Item 03: Archie Barwick diary, 10 May-23 July 1916 - Page 170
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shell all the lines & roads, & we had not the slightest cover what soever we hurried on every minute expecting a hail of shrapnel f but for some unexplained reason the Germans took it all lying down & never fired a single shot, after about 15 minutes our guns knocked off & tried to coax old Fritz into retaliating but no good strikes me he got a lively towelling up the last time he replied to the fire of our batteries at night time, & thought he would hold off this time, however we reached the end of the line safely & wasn't we glad, I was never so full of anything in my life before, & never wish to have the same job again.
Last night there was another highly successful raid by one of our Battalions it appear's that they saw the German's