22 Battery would lose two more members, BDR Seeley and GNR Giddings. The threat they faced on the line never diminished, despite having suppressed counter battery fire before in the past. Heavy fighting would ensue in the closing months of 1917, constant shelling that was desperate to withdraw or destroy the enemy, brutal rifle fire and the constant threat of gas incoming from enemy lines. The gas is notorious even today as it blinds and chokes its victims. Forcing your enemy to don gas masks is an advantage unto itself, those who are not already blinded by the gas have now just impaired their vision with poorly made, restrictive masks.
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