 Soon after , another German machine gun opened up , killing Private Styles and wounding Corporal Upchurch . With Private Beard , Statton began to crawl back to his own lines , while the inspired 37th Battalion continued its advance and cheered the pair as they went past . Later that evening , Statton , while under heavy machine gun fire , went out and retrieved the badly @-@ wounded Upchurch and the body of Styles . By 20 : 00 , both battalions had reached and consolidated their positions , and were relieved by the British 17th Division the following day . 
