“General Thompson intended it to sweep trenches clear of enemy soldiers, but the Germans, rather inconsiderately, threw in the towel before development work was complete.”
Reminds me of what Mad Jack Churchill, the last man known to have killed an enemy soldier with a longbow, said about WWII:
“If it wasn’t for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going another 10 years!”
Crazy-ass Scots. Love that story.