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5th F. Amb. Dressing Tents respectable, we did as much harm as good I think – very strange the Infantry can march out & have their spell we certainly gave our best night & day for the past fortnight, as well as run all risks – even the Infantry complimented us & said they would rather stay in the firing line – so much for our Colonels ignorance of what we have had to go through.
6/11/16 Monday
Drizzling & very cold. Road making continues – went into Albert – some 2 miles away for bricks & debris to fill up holes – drew the bricks from the ruins of the Town Hall immediately opposite the Cathredral – the Cathredral is a very fine building & although it has been shelled a good deal it is not beyond renovating – A most remarkable feature of the ruins is the stature of the Virgin Mary & Child which she is holding above her head as tho signifying the saviour of the world – since the bombardment, the stature – which was the extreme point of the steeple, is now hanging over at an angle below right angle to the main steeple – this item will no doubt go down to History. Some of the 2nd Division took an important ridge with a fort, they were