Chapter Forty-Six
As the MPs moved through the front trenches, someone called out that the Germans were beginning to pull back, and Allied soldiers from their own lines were charging into no man’s land after them. Those new to the front gave a cheer, while the more experienced soldiers knew this could just be a lull before a renewed attack. They began looking about to repair defences, reload weapons, remove the injured, and take a drink.
Ash at first thought the men haring after the enemy might be some over-enthusiastic soldiers with their bloodlust up, but this all changed when McGavin found one of the Canadian captains leading the men who’d just arrived.
‘Warm work today, sir. Could you tell me where Major O’Connell is?’
‘Our Major O’Connell?’ the man asked, confused. ‘Funny you shou
