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Thursday, 7 June 1917
Fine & hot. We started about 3.10 AM by blowing up a few mines in Fritz's land & then we opened fire & kept at it all day, firing about 1500 odd rounds a gun. It was hell allright. I hear our infantry got over all right, but as usual started singing Australia will be there & ran mad & into our barrage. They got their objective anyway I hear & are hanging to it. Fritz did not send many back today, except a few gas shells in evening. He poured the gas shells in last night like rain & it was rotten working with your helmet on. It was an interesting day but a very hard one. Alf Kay got hit in the eye by a piece of gas shell during the night which exploded in our dug out.
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