At the Battle of La Lys the 2nd Division of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps was completely ruined, sacrificing many lives in it, among the dead, wounded, disappeared and captured as prisoners of war. Departure of Portuguese troops to France. In the midst of chaos, several men were distinguished, mostly anonymous. However, one name remained for history, distorted, but everlasting: Soldier Millions. From his real name, Aníbal Augusto Milhais, he saw himself alone in his trench, armed only with his weapon, a machine gun Lewis, known among the Lusos as Luisa. With all his might, he faced the German columns that crossed his path alone, which in the end allowed several Portuguese and British soldiers to retreat to the defensive positions of the rear. Wandering through the trenches and fields, now no one is now occupied by the Germans, Soldier Millions continued to make sporadic fire, for which he used bullet caskets that he found on the way.
