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furious blast;  all the time we were negotiating the pools of water & the shell holes.   Two or three young fellows who couldn't keep up wailed "Don't leave your cobbers".   I noticed they were the most selfish fellows in the company - the sort of men who carry out the old army gag "Blank you;  I'm all right, Jack".   It always is the way with the men who believe in the Gospel 9 to 1;  they are the first to squeal when in trouble.   I tumbled into a shell hole with a comrade, the shrapnel meanwhile spreading about fast & furious.

"Where's my tin hat", shrieked my mate, holding

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