Feature Letter of April 2nd, 2026
Matthews, Cuthbert King
We had an awful scrap on Easter Sunday & Monday right on the main road from Amiens to St Quentin attacked & captured a wood which we went through & took up a position on the far side. The Boche has three field guns about 300 yards away & when my machine gun fellow was knocked out I took his gun & opened up on them. They must have discovered me for they started firing point blank at the wood which cut us up badly. There is hardly any of the Brigade left in my own troop. The officer both sergeants & one corporal went during the first day. I was in charge of the troop with a Lance Corporal to help me, we both came away together. It will take a long time to reorganise us.
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