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the trench the troops were shoulder to shoulder, while all around could be heard the groans of men severely wounded.I might tell you that No 3 Outpost was the limit of our troops in that direction and all outside that was enemy country, and this was where we were going now.We went along the beach about a thousand yards or more and then turned inland to our right, and we must have crossed a farm in one place because the grain was still standing. All along the route were men lying dead and wounded, and occasionally some one would fall over a dead body. At one place in a clump of trees there were thirty or forty brave fellows lying, and one doctor was attending them by the light of a solitary hurricane lamp. I saw him dressing one poor chap who had half his side blown away and his face looked ghastly in the dim light cast by the lamp.After that we ran into
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