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would sort of grip themselves, in readiness for the shock of the concussion, I have always found it a good plan to open your mouth & stand on your toes when you are expecting a high explosive to land near you, funny as it may seem, it takes a lot of the pressure off you, I had one very severe shock at "The pimple" my stomach seemed to fly out of my mouth & eyes were pushed right back in my head & my head seemed as if it were split open, I had a job to keep myself from fainting, talk about a headache well I had one that day, there were 3 of us working at the time, & we were all thrown heavily to the ground, it was a close shave, & we could hardly move for 24 hours after it.
Len remarked to me while this shell-
-ing was going on that it was his birthday, a rather stormy one I should think & I would not like to witness many more like it, the Turks fairly drenched the little hollow where we were, with shell-fire, for they knew well enough that that was where the reserves would be. ("Browns Dip"). to give you an idea of the severity of the shrapnel fire this ought to do; we had a lot of telephone wires stretched across from one side of the Dip" to the other, & as fast as they were repaired the shrapnel cut them down again, there were a few men killed while repairing these wires it was certain death to go out but these men never hesitated, but rushed out in their turn, "brave men if you like. About 5.25. our fire slackened a bit & the Turks started to increase theirs