Letters to Mrs R. H. Caldwell, from her son Robert Douglas Caldwell and other soldiers, 1917-1919 - Page 260

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but still it dident matter as our objective was taken without any trouble by the other Companies. We finished up wet to the skin & covered in mud as before we started we had to lie down on the hop off tape [?] for two hours till the barrage opened at about 5 a.m. That day we took up a position in close support to the 3rd Batt. & for three days we had a terrible time. They shelled us continually, buried me twice but then I got out without a scratch although my

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