Item 01: Gordon Macrae diary, 12 November 1914-4 January 1916 - Page 156
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October – November 1915
Carrie. We are still improving our trenches & have some cosy dug outs finished. When they are roofed we will be ready for the winter. The 1st Infantry Brigade came in on Saturday & we closed up a bit to make room for them. There were only about 1100 of them & about the same in the 2nd Inf Brigade. A Turk came in to the 7th LH lines & gave himself up early yesterday Saturday morning. He was lucky he didn't get shot. Jean McCarthy came back last Wednesday. He has been away 3 months mostly at Malta.
Monday 1st Nov to Sunday 7th
Was relieved from orderly Sergeant Monday morning & went on duty in the firing line Monday night. Things were very quiet for 3 or 4 days in the beginning of the week. All the week our bomb throwers have been busy with catapult & trench mortar & we have considerably quietened the Turks on our front, as many as a hundred bombs being thrown in to the