Over The Top
No use staying here now that the Jerries have found us, you think to yourself.
The safety of your own trench is just fifteen seconds away. Taking to your feet, you decide to make a run for it.
– “Terry! No!” shouts Sergeant Wilkes.
But his words fall upon deaf ears as you emerge from the crater and race the last few feet towards your own lines and a surprisingly nasty reception.
Having failed to give the password to the nervous soldier on sentry duty, you are mistaken for a German leading a night attack and are instantly shot.
It is only when you have lifelessly slumped to the ground that the sentry realizes, too late, the full extent of his horrifying mistake.