140) in their attack upon Regina Trench.

He was killed going back to hunt for his pipes which he had left in helping a wounded man to a place of safety.

One cannot write of that awful time unmoved, for there come up before the mind faces of friends that one will see no more, faces of men who were strong, brave and even joyous in the midst of that burning fiery furnace, from which their lives passed, we trust into regions where there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, and where the sound of war is hushed forever.
One new feature which was introduced into the war at this time was the "Tank." A large family of these curious and newly developed instruments of battle was congregated in a wood on the outskirts of the town, and awoke great interest on all sides.

At that time we were doubtful how far they would be able to fulfill the hopes that were entertained of them.

Some of them had already been knocked out near Courcelette.