Propped against the bank, his blond face undisfigured, except by the mud which I wiped from his eyes and mouth with my coat sleeve.
This first-hand account of the face of battle is as beautifully written as it is historically significant..
Anyhow I hadn\'t expected the Battle of the Somme to be quite like this.
Propped against the bank, his blond face undisfigured, except by the mud which I wiped from his eyes and mouth with my coat sleeve