... to the personal question said : — I ,. wa 3 charged with wanton wasto of the men entrusted to my command n , t the Battle o £ the Somme . I rapudiafe that charge with igdignatiofl . The measures taken which led to this loss wero either , in opposition ...

... ) , and shortly afterwards he received a commission as 2 nd Lieiit . in the Boyal Engineers . He was wounded at the battle of the Somme in 1915 and sent home , but on recovering he returned t o France and is hot ? with his company in ^ Belgium , having ...