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so our party of 6 (Gooseberry Farm) lay on some stretchers at Kandahar until 3 am. In the meantime we dozed. Fritz had also been busy shelling the railway behind us with heavy stuff. Just after 3 we commenced our journey to Gooseberry Farm under the guidance of Sam & had just got to the top of ridge opposite messines when the barrage opened & the sight was a knocker. We could see the barrage also north of us and it was a treat to see the huge line of distress signals put up by Fritz some red some blue. Occasionally a flame thrower would burst & light the heavens
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then one of our fancy rockets would explode – then the 12" behind us would belch. It was like being in Fairy-land. We knew that the results of the past days bombardments were being tested. (Forgot to mention that whilst at Kandahar we were twice startled by a colossal report which we discovered was a 15 inch gun in the bush 100 yds away. We saw the shell later & were amazed). Then we passed back a little and made a detour round the 12 inch guns (railway guns) expecting them to fire any moment. One did but the wrong one & we were surprised. After travelling the newly