Item 02: Leslie Kemnitz Stuart diary, 4 March-28 December 1916 - Page 164
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[Page 164]
Mai [May]
31st Mercredi [Wednesday 31st]
Went to sleep listening to Fritzes guns & was wakened up by our own 4.7's bidding them good morning.
The Morning was comparatively quiet but and I went into Erquinghem on leave in the afternoon.
While I was away the [indecipherable] every thing round the billet- though the nearest one was a good 150 yds away. We passed along the road about half an hour after they had finished & found nothing but shell holes frightened Frenchwomen & fallen trees. Personally I wasn't at all sorry that they had finished off before I got to that bit of the road. It was only a respite however, as they opened up again very shortly & once more we went to sleep to the sound of German shells. That is 3 hour-bombardments in one day. We had one in the morning, & all the shells unpleasantly close to us.