one could not but help to admire the scene. At 5.30pm, a request came along for volunteers for getting up more ammunition; for both A & B Company also for our "ma
own men. In getting on the field in rear of the trench, we are obliged to abandon our "wheel-barrows", and trust to human strength to get the heavy boxes back to "camp". The place itself was all this time being swept by continuous shellfire , it
would be very handy for our "maxims". It was devilish heavy, but under the circumstances it did not matter. The remainder of the party - 5 other men, got some as well, and then commenced our journey back again. In coming back I somehow lost the
it, I should gain my object much quicker than if I proceeded to it from the rear of the trenches. At the same time, the fires on my right and the searchlights shining upon me from right ahead offered me as a splendid target for the infantry who w
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