We were sick of killing. [WWI]

>Corporal Charles Arnold reported that when the Germans attacked in mass at Mons: >>We then had revenge for poor C Company. I think the Germans will always remember my company, A Company, 1st East Surreys. They came at us in hundreds and we poured rapid fire into them until our rifles became too hot to hold and we were sick of killing. Just before we retired, I had a last look round. I saw the German dead piled up in heaps, the sight sickened me. ___________________________ **Source:** Holmes, Richard. "Heart and Soul." *Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914-1918*. London: HarperCollins, 2004. 541. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Charles Arnold *From Mons to Massines and Beyond* (London 1985) p. 24. ___________________________ **Further Reading:** [Battle of Mons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mons) [East Surrey Regiment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Surrey_Regiment)