British officer awarded Order of Saint Maurice for contributions to infantry By Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs July 9, 2008 ...

"About the 20th of March, the Light Infantry, and Grenadiers took position on the main, along the Ashley River, stretching from Wapoo cut, to Drayton's house, 12 miles above Charlestown." ...

In his poem "Anthem for Doomed Youth," World War I poet and British infantry officer Wilfred Owen ponders the slaughter on the Western Front: What passing bells for these who die like cattle?