28 August-12 September 1917: The Étaples Mutiny—British & Imperial combat troops, both veterans returning from wounds & raw replacements, were subjected to harsh drills & forced marches in the "Bull Ring" by trainers who would never see the front; tensions boiled over when a "Red Cap" shot & killed a soldier, sparking angry mobs until the mutineers were threatened by the Machine Gun Corps.
Lest we forget.
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