George Rowland Patrick Roupell and Edward Dwyer ["Tales of the V.C."], item 1
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So he went back to the front line. He had not long
returned when the German Guns began to speak again. The
garrison of the hill was now desperately thin. Lt. Roupell
at once went down to Headquarters, through the storm of shell-
fire which swept the slopes, and returned once more at the
head of the reinforcements which were so urgently needed.
Badly wounded as he was, he remained with his company on
Hill 60; until, on the morning of the 21st, the battalion
was relieved.
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So he went back to the front line. He had not long
returned when the German Guns began to speak again. The
garrison of the hill was now desperately thin. Lt. Roupell
at once went down to Headquarters, through the storm of shell-
fire which swept the slopes, and returned once more at the
head of the reinforcements which were so urgently needed.
Badly wounded as he was, he remained with his company on
Hill 60; until, on the morning of the 21st, the battalion
was relieved.
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