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Updated: May 3, 2025
A large five-inch shell had fallen in his "digin," slicing a large piece of flesh off the calf of his leg and stunning him. Fortunately the shell had not exploded. He had almost bled to death when the peculiar heavy breathing of a man suffering from bleeding attracted my attention. We bound him up and had him taken back to the dressing station. He subsequently died from the shock.
The same night while I was dozing in my "digin" I was awakened by heavy breathing on my right as if a man was dying. It was pitch dark, so I called the sentry and told him some one was hurt. Sergeant Miller, who was close at hand, jumped up and with an electric torch we started to search the line to find out who was wounded. In the second digin on my right we found Corporal Kells very nearly gone.
I recommended him for a decoration, also a few other brave officers and men who did not get them. "They've got me in the back, Colonel! My poor wife and children!" This was the startled exclamation of one of my men who occupied a "digin" about ten feet from mine. He turned pale. The Germans were shelling us with high explosive shells from the north rim of the salient.
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