. The Varsity war supplement 1917. hen again. Aside from being all in personally, and of course the Com-pany men were not—since they carried no extra load—takingthe first line was a picnic. We actually failed to realize, eventhough we swung around in skirmishing order, that we werealmost in the German lines, until the Boches, singly and ingroups, crawled out of their ruined trenches, and ran towardsus with arms upraised. They were for all the world like aflock of terrified, bewildered sheep. There was no resistanceat all there, and we merely hurried them through our linesto be taken care of by
. The Varsity war supplement 1917. hen again. Aside from being all in personally, and of course the Com-pany men were not—since they carried no extra load—takingthe first line was a picnic. We actually failed to realize, eventhough we swung around in skirmishing order, that we werealmost in the German lines, until the Boches, singly and ingroups, crawled out of their ruined trenches, and ran towardsus with arms upraised. They were for all the world like aflock of terrified, bewildered sheep. There was no resistanceat all there, and we merely hurried them through our linesto be taken care of by those who came behind. One ran upand down in front of us, not understanding what was ex-pected of him, stupid with terror; others in huddled groupsplainly showed their relief when they saw us grinning at they had all disappeared to our rear, like a herd ofstartled deer. It was more than funny, it was were like children—-not fighting soldiers. We took the German front line exactly on schedule at.
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