The First World War (and my part in it ).

I have a real interest in world war one, the battles which occured are so real to me I feel as if I was there in the trenches. When I see the battle of the Somme I am sure I was there, going over the top as they used call it when you used to leave the trenches. We were told that as we left the trenches to walk, there was no need to run as all the enemy (The Germans ) had been killed by the massive bombardment which preceeded us. As we neared the german trenches we were surprised to find we were under very heavy machine gun fire and my mates were being cut down as quick as anything. This battle was the biggest loss suffered by Britain in one day. I had managed to survive and was helping my comrades as much as I could, and managed to get back to my line,where there were many dead and dying soldiers.I can still feel the chill of that day as if I was there. (I think I was there, DO YOU???).