Item 03: George R. Faulkner war diary, 6 July 1916-17 November 1916 - Page 125
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Thursday 3/5/17
Nice day – fairly warm. Drilling all day. Had a tug of war and a game of football at night. We hear our Boys are being counter attacked very fiercely by Fritz and nearly all open fighting – Got letters from Aunty Lyons – Gert & Kit Nock.
Friday 4/5/17
Nice sunny day – Semi finals of the Divisional sports – 15th F. Amb. Well represented & scoring well. On Picquet all day.
Saturday 5/5/17
Hot – dusty day. Divisional Sports continued some very fine performances put up by the Boys – running & jumping. Turned very windy and cold after tea – Got orders to march out at 10/30 pm – motor cars picked us up, run us over to "Veaux", where we arrived about 2-30 am – were told that we would hardly be called out till daylight, so we tried to have a camp under an awning, but it was that dusty windy & cold – one couldn't sleep. We hear awful tales about the number of