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bullets all around. I jumped up & got under the Overcoats hanging on the Tent Pole but luckily none struck the Tent, the second shell bursted a few minutes later when I was outside & the bullets were whizzing around like large Hailstones, I took shelter behind a Wooden Hut & several Bullets struck the hut & the nose cap of the shell came whizzing down making a sound like an ordinary skyrocket when it goes up in the Air, only a few yds away in the thick bush. It is marvellous the number of Camps & Men about & nobody was struck, again at 9 Pm another shell High Explosive Shell burst some distance off & a piece about 1 ½ x ½ dropped on the tent next to ours but the force was spent & instead of it penetrating the Tent it was stuck in the Canvas. Anyhow that was the last & things were very quiet all night & the Camp was not disturbed. We all saw a strange Sight just before Tea away up high in the distance could be seen 4 Aeroplanes 3 on Top & 1 underneath, I watched the movements & it turned out