21/77 Instantly, each squadron leader leaped the earthwork, shouting to his men. Ranjoor Singh leaped up in front of us, and we followed him, all forgetting their distrust of him in the fierce excitement--remembering only how he had led us in the charge on that first night. The air was thick with din, and fumes, and flying metal--for the Germans were not forgetting to use artillery. Who shall describe it? That is not our Sikh idea of judgment, but his words brought before my mind a picture riot so much unlike a night attack in Flanders. |