Item 01: Alan Keats Gordon letters to Nellie Clark, 18 August 1914-30 August 1916 - Page 265
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2. an open space. A few bullets went over, but seemed to be fairly high. Just as I was putting a bag down with a shovel, Zip a bullet hit right between my feet, & splashed dirt all over me. One piece hit me on the back of the head, & for the moment, I thought I had stopped the real thing. One bound, & I was on the far side of the parapet, & crouched as low as I could get. After my shakeness had passed off I crawled back & carried on the good work. We had been going again for about ten minutes, when he fired a little higher & hit [indecipherable] working on the other side. He was very badly hit. The [indecipherable]. He was particularly [indecipherable] , as it was the third occasion on which he was wounded. When we are relieved from here, I will probably be going to a grenade school, which should be very interesting, after which we will again have the honour of entertaining Fritz, perhaps to make it a little more livelier for him.