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the camp. The same afternoon the second man of the 8/2 was hit while at the latrines being struck in the middle of the back by a piece of shrapnel which did not pierce.
On Monday the bombardment began afresh & two Catholic chaplains & a machine-gunner were hit, Tuesday & Wednesday passed quietly enough & late in the week we left our position at Shrapnel Green, & took up one further along the Artillery Road on the right of Lone Pine & facing
W.F. King
"Cambooya"
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Bellevue Hill
the Turks on Sniper's Ridge. For the first week we were out of the firing line & spent the time making "chupattees", doing fatigue, & incidentally doing some fine chases after fleas & lice. Fleas swarmed by thousands & were a constant source of trouble. On Sunday the 21st Nov. we entered the firing line, & then began the Ruse which was calculated to draw Abdul from his trenches. Kitchener had got word through the