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going up in the front to get knocked down like rabbits. all we had was a few biscuits and a tin of Machonichies and a bottle of water and a L.eut of my C.oy went down this terrible hill to get some water for the men and he came back alright and we have never seen him since poor fellow I suppose he got knocked over and was never seen nor heard of since but it was reported that he was dead since well they can talk about war but I call it taking men into a slaughter house and nothing else. this hill. was 4,000 feet above the level of the sea so dusk came and we had the order to retire and I can tell you that every man that came down from there alive |
can thank the Lord that he is living now if he is a not we
went down the hill which took us hours and it was so dark and some
layed in the road as they did not knowing where to find our H.Q.
The next morning some found the regt. and some did"nt and
when our Coloniel saw what few men he had left he nearly cried and
said it was not my fault I had an order and I had to obey it we
lost a lot of poor fellows 103 killed, wounded and missing.
signed, A.L.C. |
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