four o'clock in the afternoon
And the Captain here was sent along of the infantry party to jine up a lineback to the 'till ery brigade headquarters . Well , he took me and another chap , name o ' Macdonald -- Bombardier he was -- along with him as signallers . `` This was a daylight raid , d'ye see , gentlemen ? Our chaps went over at four o'clock in the afternoon . They was to enter a sort o ' bulge in the German front line wot they called Hohenlinden Trench , bomb the Gers . out o ' that , push on to the support line and clear out that and then come back . The rocket to fetch 'em home was to go up forty minutes after they started .