All that day and night the furious battle raged, and many fresh British battalions passed up to reinforce the line.

As soon as it was dark, the wounded began to come in, and by midnight the school-house was filled to overflowing.

The men were lying out in rows on the cold stone floor with nothing under them.

Ambulances were coming and going as hour after hour passed by.

I went among the sufferers, many of whom I knew.