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On the 30th there was a pretty lively bomb attack & things were pretty hot for awhile it was a dark night so the Indian batteries sent up a few star shells they fire them from 9 pounder guns they are very pretty for when the shells burst they used to burst into 9 or 10 different balls of light & they would slowly drift down showing a brilliant light, woe betide anyone caught outside then for he was a goner, early one morning as I was peering over the parapet I thought I saw something move slowly, I watched it pretty close, & I saw a shot come from a certain object I up with my rifle took a good aim & shot an old Turk dead he had been out sniping & was behind a sandbag not 10 yards away
about this time Len shot a Turk 900 yards way Capt Woodforde spotted him, & he sent for Len, & hanged if he didn't floor him first shot you could see him quite plainly through the telescope throw up his arms & sink down dead as a stone.
We had a pretty rough time in the Pine" we used to do 48 hours at a stretch that meant no sleep you had to rest as well as you could in the little narrow trench, & we were just about done those of us who were left we were weak as cats our clothes were hanging off our back's, & we hardly had strength to stand up the rumours were going about that we were to be relieved by the 2nd Division & everyone was looking forward to it you can bet.