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72my heart in my mouth I picked up my rifle and prepared to resist. However nothing came of it, we heard a few bombs thrown and exploded in "NO MAN'S LAND" so off we set and equipped with rifle and ammunition set to work.
After this we were put on Gas Guard for the rest of my term in the front line.
So anxious was I to do my duty and not let Fritz come across [indecipherable] that I got quite a strain in the eyes from looking through the periscope.
It was whilst on this duty that I had my first experience of a whizz-bang which skimmed the top of the parapet, causing me a great fright so that I made a wild rush and
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