Augustin Cochin, spent from 9–14 April in the Mort Homme trenches without seeing a single German, “the last two days soaked in icy mud, under terrible bombardment, without any shelter other than the narrowness of the trench … The Boche did not attack, naturally, it would have been too stupid … result: I arrived there with 175 men, I returned with 34, several half mad … not replying any more when I spoke to them.”
