four o'clock in the afternoon
Surely , they are not being sent there just to hold the trenches . No ; I believe that to-day General Petain hopes to carry at least the second and third line of trenches on our whole front . '' And , as it transpired , Chester was right . At four o'clock in the afternoon the French had established themselves firmly in the German second line trenches , although at great cost . Dense masses of reinforcements were immediately rushed forward . To Hal and Chester this signified that there was still to be another effort that day . And at five o'clock in the evening the effort was made .