The men were in a shallow trench, ankle deep in mud and water.

As they had lost very heavily, the Colonel put me in charge of a burial party.

We buried a number of bodies but were stopped at last at the entrance of Armagh Wood, which the Germans were at the time heavily shelling, and we had to postpone the performance of our sad duty till things were quieter.
Still in spite of reverses, the spirits of our men never declined.

(p.

132) They were full of rebound, and quickly recovered themselves.