"Would you like to have a little outing?" he remarked one morning, as the boys appeared at his tent.
"Yes; anything, to get a change, this is too trying," said Ralph.
Pontooning Heavy Guns Across a Stream
"Well, we are going to send half a dozen heavy guns out the Bapaume road this morning, so along," he remarked.
Six horses were hitched to each piece, and were pulling out, as Walker spoke.
"Jump on this ammunition van," shouted Walker, as he ran forward and seized the stanchions at the side.
The boys needed no second invitation, for they would, at least, have an opportunity to go over a great deal of the ground formerly occupied by the Germans, before the British commenced the Somme drive.
"Why don't you use lorries for these guns?" asked Alfred.