It is difficult to know always the exact whereabouts of the enemy's advanced posts, as they were scattered about the countryside without any definite trench line, so that officers of corps and divisional staffs who are going out to examine the lie of the land, with a secret hope of finding an adventure on the way, are taking out revolvers, which have long been idle.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
I elbowed my way past the constables holding long staffs, and, standing on my toes, looked over a sea of heads-a compact mass wedged together as far down as the rail outside the bench.
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith
The constables raised their staffs, formed a guard, and forced a way through the crowd, the silent gallery following with their eyes until the door closed upon them.
"The Other Fellow"
F. Hopkinson Smith