Part 01: Alan Fraser Fry letters, 8th August 1914- 28 January 1917 - Page 126
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[Page 126]
of course, being supposed to have lost some men in the short rushes. When this rear Company have joined us, we rest for a few minutes to get our wind again, and on the order being given everyone springs up, and with ear-splitting roars the whole lot make a final wild charge of about 150 yards, to the supposed trenches. We are all told to roar & shout for all we are worth, and you can be sure some 300 or 400 lads worked up to a pitch of excitement make a good row. Golly, no wonder the Turks run, it must be an awful feeling to be in front of a mob like that, and see them, all with fixed bayonets & roaring & shouting enough to wake the dead, bearing down upon you like a cyclone stopping at nothing; caring for nothing; intent only on one thing – to destroy.