Item 03: Sydney B. Young war diary, 15 October 1916-14 April 1917 - Page 63

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[Page 63]

in the rear of the front firing bays. We walk about as we like, anywhere we like for over
here SB's are respected far more than camp.
In the night we hear the whistle of the big shells as they pass over our heads and the
whip like crack of our own and German snipers, and the rattle of machine guns like a
motor bike.

          
The first night in we had 2 gas alarms when we had to wear our helmets but no gas
came. They cannot very well send gas as their trench

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