 On a second occasion when the enemy broke through the left of our line Sjt . Whittle 's own splendid example was the means of keeping the men well in hand . His platoon were suffering heavy casualties and the enemy endeavoured to bring up a machine gun to enfilade the position . <unk> the situation he rushed alone across the fire @-@ swept ground and attacked the hostile gun crew with bombs before the gun could be got into action . 
