| On July 28, 1918, Mortimer fell, mortally wounded by shellfire at the Ourcq River. |
| Nearing the coast we could see the beach ahead, and could hear the noise of shellfire and our rocket ships, which were pounding the beaches. |
| In a bed nearby, a little boy cowered, listening to the thunder of shellfire. |
| His field ambulance had come under shellfire and, despite all attempts to save him, he died. |
| The trenches were constantly being destroyed, either by enemy shellfire, or water damage. |
| As the troops fell back, looters on bicycles braved the continuing shellfire. |
