Item 06: Sydney B. Young war diary, 2 February-1 September 1918 - Page 55

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[Page 55]

I thought Brigade was a sweet cop also my job as bomber.           We anchored just outside Villers Brett. 2 kilos fro the line, in a sunken road. We are surrounded by hundreds of camouflaged batteries. We were welcomed by a barrage of H.E. & Gas shells which lasted an hour. Then they turned off the gas but kept up the H.E. so although we were kept hopping a bit, we finished snuffling in our gas masks.

21st I am beginning to think we are in a death

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