Note 15 — Chapter VI · THE SOMME
Reading edition
This operation was known as “mopping up” and really meant finishing and completing work that the leading troops had to leave undone, such as the capture of men remaining in the dug-outs and so on.
Reading edition
This operation was known as “mopping up” and really meant finishing and completing work that the leading troops had to leave undone, such as the capture of men remaining in the dug-outs and so on.