Letters to Mrs R. H. Caldwell, from her son Robert Douglas Caldwell and other soldiers, 1917-1919 - Page 257

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of attack. For the first couple of thousand yards we didn't see a Fritz, then all of a sudden we discovered about 20 behind us so we bailed them up without any trouble they came out with their hands up squealing like a lot of pigs for mercy. Kamarad & Mercy Kamarad is all they can say. I just had time to pinch a couple of watches from them & I had to chase on after the other chaps who had gone on. The next time we struck them they opened on us with a couple of machine guns

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