William Keith Gillies diary, 22 March 1916-30 September 1917 - Page 52

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November 1916
4th Heavy rain has been falling all day & we had some light hail this afternoon. We have been carting trench ladders out to Longueville "dump" all day & to-night we had to take them down to a dump about a hundred yds. in rear of the support reserve trenches in sledges drawn by two horses.
5th The rain has cleared & at about 9 a.m. the artillery started a heavy barrage on the German trenches. About 10 a.m. there was a general advance. We do not know the full details yet but it is rumoured that we have taken four lines of trenches. The caus casualties have been fairly

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