Item 05: Walter Bruce Rainsford diary, 1 January-31 December 1918 - Page 19

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nothing doing for us in the way of casualties. It is pretty slow up here. We are too far up for civilians & villages and the weather is cool, cloudy & rainy.
I am just about due for my second leave to United Kingdom now increased to 14 days. However I have applied through usual channels to G.H.Q. to take the 14 days in Italy commencing 1st March. I only know about six words of Italian & have no friends down there but it is a good opportunity to see this sunny land.

Thursd. 14th Feb.
The 3rd Division is on our right and the 4th on the left (5th in the centre). A few evenings ago, after a short, sharp artillery bombardment, a big raiding party of the 3rd Div., hopped over

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