Status Updates From Tarzan the Untamed

"One of the soldiers picked up the bullet that had killed his officer, and then it was that real excitement prevailed in that particular bay, for the bullet was obviously of German make."

Yea, no. What are they ballistic experts? Do they have a Ballistic Lab in the trenches?

"For a moment he had hoped against hope that the blackened corpse was not that of his mate, but when his eyes discovered and recognized the rings upon her fingers the last faint ray of hope forsook him."

Classic Burroughs. In about 2 or three chapters this wont be the case.