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broke away & cleared out but none was hurt. After dinner at about 2 Pm over came a shell & exploded a few feet away from 296 Company R.E.'s Kitchen & blew it over & wounded the only man slightly who was in the Kitchen, it made a mess of the Kitchen which was built of Wood & Iron. I signed on duty at midnight Monday 12th shunting in St Jean Yard & during the night things generally were very quiet until about 4.30 am when a heavy Bombardment opened & things did hum for an hour. Flashes of lights from our Fairy lights & from the Guns lighting up the fireing line, at about 5.30 it all died away. I was standing at Reigersberg Cabin waiting to bank up at Train to St Jean while this bombardment was on & after a while along the Train came & soon I was back up at St Jean. I had nothing to do until 6.30 am when I picked up 2 Trucks & was waiting at the Cabin for line clear. It was just light enough to see about & a working party was