Two platoons of Riflemen fought to the last man, refusing to surrender.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
It took them three-quarters of an hour to get over two lines of undefended trenches, whole platoons getting bogged in them and slipping back when they tried to climb out.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
platoons and half-platoons attacked them in detail at a great cost of life, and it was in such places that the Tanks were of most advantage.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs