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over the old castle there : good day again : changed shifts so I am on from 6 pm : got a few letters :
Monday March 18th
Misery : off at noon : strolled round & then bed :
Tuesday March 19th & Wednesday 20th
Misery : heavy gunfire all day & intensified on Wed night to a terrific bombardment :
Thursday March 21st
Misery : plenty of work as the stuff from up the line is coming down : old Fritz has attacked in masses & is coming forward by sheer weight of numbers & guns
Friday March 22nd
Misery : went to Peronne in afternoon & all civillians were then evacuating : very busy at night getting the trains away :
Saturday March 23rd
Misery : got orders to prepare to evacuate : worked all our trucks away & after Brie left we were the next : our last was over 80 trucks loades with macadam two engines in front & one at rear : before getting away old Fritz came over with eight planes & flew over our train only a couple of hundred feet high : he had no bombs left so had to pass over : one came down by machine gun fire : the infantry were digging in & Fritz came over the ridge beyond Brie just as we moved off : went right through Chaulnes & finished up at Romescamp thence to Blargies
Sunday March 24th
On train : went through Amiens & Romescamp & finished up at Blargies : R.O.D. depot : slept in our van :