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again. Within 5 minutes Mademoiselle Japey developed a hot Bearing & had to be shut down again. Then there was some language. Superlative Australese. Everyone racing for Candles at once. Froggy then approached Miss Japey with tears in his eyes (Dinkum) & smoodged to her fed her with some nice oil tittivated her up and she started up like a little love & has been going Kindly ever since. Its no use telling me that that Japey don't understand. She's got me bluffed. When she starts playing up with me I go outside the Dynamo room & Swear where she can't hear me.
Friday 8/2 Both our heads & the German heads are very windy just now. We have simply miles of wire everywhere & are putting up more. Machine Guns are being put in as Gun Escorts. The Artillery are worrying a great deal over the fact that banks of barbed wire are being put in behind them. They reckon they'll never be able to get out before a rapid advance. Fritz is raiding all along the Front seeking prisoners & information. Spring is nearly here & both sides are feeling the suspense.
Thursday 14.2 With reference to tucker. Practically every Pill box our fellows captured at Ypres last time was full of Tucker.
Wonderfully quiet here. We