Episode 2.43 The Battle of Mont St Quentin

Episode 2.43 The Battle of Mont St Quentin

I have no doubt that this is the best from Percy Smythe, absolutely full on account of one of the main defeats of the Germans in 1918. Don't believe me? Here is an extract; "A heavy, probably a 9.2 inch, had evidently landed fair in the trench. The carnage was awful. Dead, wounded, and dying, all lay huddled and twisted together in grotesque little heaps, a mass of mangled flesh. At first all was silent. But when those who still lived saw that we were there, they began to moan piteously for help. Without any hesitation we set to work to do what we could for them. Kneeling down by the first living man, I saw that he was in a pretty bad state. Besides other wounds, his right arm was hanging to his shoulder by a small strip of skin and flesh. He begged me to cut the useless limb right off, and I tried to do so with a blunt jack-knife, but could not manage it. I cut his tunic away from the damaged arm, and cut the equipment off his body to give him a little ease". Well that's about as bad as it could get!

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Episode 2.44 Fritz is on the run

Episode 2.44 Fritz is on the run

In the last of the battle episodes, Percy is somewhat on the sidelines but we get his interesting insights into what is going on around him and around the world. Meuse-Argonne, Bellicourt, Montbrehain...

28 Maalis 20181h 14min

Episode 2.42 Percy takes some prisoners

Episode 2.42 Percy takes some prisoners

Percy: "I ordered the men to get the Hun gun, but again nobody seemed willing to go forward. I decided to go over first to encourage them, and sprang up on to the earth block. As I did so, a man calle...

13 Helmi 20181h 9min

Episode 2.41 Ludendorffs black day

Episode 2.41 Ludendorffs black day

August 8th, 1918. Here is a some of what Percy saw, "Moving on from Villers Bretonneux, we passed the wrecked aerodrome that we could see from the Villers line at the time of the Hamel stunt, the form...

26 Tammi 201849min

Episode 2.40 Battle of Hamel

Episode 2.40 Battle of Hamel

Wait for Zero Hour in the Battle of Hamel. Percy experienced this one from the sidelines. Learn about camouflage counter battery work, tanks, new kinds of shells, sneezing gas, German prisoners and mu...

15 Tammi 20181h 6min

Episode 2.39 Priceless Percy

Episode 2.39 Priceless Percy

Percy gets his commission on 1 June 1918, although he doesn't say a lot about it. This covers the final weeks up to departure and the trip through to Base Camp. Dorrie's Dad, Mr Jewel remains a gem, h...

25 Joulu 201759min

Episode 2.38 A traitor and mongrel

Episode 2.38 A traitor and mongrel

Percy gets a letter from his old friend, Jack Elliott, and you can guess the response from the Episode title! Here is a bit of what Percy wrote back: "Jack, if you've got any manhood left in you, cut ...

1 Joulu 201743min

Episode 2.37 Viv sees King George

Episode 2.37 Viv sees King George

Frustration and more frustration, bloaters again and more bloaters. Percy does something to Dorrie and is full of remorse, what it was, who knows? The engagement is on and off. Nonchalant brother Viv ...

21 Marras 201750min

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