Item 03: Walter V. Wright diary, 7 September 1916-23 March 1917 - Page 46

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down, and another fritz hit the turf the rest evidently reckoned that they had had enough and put the towel in, On the Fifth the 1st went over the top, just before they hopped it it rained like blazes, and when they were going across they got half bogged in mud. Fritz was waiting on them with bombs and machine guns and cut 3 Twos out of them they didn't do any good and got a lot of casualties. I dont know when we go over, by Jove I pity the wounded this

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