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The first thing is dig, the next dig, the last dig – one is never done digging – Teach your men to throw a 2lb cricket ball accurately 35 to 40 yards – fuse 5 seconds – all suits of Thunder & galleries – every one his own pattern with a [indecipherable] to first principles – Nine is generally considered rather a show section – If possible get the high [indecipherable] if there is dead found with it – Sap & tunnel out to it – If enemy is close up to you as we were at Wickers & hope for 16 weeks – Tunnels & galleries must always go in, to prevent him blowing you into – These are pushed forward and down; once he is onto you, he wins – You get under him and up he goes. And this send-up game is always on. In the digging of Trenches, the Fire Trench is deep & narrow 7ft x 30 traversed about every 12ft – Banquette 4'9" from top of parapet check slopes down gently – In the faces of wall of parapet recesses made to carry an Ammunition box – In the Parados – other recesses to carry flares & bombs – Then com-