Balme letter and diary, 29 April 1918 / Gerald Archibald Balme - Page 13

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18.12.17
Well, we got out safe at Last. The Bat. came out the next night, and had bad Luck. A dozen or so killed and as many wounded, poor old C Coy getting most of it.
We are billeted in a big factory and are just getting settled down; but its great to be out, & we'll all have a bath tomorrow.

[Transcriber's notes:
Wytschaete – sometimes spelt Wijtschate
O.P. – Observation Post – Page 2
'Minnie Positions' – Colloquial term for the German minenwerfer (trench mortar) - Page 8
Goths – German bombing aeroplanes – Page 11]

[Transcribed by Judy Gimbert for the State Library of New South Wales]