During the Battle of the Somme, near Ginchy, a R.A.S.C. motor-lorry ran
off the main track in the darkness and got stuck in the mud. The driver
came to our battery near by and asked for help, so six gunners and I
volunteered and set out with shovels.
On arriving at the scene, there was the motor-lorry almost buried to
the top of the wheels. We all stood around surveying the scene in
silence, wondering how best to make a start, when the Cockney member
of the volunteer party burst out with: "Lummy, the quickest way out of
this is to shovel some more blinkin' dirt on top, an' bury it."--_H.
Wright (ex-Sig./Bdr., C/74 Bde., R.F.A.), 45 Colehill Lane, Fulham,
S.W.6._