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5 am Thursday morning, he dug a hole & got water & had some biscuits in his pockets, poor fellow was in great spirits, will surely lose his leg as it was septic & he had no pain. The Germans shot at the bearers as they were getting back over the parapet. Heavy bombardment all night, also heavy rifle & machine gun fire.
23/7/16 Sunday
Fritz was busy exchanging big uns all day – Got a kick last night about 1 am as a gas attack was on, but it turned out to be smoke. Only the remnants of the 5th Division holding these lines today. We hear good news of a big advance further along the line (Pozierres), no doubt although our casualties were heavy, we have served the purpose of holding a big lot ofBoshs here P. Guards thus allowing them Lower down to advance – Poor Tom Dawson who once made Australia laugh at his jokes – bled to death on no mans land. We got a Circular from G.O.C. & A.D.M.S. complimenting us on our very fine work. Aeroplanes busy – also rifles, Trench mortars & machine guns. We are not far from V.C. Avenue, it was here where M. O'Leary won his V.C. Other names of trenches & saps