‘A stealth raid is made up on the spot by a group of determined men’
‘A sort of Company Competition’
Formal fighting patrols versus stealth raiding on the Somme, 26 March to 17 May 1918
‘We gave them a bit of stoush’
The origin of stealth raids at Hazebrouck, 22 April to 28 May 1918
‘A golden opportunity’
The evolution of stealth raiding on the Somme, 18 May to 4 July 1918
‘This is an opportunity for a few daring men’
The evolution of stealth raiding near Hazebrouck, 28 May to 28 June 1918
‘More or less an experiment’
Stealth raids inspire orders for ‘peaceful penetration’ on the Somme, 5 to 17 July 1918
‘Today is a great day … one quite unprecedented in the war’
The climax of stealth raiding at Hazebrouck, 29 June to 1 August 1918
‘The Tommy Captain nearly fell on their necks and kissed them’
Stealth raids after the 8 August offensive
‘Something unique in the fighting line’