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" Rifles, of the 42nd Brigade, and the 6th Cornwalls, of the 43rd. Of these the 9th King's Royal Rifles attacked, not from the wood, but from the Menin road upon the left. There had been three-quarters of an hour of intense bombardment before the attack,... "
A History of the Great War - Page 155
by Arthur Conan Doyle - 1917
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The British Campaign in France and Flanders ...: 1915

Arthur Conan Doyle - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 286 pages
...but full of zeal at the thought that they were taking TO* „, . » , tren some of the pressure on their comrades. An order for an instant counter-attack...words can adequately describe. As they came out of the woods the German machine-gun fire met them and literally swept them away, line after line. The men...
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"The Robin Hoods", 1/7th, 2/7th & 3/7th Battns., Sherwood Foresters, 1914-1918

World War, 1914-1918 - 1921 - 566 pages
...since half of them had already been grievously reduced, and the other half were greatly exhausted. They were now asked to advance several hundred yards...which was shaving the very grass from the ground. " As they came out of the woods the German machine gun fire met them and literally swept them away...
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