Item 11: Oliver L. S. Holt diary, 13 August-28 October 1918 - Page 104

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I was on Gas guard last night till 11 oclock, & so slept in this morning till dinner time. This was the first night's sleep I had had since Monday. Now I am feeling fresh again & ready for the stunt we understand is to take place the day after tomorrow. If it is true it can only be an attempt to smash the Hindenburg line up.

During the last month rumour has said that of each stunt that it was the last before the long rest, but it has been falsified so many times that I am beginning to believe that we shall have to get well beyond the Hindenburg line before we go out resting. Rumour says even now that

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