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11 August 1915 Wednesday
our right w/- machine guns & Bombs. They fail to take the trench but kill 8 & wound a good manyWe are sent up to relieve the men in the firing line for the night
WednesdayWe are relieved about 7 am & get a fair issue of rations but very little water & told to make our own arrangements about getting it. Manage to obtain a good supplyGo into Trench again at 9 pm for a 24 hr spell
1915 August 12Thursday
After working nearly all night improving the Earthworks, (no attack being made) we find in the morning that very little or no water can be gotThe heat is intolerable but later we get about a pint of water a man.up to now we have been in the firing line every night since Friday 6th.
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