Lewis Gun by Balcer on Wikipedia
Tuesday 16th
January 1916
The 6th
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment is at le Touret near the old 1915 battlefield
at Neuve-Chapelle. They are busy training for whatever the year may hold. In a
conversation with the adjutant this morning he mentioned that an eight-day
course began this morning for the Battalion’s Lewis gunners. These men provide
vital assistance in any attack as their rapid fire weapons can suppress enemy
strongpoints and snipers, allowing the other men to continue going forward, so
a Lewis gun team of two men (firer and loader) can never be too well trained.
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