Thomas and his company were pretty upset about being delegated to fire support, there really wasn't much to fire at except the castle and who knows how that would turn out. Perhaps all this downtime wasn't so bad either, the men did need a good rest and this gave the wounded the chance to rest and recover. Although that would be pretty difficult considering the circumstances they were currently in, the weather wasn't really ideal for rest and recovery.
Thomas spent this time quickly moving among the fallen, scavenging arms and ammunition. Some of the weapons needed a really thorough cleaning, their insides collecting mud and rain quickly. He set a few of the soldiers sitting inside the bunker to cleaning the weapons, they might need them sooner or later. He found several hundred rounds of
