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September & October 1916
dug right through the canal bank & are safe from shell fire. The canal has been bricked along both sides & iron flood gates are still undamaged. On the night of the 30th the Seventh Battalion raiders raided the German front line & succeeded in getting a few prisoners & had very few casualties. The raid took place after a fairly heavy bombardment by our artillery & trench mortars. Next day November October the 1st, we had to put our watches back one hour & was also on day fatigue revetting a communication trench called Lovers Lane. The morning of the 4th broke with a heavy fog which lift about nine a.m. & when it lifted rain began to fall which became heavier as the day grew older. Fritz also started to throw some big & small shells about & I was with a party on fatigue in support trench & all parties were ordered back to reserves & our artillery & trench mortars opened out with a heavy bombardment which lasted about half an hour. We resumed work at mid-day & from then on Fritz bombarded & it grew worse as the day wore on & it reached its highest about six p.m. & it was pretty fierce but quitened down about eight o'clock & very little damage had been done & our artillery finished the arguement by giving Fritz a very heavy bombardment about eleven o'clock at night & it lasted over half an hour. On the night of the 7th "A" Coy releived "A" Coy of the First Battalion in the firing line & No. 4 Platoon was put in supports in dugouts on top of