I participated in many raids

There was sometimes 6, 8, at the most 10. On each raid we had some objective in mind. We were instructed to try and do this, try and do that. Go and blow out a dugout or go bring back a couple prisoners, or whatever. How we manoeuvred to accomplish this I’ve forgotten, but it was done so slick. We have to remember of course that the Germans weren’t asleep. They had their man on the front line also. So how we did it, I don’t remember, but we got between two of them. Two of us would then head to the trench. Another fellow, either right or left, would tap his tin helmet or cough or make some noise to attract the attention of the guard at a dugout. He would naturally turn to see. When we first started, we carried rifles and later - rifles are very, very, awkward to pack under and over barb-wire, concertina wire, and various wires. A colt revolver was issued and that is what we used from then on. Now, as the German soldier was attracted to the left, for instance, as pre-arranged, when he looked back one of our revolvers was five inches from his head, from his nose. Down would go the rifle and up would go the hands. “I come with you, yes, please? ” So we say, “Up,” and away he would go. How, I don’t remember just how we accomplished all this, but I made more raids than I have fingers and toes. We were on the crawl, of course, and always within reach of the man before you. The man behind you could touch your foot. You could touch the foot or the leg of the man preceding you and so on. Anyone in the line who thought he could hear something or see something would merely tap the man in front of him who would in turn tap the rest of them. The man behind naturally would stop. And on one occasion, there was the copycat Fritz with his patrol dressed in a copycat fashion and they were within 10 feet of us as they crawled by.