BBCNEWS We Were There June 4, 2024 08:34:00
I think they thought that they were — they really had had it and they were surrendering quite a lot. they stopped counter—attacking and i think that was the time they realised that they were on the defeated side. at the time, if you didn't kill the other chap, he killed you. that was it. capture the objective. fight. kill people. awful, isn't it? i mean, i've killed — i've killed my fellow man. i'm not proud of that. when i eventually got into a — into a hospital, i said to the nurse, "can i send a telegram to my mother and father?"