German Attack on a Battery

During the severe fighting on the Western Front, in which our troops have taken many important military positions, heavy German counterattacks have been launched against our troops, and it has been necessary to reinforce the barrage by bringing forward either units or batteries of our Royal Horse Artillery. Our picture depicts one of these batteries while on its way attacked by German snipers. From the nature of the work, the men cannot fight them, and their whole endeavor is concentrated on saving the guns and getting them to the position they were ordered to occupy.
Pray for these brave men, in danger every hour. Pray for their salvation. A soldier writes to me from Mesopotamia: “I have no fear. I am ready and waiting for the hour to come when He sees fit to call me.”