Item 03: Archie Barwick diary, 10 May-23 July 1916 - Page 145
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no sign of clearing up, the rain will do the crops the world of good for they wanted it bad enough.
There is a big fatigue party on tonight & I have been busy getting all the particulars of it. There is a rumour about here to the effect that we are to be stopped from sending any letters to England for 6 weeks they reckoned some of the English Officials opened some of our mail & found all sorts of information in it, what a terrible thing, pity we could not get some of these cold footed officials in the front line trenches, & give them a taste of the discomforts, shells & bombs that we have to put up with, they would not be so busy then opening letters & so on
I believe last night the caterpillars hauled 8. 9 inch guns up to here & I believe tonight they bringing