Geoffrey Bell Hughes diary, 1 January 1916-31 December 1916 - Page 178
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[Page 178]
Wheeler wakes me up at 3 am to tell me there would be [none of left] Talk about [curse]
10 November 1916 Fri
Very busy as usual put through something like 700 case within the last 24 hours. German aeroplanes overhead 8 p.m. dropping bombs. Wheeler under stretcher. Exceptionally heavy bombardment from midnight till daybreak. Heavier than Poziers. Never before have I heard such hell
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Doc came over to see me
11 November 1916 Sat
Wrote to Mrs. Ellen Brown & Peter McLeod. On finishing work the butcher & Norm Burgess were waiting for me where we went to Butchers dugout & partook of a stiff rum. QM turned us down on asking for a nip. Whilst having a yarn Fritz sent a few shells over about 200 yds away. Very cloudy night consequently no aeroplanes.