10/77 I said nothing, but they were afraid, as I knew they would be. Has the sahib ever heard of "left-hand casualties"? The men at the front, both Indian and British-French, too, for aught I know--who feared to fight longer in the trenches were seized in those early days with the foolish thought of inflicting some injury on themselves--not very severe, but enough to cause a spell of absence at the base and a rest in hospital. |