Part 01: Rupert Nixon letters, 28 November 1914-2 October 1917 - Page 87
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I was shot through the neck going the bullet just missing my "talk tube", & another bullet struck me in the right shoulder & fractured the collar bone. I have not yet got the full power of my arm & I cannot raise my arm over my head. We have had to hide our badges etc., in our pockets, as the people here go mad to secure them, of all the different badges I have seen, I consider ours & the Scottish are the nicest & best. Some more of our chaps came in to-day & some have some awful wounds of which some wil not recover, & although conscious of it, are as happy as "mudlarks". I shall not forget the cunning of the Germans who were directing the Turks. On the Monday whilst holding the hill awaiting reinforcements an order was several times given to "cease fire" - this occured several times until one of our fellows took a tumble & found it was an order given by a German Officer dressed in our uniform - he died from eight bayonet wounds, but not until he had shot a Corporal & a sergeant with his revolver. Some confusion was caused