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or drowned rats. Our Sappers complain bitterly of the stench & many of them have given up sick at heart & physically overpowered. The swollen bodies at the least touch burst with the report of a rifle & the puss & stench squirts forward like water from a hose. Many of the bodies are maggoty & eaten away by rats & other vermin & the nauseating odor floats through the trenches with the evening breeze in stifling intensity.
This afternoon first issue of tobacco – 1 oz. each man, or packet of cigs. Matches also issued.
Friday 27th Aug. 1915
There has been fierce fighting on the left flank toward in the vicinity of Chocolate Hill & WW Hills. The attack was made at 4 p.m. & was covered by heavy Naval artillery. It raged
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