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Boyle was tall (6'2") and has been described as "rough-and-tough". One of his first acts on arriving in
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were rushed to the point of the breakthrough and ordered to counter-attack
Kitcheners' Wood. Boyle reportedly told his men "We have been aching for a fight, and now we are going to get it." The 10th Battalion was placed in front and Boyle advanced with his men over 400 yards of open ground. Massed
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in April. The
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