We were at Levantie in 1915, just before the Battle of Loos, and the
rumour was about that the Germans were running short of ammunition. It
was very quiet in our sector, as we were opposite the Saxons, and we
strolled about at ease.
A party of us was told off to get water just behind the trenches in
an old farmhouse which had a pump. We filled all the water bottles
and rum jars and then had a look round the ruins to see what we could
scrounge, when suddenly Fritz sent a shell over. It hit the wall and
sent bricks flying all over the place. One of the bricks hit my mate on
the head and knocked him out. When we had revived him he looked up and
said, "Strewth, it's right they ain't got no 'ammo.'; they're slinging
bricks. It shows yer we've got 'em all beat to a frazzle, don't
it?"--_J. Delderfield, 54 Hampden Street, Paddington._