Item 05: E. J. Martin diary, 3 February-2 May 1917 - Page 63
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[Page 63]
then the bullets began to whiz past our ears. Just ahead from a clump of bushes I heard the "tack, tack" of a machine gun, so I promptly popped into a shell hole & fired steadily the same as my comrades were doing. The firing ceased from the bushes & a white rag was displayed. As we advanced cautiously about seventeen scared Germans ran out with their arms up snivelling "Mercy, Comrade". The tension on our fellows' nerves was relieved & they burst out laughing. A couple of men were detailed to take them to the rear after they had been searched for concealed weapons. They were
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