The war poet Siegfried Sassoon, of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, recorded in his memoirs that he had made a single handed attack on the enemy trenches in Mametz on 4 July 1916.
ðə wˈɔːɹ pˈoʊɪt sˈiːɡfɹid sæsˈuːn, ʌvðə ɹˈɔɪəl wˈɛltʃ fjˈuːsɪlˌɪɹz, ɹᵻkˈoːɹdᵻd ɪn hɪz mˈɛmwɑːɹz ðæt hiː hæd mˌeɪd ɐ sˈɪŋɡəl hˈændᵻd ɐtˈæk ɔnðɪ ˈɛnəmi tɹˈɛntʃᵻz ɪn mˈæmɛts ˌɔn fˈoːɹ dʒuːlˈaɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪkstiːn.