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Sunday. 1/4/17
Off this morning to Velue. about 7 or 8 miles away. Going to take Village from there tonight good luck to them. the 8th Brigade have taken 2.
Pay11/7 £23.4.0.
Arrived at Velue about 2 P.M. been pretty Village all amongst Trees but now smashed to Pieces. & A beautiful Chateau the same must have cost anything up to 50,000 The ruins are still smouldering got a Piece of glass from window of church.
We guard the Ammunitions.
Monday. 2/4/17
Our Boys took their Village (Doignes) in the early hours this morning but what a mess up it all was. Found that Fritz had wired himself in so had to march another 5 miles & attack through another Village that the 56th were to take this we helped them do; then got to our own on the flank & took it loosing 208 30 Killed the huns ran squeeling like Pigs.
I had to go with Sergt taking Prisoner with us & my shoulders nearly snapped got to head qrts late at night & I had to take Prisoner further on myself just got back & into dug-out when the snipers & the shells started coming over
it simply rained shells all night & one exploded on top of our dug-out, hot, no I was shivering with the cold & fatigue had nothing to eat all day & marched about 15 miles did not sleep a wink & had to lie down with all Equipment on & Boots. Had to take Hun Prisoner our Boys brought in to Buisne about 5 miles away to the MPs no BKs was about done up coming back & only for a Capt of Artillery giving me a nip of whiskey would have laid down to it.
Lieut Wesly mortally wounded Capt Wilson leg Broken Capt Goldstein wounded twice Lt King wnd & Lt. Horne A lot of our Boys wounded in the elbow. 4 men wounded just opposite me in the Afternoon.
Bitterly cold. Pay 12/7. £23.5.0
Counter attack tonight,