Item 03: Archie Barwick diary, 10 May-23 July 1916 - Page 175
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miserable couple, one of them was a chap of about 40 & heavy built the other was a miserable looking young fellow, they belonged to the Bavarian's
Our chap's had the same experience as the other raiding parties, that is they found any amount of German dead & wounded in the trenches that the artillery had knocked out, there is no doubt about it they have suffered heavily since the Australians have taken over this portion of the line, our fellows bombard them night & day, & raid them nearly every night, they get no peace from us the result is that we are drawing a lot of extra artillery & men in front of us, & things are very lively indeed, the French people round here say, Australia to much bombard no bon" the latter word means in French "good"