A lot of German wounded were moved into a wood for protection and
shelter against the rain. Their own artillery opened fire, and soon
all the trees were ablaze. The cries of the wounded were agonizing. A
party of our men asked permission from their officers to go and carry
the Germans out. They did it under heavy fire all the time. The wounded
men were very grateful, and said that had it not been for our lads
they would have been burned alive: _A Private of the Highland Light
Infantry_.