That was nearly three weeks ago, and since then the ground over which we fought has been debatable ground, lying between our lines and the enemy's lines--a stretch four miles long and half a mile wide that is literally carpeted with bodies of dead men.

They weren't all dead at first.

For two days and nights our men in the earthworks heard the cries of those who still lived, and the sound of them almost drove them mad.

There was no reaching the wounded, though, either from our lines or from the Allies' lines.

Those who tried to reach them were themselves killed.