mine-crater

Updated: July 11, 2025

Unmistakingly he heard the scuffle and swish of footsteps on the wet ground, the murmur of voices apparently within a yard or two of his head. There were men in the mine-crater, and, from the sound of their movements, they were creeping out on a patrol similar to his own, perhaps, and, as near as he could judge, on a line that would bring them directly on top of him.

Boyd Cable - Action Front

Before saying good-by he touched some flowers on the mess-table, and for a moment or two listened to birds twittering in the trees. "Thanks very much," he said. "I've enjoyed this visit a good deal.. . Good-by." He went back through Ypres on the way to Hooge, and the mine-crater where his Irish soldiers were lying in slime, in which vermin crawled.

Philip Gibbs - Now It Can Be Told