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Saturday 12th May
Wounded & prisoners started passing our position at about 5 a.m. The whole operation was a success but at an awful cost.
Some Battalions have hardly an officer left. Altogether it was one of the worst stunts this year.
We buried a cove out of the 7th Bn. who had been lying in front of our posy & stinking awful.
Sunday 13th May
Fritz bombarded all day & nearly all night w/- shrapnel & 5/9's. Had a thunder storm during night & a heavy fall of rain.
Monday 14th
Bombarded us all morning w/- whiz bangs. The shelling increased in ferocity during the afternoon making it impossible to have a decent meal.
The early part of the night was a little better, but at 4 a.m. the Hun
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