He was killed afterwards by one of his own men, who Sniped him as he was walking back to our lines.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
They had not troubled to bring up a great many bombs, for the rifle has come into its own again, now that the old trench warfare is gone for a time, or all time, and with rifle-fire and machine-gun fire they broke down the German counter-attacks and caught parties of Germans who showed themselves on the slopes of the Passchendaele Ridge, and Sniped incessantly.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Men lying in shell-craters still alive among all their dead used their rifles and Sniped our men, knowing that they would have to pay for their shots with their lives.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs