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Bicycle Courier
Mr. MacLeod describes in humorous detail some of the risks of being a bicycle courier.
I never got a scratch
Mr. MacLeod describes the more specific details of his personal experience at Vimy; the sudden death of his partner while he remained unscathed through the assault.
You couldn't see anything
Mr. MacLeod describes in general his assault at Vimy and in particular how the snow helped them surprise the enemy. Describes an incident where many fleeing Germans are machine gunned.
Captain’s orders
Mr. MacLeod describes a retaliatory ambush on No Man’s Land in which the C.O.’s orders are overruled by Mr. MacLeod, and a German patrol is neutralized by his section’s pre-emptive attack.
The tanks were feasible
Mr. MacLeod describes the relative effectiveness of newer tracked tanks in the Amiens offensive, both as a troop transport and as a weapon against German machine gun emplacements.
Biplanes collide
Mr. MacLeod describes a mid-air collision between two Allied observation aircraft, and seeing one airman tumbling to earth without a parachute.
Gas masks
Mr. MacLeod gives a good comparison between the original respirator and newer gas masks used by Canadian soldiers.
Cavalry charge
Mr. MacLeod describes the impressive sight of a full cavalry charge and the high mortality of the horses because of well-positioned German machine gunners. He questions why the cavalry would have been chosen to attack heavy gun emplacements in Batume-Peronne Wood.
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