I could see the lanterns of the ambulances as they moved about searching for the wounded among the many dead, but was too faint from loss of blood to raise my head and shout for help.

They told me afterward that, if my wound could have received immediate attention, perhaps my arm might have been saved.
"But only a keen sense of smell could have traced me in the dense thicket where I lay.

No one had thought of training dogs for ambulance service then.

The men did their best, but they were only men, and I was overlooked until it was too late to save my arm.
"Well, as I said, I stood and looked at Barry, wondering if it were not possible to train dogs for rescue work on battle-fields as well as in mountain passes.

The more I thought of it, the more my longing grew to make such an attempt.