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Mr. Skeates describes the unquestionable authority of on-duty sentries.

Mr. Skeates describes taking out machine gun nests and a German trench, and clearing basements on their way to the train station at Valenciennes.

Mr. Skeates describes being wounded during a shelling attack at Dury Mill.

Mr. Skeates describes his company’s advance by train to Amiens, and a very close encounter with the German Air Force.

Mr. Skeates describes the harshness of the front after joining the 46th Battalion, and describes the losses at Ypres.

Mr. Skeates describes eliminating a sniper positioned in a house, and ambushing a German machine gun crew attempting to get repositioned.