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Most of our boys had been dispatched to Houplines the "hop over" area and were held in reserve & told to get to bed at once. Sure enough at 8.30 she started & the sight. After an hour the bombardment eased off & we went to sleep. But at 12.30 she opened again & spit fire all Armentieres seemed to be alive with guns. She did not cease until about 2 am. We slept until 5 when our boys returned with the news that raid had been very successful. Regret to add though that 2 of 11th & one of Tenth Ambulance had been killed & several wounded.
Tuesday 27/2/17
Got back to baths again & saw the raiders with faces blackened & excited and got the news from horses mouth. About 1000 had gone over and they got right to third line capturing many prisoners machines & 2 searchlights besides blowing up a "minnie" store. Talk about "Coons" & minstrel shows they cut a funny figure. Wintry at night.
Wed 28/2/17 Thursday 29/
MARCH
Thursday 1/3/17
A beautiful sunny day – little cloudy but with a feel of spring in the air. Aeroplanes were busy all day. One incident of note Observation balloons were up