Item 04: James I. Marshall diary, 24 November-12 December 1916 - Page 39

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a Hun H.Q. but was completely bluffed – and once all but blown to pieces – by Fritz shells. However at the fourth attempt I was successful and after an hour's exploration returned with four revolvers, a watch, a bag of official maps and secret code books, drawing & mapping materials in galore, and a bundle of new under-clothing out of a general's pack. I was so pleased to get back, in spite of a barrage which I struck – or struck me – half way that the chaps downstairs encountered no opposition when they grabbed the souvenirs. It was only because the Herr

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