Item 03: George R. Faulkner war diary, 6 July 1916-17 November 1916 - Page 70
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a dozen bombs round about here, gave us all a bit of a scare. Last night one of our big siege guns was doing some business & it just rocked everything, must have been a naval 15 inch.
9/11/16 Thursday
No rain – but raw sort of day – Assisting in the Operating Tent – very busy night & day, here there are 8 Tables & about a dozen Doctors, some awful wounds & plenty of amputations, my hours are from 8 am to 8.30 pm – quite tied up.
10/11/16 Friday
Very nice day & fine – On duty at Operating Tent. Not so many casualtys today, the 1st & 2nd Divisions seem to be getting a rough time. German Aeroplanes dropping bombs freely during the night, very little damage done hereabouts – Our Guns bombarding very heavily during the night, which was a lovely clear moonlight. We got in a fellow with both legs blown off, he was leading a horse, when they walked on a dud & it exploded – A Tommy while leading a horse to water, the horse fell thro a dug out & inside there were two german spys.