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all the road in front of him lashed with bullets but he never flinched. Keeping close to   ...  one of the high banks he lay flat on his face and dragged himself foot by foot, down the road.

Twice, where the road was stopped by entanglements of barbed wire,

he had to cross it to crawl through a gap on the further side. He was

very near to death many times, but he came to his goal unbattered 

at the last   ... 

It was a wonderful thing that he reached the front line at all.

It was a miracle that he came back. But the did so, and by the

same way an hour later, and he brought back with him news that

was worth much to his side.

Acting on that knowledge , his Colonel that evening launched a

counter-attack , [insert] and [/insert] which  drove the Germans back to their own trenches

once more!

            _____________________.._____________


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all the road in front of him lashed with bullets but he never flinched. Keeping close to   ...  one of the high banks he lay flat on his face and dragged himself foot by foot, down the road.

Twice, where the road was stopped by entanglements of barbed wire,

he had to cross it to crawl through a gap on the further side. He was

very near to death many times, but he came to his goal unbattered 

at the last   ... 

It was a wonderful thing that he reached the front line at all.

It was a miracle that he came back. But the did so, and by the

same way an hour later, and he brought back with him news that

was worth much to his side.

Acting on that knowledge , his Colonel that evening launched a

counter-attack , [insert] and [/insert] which  drove the Germans back to their own trenches

once more!

            _____________________.._____________



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  • May 19, 2017 18:51:02 Annick Rodriguez

                                                           2

    all the road in front of him lashed with bullets but he never flinched. Keeping close to   ...  one of the high banks he lay flat on his face and dragged himself foot by foot, down the road.

    Twice, where the road was stopped by entanglements of barbed wire,

    he had to cross it to crawl through a gap on the further side. He was

    very near to death many times, but he came to his goal unbattered 

    at the last   ... 

    It was a wonderful thing that he reached the front line at all.

    It was a miracle that he came back. But the did so, and by the

    same way an hour later, and he brought back with him news that

    was worth much to his side.

    Acting on that knowledge , his Colonel that evening launched a

    counter-attack , [insert] and [/insert] which  drove the Germans back to their own trenches

    once more!

                _____________________.._____________



  • May 19, 2017 18:50:39 Annick Rodriguez

                                                           2

    all the road in front of him lashed with bullets but he never flinched. Keeping close to   ...  one of the high banks he lay flat on his face and dragged himself foot by foot, down the road.

    Twice, where the road was stopped by entanglements of barbed wire,

    he had to cross it to crawl through a gap on the further side. He was

    very near to death many times, but he came to his goal unbattered 

    at the last   ... 

    It was a wonderful thing that he reached the front line at all.

    It was a miracle that he came back. But the did so, and by the

    same way an hour later, and he brought back with him news that

    was worth much to his side.

    Acting on that knowledge , his Colonel that evening launched a

    counter-attack , [insert] and [/insert] which  drove the Germans back to their own trenches

    once more!



  • May 19, 2017 18:30:04 Annick Rodriguez

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    all the road in front of him lashed with bullets but he never flinched. Keeping close to   ...  one of the high banks he lay flat on his face and dragged himself foot


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    Boisleux St Marc

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