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front joined in, and now it was impossible to hear the man next to you, even if he shouted.
We couldn't help pitying the Bochefor hadn't we seen the guns of all sizes, wheel to
wheel, in and around many parts of Arras As a final gesture all the machine guns in
the upper floors of the houses in the Rue du Temple in our rear loosed off over our
heads.
It was dull and misty and the visibility poor, but we had the opportunity to marvel
at the enemy's efforts on the Ridge in the S.O.S. direction. Reds, greens and golden
rain went up in scores, and were relayed back out of sight to their batteries, for retaliation.
Brock's Benefit at the Crystal Palace wasn't in it.
THE ATTACK AT ARRAS.
British infantry, with a tank, going forward. The first line of German trenches had been taken and some
of the men and the tank had reached the second line, beyond which was the barrage smashing attempts
at sending up German reinforcements. A group of German prisoners can be seen in the left foreground.
The Canadian Corps were digging him out in the teeth of the barrage, and it was
obvious they were in a panic.
Suddenly, one of our sausages broke loose and drifted away to the north
an extraordinary sight.
Our own jobthe taking of the Harp Redoubt a particularly tough piece of
workwas to start at 7.30, and we had perforce to wait. Meanwhile, the 1st Gordons
and other units were clearing our front and attacking Devil's Wood and Tilloy village.
