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bewildered but pleased prisoners without a guard. We rounded them up into stretcher parties & made them carry back the wounded. This they cheerfully did. The smoke & dust clearing somewhat we saw the 16th on their captured line consolidating & higher up on the slope of the ridge the 14 & 15 also in position consolidating. One batch of about 200 prisoners now passed back, also a few here & a few there. We got 500 on our brigade front line I believe The German loss in killed must have been great. We officers walked about on top to show the men confidence. Even if we didn't feel it we pretended quite a nonchalance. Soon every man was out carrying bombs, water, ammunition etc to the captured positions or bringing in prisoners & wounded. Then a shell lobbed in our left outpost & smashed up our Lewis Gun crew - 2 killed & three wounded.