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lose horses or Mules & Men, they start early in the Evening & are away all night, & they do not get the best of rations either. After Breakfast a heavy thunderstorm came up, the clouds were very thick & made the place quiet dark, I put the flaps of the Tent down & closed the opening up & had to light a candle to read with. The Thunder & lightning was very severe, Rain came down in Torrents for a while, anyhow it stopped the Bombarding, everything was quiet while the storm was on but as soon as the storm passed Bang Bang went the Guns again & continued until Tea then they eased off a little & now at 7.30 Pm one would hardly know a War is on except a shell or two now & again Fritz sends over to let us know he is awake. I hope we will have a quiet night as it is to cloudy for Fritz & his Machine to disturb us.
Monday 30th
My wish was gratified for a quiet night, the Bombardment eased off considerable & I had a good