William Keith Gillies diary, 22 March 1916-30 September 1917 - Page 44

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[Page 44]

October 1916
away, but only four of them exploded, & he sent over a few more early this morning, looking for our heavy batteries. I found Pritchard this morning. (He is in No 1 Section & Sam in No 4.) This morning after breakfast he & I went out together to Delville Wood, which is about 2 miles behind the front line. We passed through the once village of Longueval, which is now nothing but a heap of broken bricks & not even the trace of a wall left standing.
Some of our batteries are stationed near it. We found some fine curios in the "Wood."

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