Well on July 1st we were going over the top. My feelings on that morning was, after all the months of waiting, looking forward to the very day, it was happening. While I listen to him I was thinking well this is what we waited for and this is what we wanted. We were going over the top and we thought of that time, after all the training, and the…it was a cushy sector beforehand; We thought well, we should be alright here. Zero hour comes alright. Hear the whistles going down the line, over the top. Everybody’s watch is synchronized. I take my Lewis gun team over. We get on fairly well until I realise……, how we were lagging behind. Going over the top is not going over a carpet floor or going over a road. It’s going over a place, which has been pockmarked with nearly 12 month of shell fire.