£1.45 No.4348 10CDO4348_S002.qxd:Layout 1 10/11/10 11:21 Page 2 10CDO4348_S002.qxd:Layout 1 10/11/10 11:21 Page 3 WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN. WONDER IF WE’LL GET BACK IN ONE PIECE, CHUM. REMAINED LOCKED IN STALEMATE. THE GERMAN DEFENCES HAD PROVEN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CRACK BUT THE ALLIED HIGH COMMAND CONTINUED TO MOUNT OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS. ON AN OVERCAST AFTERNOON IN THE SPRING OF 1917 THE TROOPS OF A BRITISH BATTALION WERE IN A SOMBRE MOOD AS THEY PREPARED FOR YET ANOTHER ATTACK.