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 \u003Cbr>http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/libraries or  \u003Cbr>Dial 03333704700 for Callpoint-our 24/7 automated telephone renewal  \u003Cbr>line.You will need your library card number and your PIN.If you do not  \u003Cbr>know your PIN,contact your local library.   |  |  |\n\n题  \nTo Lynne,for ever  \nWhile this book is based on real characters and actual historical events,some situations and people are fictional,created by the author.  \nScholastic Children's Books,Euston House,24 Eversholt Street,London NW11DB,UK  \nA division of Scholastic Ltd  \nLondon～New York～Toronto～Sydney～AucklandMexico City～New Delhi～Hong Kong  \nFirst published in the UK by Scholastic Ltd,2018  \nISBN 9781407186689  \nText ◎Jim Eldridge,2018Cover artwork ◎Two Dots  \nPrinted and bound byCPI Group(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CRO 4YY  \n24681097531  \nThis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way of trade or otherwise be lent,resold,hired out,or otherwisecirculated without the publisher's prior consent in any form orbinding other than that in which it is published and withouta similar condition,including this condition,being imposedupon the subsequent purchaser.  \n\n| Waltham Forest  \u003Cbr>Libraries   |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| 90400000624282   |  |\n| Askews &Holts   | 03-Aug-2018   |\n| STO   | f4.99   |\n| 5792131   | C   |\n\n# J IM ELDRIDGE\n\n# CHAPTER\n\nPeeeeep!  \nDawn,4th November 1918,and the shrill blast ofthe lieutenant's whistle sent us out of the deep,muddytrench where we'd spent the night,up the woodenladders and over the top.Ahead of us,on the other sideof the Sambre-Oise canal,was the German defensiveline-but we had to cross open fields to get to it.  \nTacka-tacka-tacka-tacka!The German machineguns opened fire as soon as they saw us,as did theirrifles,and bullets tore into us.Some of the men either  \nside of me stumbled and fell,but we kept going.Weducked low and weaved from side to side,opening fireourselves.Our unit's commanding officer,LieutenantOwen,was right at the front,leading the charge andurging us on.Bullets thudded into the earth at myfeet,sailing past me so close that one tore at the sleeveof my uniform.  \nBang!Bang!I fired back and kept going.Nearerand nearer we got to the canal.We were making fora place where there was a lock,but the Germans hadput a machine gun inside the lockhouse and the rapidfire was tearing into our advance,with more soldiersfalling the closer we got.  \nWe'd been told that the Germans were in retreatand that they'd only left a handful of soldiers to holdthe canal,to allow most of their forces to move furtherback for a last stand.But we'd been told that beforeand it had been wrong.  \nWe ran on,firing,getting ever closer.  \nI saw a flash as a hand grenade was thrown fromour side towards the lockhouse.Flames and thickblack smoke belched out of the lockhouse window.Another grenade followed.German soldiers stumbled  \nout ofthe lockhouse and ran to dive behind cover.Butthey were soon firing at us again.  \nSome of our Royal Engineers had reached thelock and were laying ladders across the open lockgate to make a bridge to the other side.More ladderswere dropped into place,while our troops gave theEngineers covering fire.  \nWe dropped down to the ground,lying as flatas we could and using whatever we could find forcover-a low mound of earth,a small bush -whilewe fired at the Germans on the other side of the canal.We had them trapped in their defensive positionswhile our forces crawled across the ladders to theGerman side.Some didn’t make it,tumbling downinto the waters of the canal as rifle fire struck them,but more and more managed to cross and attack theGerman positions from ","cbCailN0ENb8ilT4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailN0ENb8ilT4","pdf",3300136,148,"English","# CHAPTER\n## Crossing the trench\n## Assault toward the defensive line\n## Lockhouse grenades and smoke\n## Engineers’ ladders and the bridge\n## German surrender and battle ends","[{\"question\":\"What date and setting does the chapter begin with?\",\"answer\":\"It begins at dawn on 4th November 1918, when the lieutenant’s whistle sends the men out of a deep, muddy trench.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the attackers cross the canal?\",\"answer\":\"Royal Engineers reach the lock and lay ladders across the open lockgate to make a bridge, while troops provide covering fire.\"},{\"question\":\"What changes the situation near the lockhouse?\",\"answer\":\"Hand grenades are thrown into the lockhouse, producing flames and thick black smoke and prompting German soldiers to stumble out and fire again from cover.\"}]","Jim Eldridge - CHAPTER - read online free | PDF",1791863891,228]