Holding the Line
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It was while we were stopping at the city of E on one of our rest billets that I first began my training as a company runner. These runners were formed after Neuve Chapelle. In that engagement disastrous results followed the cut- ting of all telephone communication, and it was [127] 128 HOLDING THE LINE suggested that men be trained to run with mes- sages when other means could not be used. Being small, though not slight, and active, I was chosen for this duty and my training began. In such con...dition were we that in two weeks' time I could carry forty pounds comfortably at a jog trot for a distance of five miles.
Of the utmost importance was the carrying and delivering of messages correctly. An amusing in- stance of the difficulty of doing this occurred while being trained. We were running at relays and we would do our work exactly as it would be done in the heat of battle, and the first man was given the message, "To O. C. Seventh Battalion: Am held up by barbed wire entanglements; send reinforcements to my right.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It was while we were stopping at the city of E on one of our rest billets that I first began my training as a company runner. These runners were formed after Neuve Chapelle. In that engagement disastrous results followed the cut- ting of all telephone communication, and it was [127] 128 HOLDING THE LINE suggested that men be trained to run with mes- sages when other means could not be used. Being small, though not slight, and active, I was chosen for this duty and my training began. In such con...dition were we that in two weeks' time I could carry forty pounds comfortably at a jog trot for a distance of five miles.
Of the utmost importance was the carrying and delivering of messages correctly. An amusing in- stance of the difficulty of doing this occurred while being trained. We were running at relays and we would do our work exactly as it would be done in the heat of battle, and the first man was given the message, "To O. C. Seventh Battalion: Am held up by barbed wire entanglements; send reinforcements to my right.
What to read after Holding the Line?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Harold Baldwin to read onlineMoreLess
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