Item 03: Thomas Goodwin war diary, 25 November 1916-19 July 1917 - Page 64
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[Page 64]
out today, went like a board. Everything frozen. Bread, meat, tinned stuff, light a fire under water cart. One of our planes down, a dozen yards away. Shoeing smith Heyden Hospital. Very busy shoeing and frost cogging.
4-2-1917
Fairly quiet. Three guns out of action. Hun shelling Albert with 12 in. shells. No shells in our wagon line.
5-2-1917
Not so cold as usual. A big stunt on last night. Our Infantry hopped over. A lot of ammunition going to Bty.
6-2-1917
Terrebly windy; Bitterly cold; Freezing all day. A fleet of enemy aeroplanes over last night, dropping bombs, and opened fire with their machine guns. Brig. Gen. Leslie now in command of 1st Division.
7-2-1917
Bitterly cold, a high wind blowing. Still freezing. 9 Hun planes over in one