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May 1915
13 Thursday
At 8 am visited Popes Post to relieve him – completed at 1.30 pm. Continuous firing over trenches night and day till 17-18th. Divided post into 3. Precipitous clayey shale with much to do to dig into proper cover. Up all night.
14 Fri
Firing all day. HQ 2nd LH had suffered a great deal from bomb throwing. At night arranged bayonet attack on Turkish trenches on Quinns extension. 70 left and 46 were casualties. Major Graham K and most officers wounded. Failure to some extent. I had Regt up all night and moved them from L to R as reports came on telephone.
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