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Yesterday (10th) with Padre Rettie I visited King George Hill. Here there is a notice board where the King stood to observe part of the Somme battle.

There was a tremendous struggle here in the early part of the Somme push. Two large mines had exploded leaving immense craters. Without seeing this hill one could never imagine the battering it must have had as evidenced by the thousands of shell holes. Many graves here - both British & German. Passed a

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