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who enjoy exact description I will add that 1 was going in the direction of the Germans who were oppo- site B Company, i.e. away from St. Floris. The trench was only waist-deep; almost at once I saw what I presumed to be a machine-gun team. There were four of them, and they were standing about thirty yards away, gazing in the other direction. They were wear- ing flat blue-grey caps and their demeanour sug- gested boredom and idleness. Anyhow I \^as at last more or less in contact with the enemies of England. I had come from Edinburgh via Limerick and Jeru- salem, drawing full pay for seven months, and 1 could now say that I had seen some of the people I was fighting against. And what I saw was four harmless young Germans who were staring up at a distant aeroplane. Standing upright, I watched them with breathless interest until one of them turned and looked me straight in the face. He was a blond youth of Saxon type, and he registered complete astonishment. For several seconds we gaped at one another; then he turned to draw the attention of his companions to their unknown visitor, who immediately betook him- self to the cover of the cornfield, to the best of his ability imitating a streak of light. I returned much quicker than I came, and while the Germans were talking it over at their leisure I resumed my tunic and tin hat and took the bayonet back to its owner who eyed the stick-bomb enquiringly* With a marked change of manner from my recent retreat on all fours, I laconically mentioned that I'd just slipped across and fetched it. I then returned in triumph to Vcl- more, who implored me not to do that sort of thing again without warning him. We thereupon decided that, as the general had 788