British 6 inch howitzer at IWM Duxford
Saturday 30th
October 1915: Captain P R Meautys of the 7th Bedfords reports that yesterday
morning a mine was exploded close to their lines. This was accompanied by
grenades and mortar bombs from the enemy which resulted in retaliation by
British artillery. This sort of sporadic activity is what causes so many men to
be killed from stray explosions of bombs, grenades and shells in trenches which
are very close to one another at this point, meaning that the shell that lands
in a trench is almost as likely to be from one’s own side as from the enemy.
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