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Monday July 2nd

Bapaume : cloudy : reveille 4 am : usual parades : we steered clear : after tea Alf & self had a long walk along the Arras road & back on the Cambrai road : watched an observation balloon being hauled down to change relief : the observers were both officers who have "done their bit" & are unfit for general service : one had a wooden leg : gas alarm about 11.30 pm

Tuesday July 3rd

Bapaume : fair day : reveille 4 am : Alf & I got passes to visit Pozieres : walked from the "Butte" overland through Martinpuich : still smells & plenty of evidence as to the Hell that it was : passed over our old positions & down to the Death gully cemetery : got one of the 17th Batt. Cross & a couple of other things : All the different

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