 At five minutes past eight the guns ceased, as suddenly as they had begun, the shrill whistles of the officers sounded all along the line, and the ardent infantry poured over the long lip of the trenches. The assault upon the left was undertaken by Pinney's...  A History of the Great War - Page 14by Arthur Conan Doyle - 1917Full view - About this book
 | Herbert Greenhough Smith - England - 1916 - 874 pages
...(left) and the 2nd Rifle Brigade (right) passed through their ranks and carried the village beyond. Colonel McAndrew, of the Lincolns, was mortally hit...save from two gallant German officers, who fought a machine-gun until both were bayoneted. "HAVE THEY TAKEN THE TBENCHES 1 "-THE GALLANT " IT WAS NOTHING... | |
 | Arthur Conan Doyle - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 286 pages
...the shrill whistles of the officers sounded all along the line, and the ardent infantry poured over the long lip of the trenches. The assault upon the...save from two gallant German officers, who fought a machine-gun until both were bayoneted. It was very different, however, with the 23rd Brigade upon the... | |
 | World War, 1914-1918 - 1921 - 566 pages
...8.5 am the guns ceased and our infantry poured over the parapet. The assault overwhelmed the German trenches, in an instant seizing the bewildered survivors...their situation, in the corners of the earthworks. At 12 noon the position had been carried, and yet it was not possible to renew the advance before 3... | |
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