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but the place proved too warm & they were repulsed with 8 killed & 20 wounded.

Wednesday 5th

Had a quiet night last evening. While in charge of watch in pit Charlie Forterine [?] came & we had a long chat.

I observed that just at the front of our gun in a pretty valley the whole of the sward was covered with red Poppies. The contrast of the green & red was very charming & I wondered if the hues of the crimson had been deeppened by the blood spilt on the ridges in the immediate vicinity. I had a raspberryade today - made up of water put in a jam tin we

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