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25/10/16 Wednesday
Bitterly cold & raining – Had ½ pint of like warm tea & started out – Stationed at (Goose Avenue) Supposed to be relieved at midday by 14th Field – got word had to carry on till 6 pm. We cursed & swore at everybody – nothing to eat all day & doing horses work – Very busy – Got home at 8.15 pm one of our bearers was knocked up so had to get him along as best we could in the dark. Fritz shelling very freely – Two of our Bearers have got blightys from Shrapnel. As it is impossible for us to convey the wounded down the saps – we have to do it all over the top & we are under observation from Fritz on his slight elevation – we have been that disgusted with tucker – conditions etc lately, that I can safely say without exaggeration – we do not mind the shells in the least although continually dropping within a hundred yards of us & we treat shrapnel with almost scorn. As I was quite resigned to any fate on enlisting – I must expect something. It is very evident a lot of us will never leave the Somme. I am sadly afraid our Infantry are also disheartened & as great things are expected of them they are not getting a fair show, they should