1916 brought into perspective, item 2

• October 17, 2018 13:55:46 Sarika Jain

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  but there was a tremendous lot of

  sniping and any amount of rifle grenades

  flying about so one had to be most awfully

  careful. The best part of a rifle grenade

  is the fact that you can see it coming

  and it often lies on the ground for 5 or 6

  seconds before it bursts so as a rule

  one has plenty of time to get round the

  nearest traverse. At night its rather a 

  strain on the nerves as one cant see

  them but can hear them coming quite

  plainly, the only thing to do is to stand

  absolutely still and listen for it to fall,

  then after you have heard the thud of

  its fall - if its anywhere near - down

  you get as low as possible waiting for it 

  to burst. One afternoon one fell right into

  our trench but everyone saw it and nobody

  was hurt, it blew a hole about 18 in

  deep through the foot board! The second

  night we were in they sent about

  80 rifle grenades at us before we spotted

  where they were coming from and then

  my rifle grenade men got started

  and the third we sent off did the

• January 23, 2018 14:31:41 Georgia Anderton

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  but there was a tremendous lot of

  sniping and any amount of ridle grenades

  flying about so one had to be most awfully

  careful. The best part of a rifle grenade

  is the fact that you can see it coming

  and it often lies on the ground for 5 or 6

  seconds before it bursts so as a rule

  one has plenty of time to get round the

  nearest traverse. At night its rather a 

  strain on the nerves as one cant see

  them but can hear them coming quite

  plainly, the only thing to do is to stand

  absolutely still and listen for it to fall,

  then after you have heard the thud of

  its fall - if its anywhere near - down

  you get as low as possible waiting for it 

  to burst. One afternoon one fell right into

  our trench but everyone saw it and nobody

  was hurt, it blew a hole about 18in

  deep through the foot board! The second

  night we were in they sent about

  80 rifle grenades at us before we spotted

  where they were coming from and then

  my rifle grenade men got started

  and the third we sent off did the

  
  

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