King diary, 1 April-31 August 1917 / James Clive Selwyn King - Page 17

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16th
Last night passed comparatively quietly & all day we have been undisturbed & nothing has happened worth recording.

17th
Morning quiet & uneventful, a few shells fell at times. Moved in afternoon to rest camp in a wood near La Bouchigne 4 miles back.

18th
Moved back into line, built new dressing station & made dug outs, at night I got mixed up in barbed wire entanglements, fell into trench & got an iron bar into groin. Went to dressing station No. 2 F. Amb., got injection & was retained there.

19th
Laid up with wound at field Ambulance. Met Allebond & spent quiet day resting.