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[5th Aug. contd]
that had been belted by a naval shell a few hours earlier.
Monday 6th [Aug]
Weather clearing today & prospects much brighter.
Tuesday 7th Wednesday 8th Thursday 9th
Weather still against operations though improving.
Friday 10th
Letters to home & M.B. & Ern. Balloons in galore.
Saturday 11th
Showery. Fritz over last night dropping the usual quantity of bombs. The searchlights put the wind up him a bit & he 'about turned' Lecture by Archdeacon Ward on venereal Diseases etc. Very forceful lecture..
Sunday 12th Monday 13th
N. Broughton one of our Reinforcements fractured his tibia by a water cart running over it.
MOUNT KEMMEL
At night Fred Cooke & I went to Pierrots & had a hot bath also.
[Frederick Rupert Cooke. 11931]
Tuesday 14 Wednesday 15
A. MacRay (mock) broke his collarbone falling. Our Division marching out for a rest. All other Australian soldiers & divisions are now close to us. Met Rupe (?) Thompson from 1st Fld Ambulance (Board man)
Thursday 16th
Went up to Mount Kemmel tonight to watch the artillery & saw a beautiful sight. Our guns were going their hardest & in spite of light haze we could [see] the bursts in enemy country. One big gun in particular near Dickbusch