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pretty hot work. I had to go up the road with a message; on the way back apparently I took to the wrong side – Captain Margolin called out to me, "Keep to the right; Don't you know which is the right side? Run for it, you --- fool!" Then all the men called out to me to run for it – " The snipers will get you" – however, I don't think I cared much whether they did or not – if I am to get hit nothing can stop it; I am tired of never being able to move about with freedom, I'd much rather take my chance – running does not appeal to me; too much like hard work.
I have just seen a very plucky incident. Some ammunition mules came down this exposed bend; the snipers immediately got on to them, one poor brute was severely wounded; the sight of the blood gushing from the tortured brute quite unnerved me – the rest of the train commenced to , break away – despite the great danger, two men rushed forward and caught hold of the startled animals, thus preventing a stampede which , in the confined space of a narrow road – if such it could be called – might have caused an impasse, and this, under the existing conditions, would have been highly dangerous.
The shrapnel is now ever in the sky, it is as much a part of the landscape as the cloudsl At 6 p.m. we march off. Half way to the Hill which we are to take we had a rest for