Item 01: Charles Monaghan diary, 1916 - Page 229

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[Page 229]

4 August 1916
Friday

Order cancelled about going away. Go for route march instead in aft. hot windy & dusty. Do usual stroll about village. 4th Brigade leave village for the trenches. still heavy fighting going on. T'is the 2nd anniversary of the war. Our boys took two more trenches last night & consolidated their gains. Fritz strafes pretty hard tho'

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