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lately. No sooner had he finished zonking than he sent over a large number of high velocity shells on the round the wood below us (evidently aimed at the railway), shelled the main road (apparently), & put over high bursting shrapnel over on our ridge. As I learned this morning he put pellets through the Q.M. tent & an Operation Tent.
The next excitement was a very fierce storm, which was a natural result of the oppressive evening. Thunder claps created far more noise than the crashes of near bursting shells, & the wind & the rain tore at everything with terrible fury. Tents collapsed or had to be held up in one camp, & a wall (ruined) collapsed on the Sergeant's cook house, I was immune from discomfort in the cellar, but the noise prevented any sleep.
A Section has just had orders to move up so I am left alone in the cellar.
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