Item 02: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 28 July 1915-1917 - Page 186

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been badly damaged and hung very askew.

We had a fire built inside and some nice soft material to lay on.

The night before the attack we were instructed to vacate our residence and to lay outside in the early hours of the morning. We did as ordered and just as it was getting light the bombardment commenced and didn't it just come down! First thing we saw were a few flashes and then all round us were the noise of forces[?] in support of the 2nd Division attack. After a while a thick pall like fog settled down on us and we couldn't see very much more

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