Item 02: Charles Monaghan diary, 1917 - Page 97

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[Page 97]

April Monday 9 1917

Duty. The fine weather of yesterday was short lived. Snow fell again & today is raw & cold with strong wind.
McB & I go off on another stroll after tea. Visit High Wood, that place where perhaps the fiercest fighting took place & doesn't it show it Fritzs Highlanders & Tommies' bones lie bleaching in the weather. Skulls lying round stark & staring – a gruesome sight. Visit Delville Wood & home again.
We get orders to move up the line in the morning.
Receive 4 letters advance guard one each from Bob, Miss Barbara Alec A & Alice McA.

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