Item 01: Gordon Macrae diary, 12 November 1914-4 January 1916 - Page 99
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[Page 99]
June 1915
Sunday 6th
Had a good sleep [indecipherable] morning. At 11.30am got ready to go back into the trenches again. A & C troop are working together & B & D. A & C Troops went in first & we went into the supports for the night.
Monday 7th
At 6.30 B Troop relieved A & we had a quiet morning. We had a spell from12.30 to 6.30. There was nothing much doing at night, hardly a shot being fired on our right.
Tuesday 8th
We came out at 5am & had a good spell during the day. The flies are very troublesome however & the constant moving about from rest to supports, supports to firing line etc is a proper nark. We got our cigarettes & tobacco today. It is very hard to get anything in the way of reading matter, even a sale catalogue would be eagerly seized now. We have had no mail for