Item 03: George R. Faulkner war diary, 6 July 1916-17 November 1916 - Page 99
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No Artillery firing only machine guns & rifles – very quiet behind the lines just as tho no war at all were on. Started evacuating from Bapaume to 6th Fld Amb at Pozieres by motor car service. A Zepplein reported brought down by gun fire at daylight near Amiens. 2 others escaped – heard they made a raid on Kent, England.
Monday 19/3/17
Cold & strong wind blowing – but fine. Went for a cruise about over the country that we have just gained. Perhaps no pen will ever tell of the hardships – of the tenacity of the dash – of the mud – of the filth of the last trench, before Fritz pushed off – what a Hell the last No Mans Land is – Germans & Australians lay there in hundreds – saw a Captain hung up on the entanglements – also a Lance Corporal who had died but not without his victim, who lay alongside him – Many souvenirs in the nature of Photos, post cards, etc were offering but as the weather had a bad effect on that class of staff, I preferred to leave it all alone.