One fine day we two were taken out in front during a bombardment. Captain Anglelli, with two holes in his helmet where a sniper’s bullet went in and out at Verdun, explained the situation to Deporte:
“You have the grenades?”
“Oui, mon capitaine.”
“You see this hill?”
“Oui, mon capitaine.”
“It is higher than that trench.”
“Oui, mon capitaine.”
“You can throw into there?”
“Oui, mon capitaine.”
“The Boche will come through there.”