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[1st Oct. contd]
Fritz balloons were up & still the work behind the lines continued. Awoke again at 5 pm & back to Lone Wood in time to get a harvest of cases. At 7.10 pm an SOS went up & our barrage was turned on again. Another counter attack. Sam told the story of finding as dugout with 2 Fritzs & 2 Tommies bodies in & the top blown in. At 8.30 we gave him another exhibition barrage & such a sight. Mac & I sat there & watched the flashes & it was indescribable. Before it finished a case came in & we had the roughest trip I ever experienced.
When half way a 5.9 bomb on our track in front & cracked us with the earth – hurting Jack Driver slightly. A couple of seconds later one burst on our right & almost blew us over. Pushing on two more burst uncomfortably close & how we escaped I do not know. When we returned to dugout I opened a parcel which had just arrived from MB & for a few minutes had some feast. Ginger, nuts, lollies, cheese, paste, chocolates butterscotch etc. all went with a swing & how the boys enjoyed them. Then another case and when I returned I sat outside the dugout as we had