Item 03: Leonard V. Bartlett diary, 1 January 1918-1 January 1919 - Page 44

[Page 44]

Sunday 7 April 1918
The Hun shows no sign of coming on again. But expect he will as there is nothing between him & Amiens 'cept us!!

Monday 8 April 1918
The Brigade has dug well in and the line is more organised. We have only six guns behind us but they try & do the work of sixty.

Tuesday 9 April 1918
Everyone on the Q.V. as reports say the Hun is going to make a final attack to get Amiens.

Wednesday 10 April 1918
The threatened attack did not come off. The diggers are in good spirits and aching to get a shot at someone!!

Thursday 11 April 1918
All the cows in Villers Bretoneux are taken care of!! To say nothing of chickens & other animals. The village is not knocked about much.

Friday 12 April 1918
We went up to Villers Bret. & salvaged some blankets & a stove to make our miserable lives happy. Plenty of aeroplanes appearing.

Saturday 13 April 1918
Saw over 200 British planes up today & not one Hun in sight! The 'planes were doing good deal of bomb droppg. on his front line trenches. Also mach. gunning his troops.