A remarkable story of a soldier caught in a trap amid a rain of bullets,
who dug his way to safety with his bayonet, was told in a hospital at
Petrograd.
“A body of Russian troops was lured into the open through the flying of
a white flag,” the soldier said, “when the bullets began to rain upon
us. There was no cover in sight and I began to dig a hole with my
bayonet. Either it would be my grave or my protection from the rifle
fire.
“One bullet hit me, but I continued to dig. A second bullet hit me and
this went clear through my lungs.
“The hole was half finished when a third bullet struck me in the leg.
Finally I finished the hole and tumbled into it just as a fourth shot
hit my other leg. I became unconscious and remembered nothing more until
I woke up here.”