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our position in line whilst we moved to the left towards A Coy. Some of our Coy have gone out near the Farm.
Fri. Aug. 18th .
A Coy made a small "stunt" tonight & made new position.
Sat. Aug. 19th.
Relieved tonight by the 12th Bn. Some tangle getting out owing to the Blue in the 12th Bn's. Colours looking like Green, at night & causing our men to follow the wrong [indecipherable]. Got lost along the line but eventually we found another way out & reached Albert & billeted in the deserted houses.
We suffered from the artillery fire while in line & we had some more losses.
Sergeants Ryder & Taylor killed & Lt. Hart & Sergeants Hill & Gove wounded.
About half of what our Company went in with are left.
Our big guns from right behind us were hitting our own front line & helping towards the muck-up in general.
Had about 5 minutes sleep in four days & nights as everyone had to be on the alert. Moo-Cow Farm is a good place to keep away from.
Trenches & ground are rotten with old dead & the stench was awful especially after any shell had shook up the