CHAPTER XVI[ToC]
THE ATTACK
A DESPERATE SITUATION. BATTLE FORMATION. "FOR ENGLAND"
Joy! The last leap I took landed me in a trench, and I found to my great relief that it was the lower part of the square which ran through the wood. A few yards along this trench it emerged into the open, where it was in possession of the Germans.
Farman and I sat down, side by side, breathing heavily from our exertions.
"That was hell, Farman," I said, hardly daring to trust my voice.
"Awful!"
"I hope the men are still following."
"Those that are left."
"Have a cigarette; it will buck the men up to see us smoking."