Item 01: Edwin Walter Phelps war narrative, 20 April 1916-11 June 1919 - Page 16

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heavy we soon lost a lot of men. We managed to capture the both lines of German trenches and hold them About midday the Germans counter attacked and after keeping them back for an hour we run out of bombs. And could not get any more. Then the Germans forced us back and I was wounded in the left leg and with about 900 other Aussies