Since we arrived here at Mora I have lived in stirring times. A week ago night attack was arranged in which "G" Ca., and "D"" Ca. were to take part and we, ''H"" Ao., were in reserve. I was given the special duty of looking after the supply of food, water and sandbags to these attacking Companies. They went off O.K. at dusk and got into position in the dark and were going to start off at midnight. I went down with 200 black nigger-carriers with the sandbags and food and water and. waited for the orders to come to send them up.
Nothing happened up to dawn and I was still there along a long hedge in full view of the German fort. By the way, the whole of their position is on top of a huge ridge mountain with no paths up at all and full of rocks and boulders and thorn bushes, and is very, very strong. To continue: I had asked the 0. C. "G" Ca., what I was to do when dawn broke and he said wait by and in that hedge. Day came and no news and at about 9 a.m. the Germans started on us; the hedge was hardly shelter, let alone cover, and at about 9.30 carrier, a huge black nigger was killed, shot in the heart and Jungs six feet away from me, and then another was wounded.
I only obeyed orders and hung on, only sending up to the doctor for & stretcher to remove the dea? and wounded men (two). You see, if my other carriers had seen this beggar they would have run to the bush without a moment's hesitation and I would not have been able to send up the stuff to the attacking Companies. I there-{cre sat by this chap between him and the others and hid him a bit further away until the stretcher came along.
Getting "Fed Up."
At noon I got fed up; no news came from the 0. C. "G" Ca. in front. I realized that our attack must have failed, so I walked across among the corn stalks (and luckily they didn't get me) and saw the doctor, talked it over with him, then withdrew them on my own responsibility from the hedge and reported my action to headquarters and was afterwards commended for so doing, the G.8.0. actually seeing the obviousness of my action. This attack failed, so they tried again the next night and the attacking Ca. lost their way again and one section actually attacked our own position on another hill.
After this they got fed up with and "D" Ca. who are both southern Companies, and recruited
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