King diary, 1 April-31 August 1917 / James Clive Selwyn King - Page 19

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24th
Left Bapaume for Pozieres, marched over the celebrated road & found it very hard after the soft ground encountered in the line.

25th
Marched to Albert for a bath. Went to football match No. 8 V No. 18, met Tod Nicholson, Raon & C. Bowler. Came back to Pozieres in time for feed up & concert, it being Anzac day.

26th
Saw Dentist – old Les Schooles now a captain, had tooth filled. Big guns - naval – went up, football in afternoon.

Everything

27th
Fatigues all day, went to Theipval in afternoon. Saw hundreds of dead bodies lying about. 18 lb. shrapnel capes lay every few inches. Not an inch of ground that has not been torn up