Note 31 — Chapter IV · THE SALIENT AND “PLUG STREET” October 1915 to May 1916
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Even under the most damping circumstances the men maintained a sense of humour. A platoon commander of the 12th Royal Scots on asking a man, standing in a water-logged trench, how he liked his surroundings, received the unexpected reply—“Weel, sir, this is no like Sauchiehall Street.”