Item 04: Herbert Henry Harris diary, 1 August 1917-31 May 1918 - Page 180
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Monday 6/5/18
dull morning, like more rain, muster Parade. deferred Pay £49-9-6 Owe me 29/7. wrote to Syd & Viv. nothing doing much.
Tuesday. 7/5/18
Rained all night & is doing so now, came through the tiles & dropped all over us, heavy Bombardment of fritz's lines with gas etc guess he got a sweet dose & suppose he'll return it. The Yanks are arriving on this front at last.
deferred Pay. £49-11-0 Owe me 31/7. wrote to Maude Been charged 10/1 for cable sent from Egypt 11/4/16 when will the B[dash] finish charging me with something anyway it's not me but Viv who sent Cable. leaves me 20/6 now. Turned out fine & hot Rumours that the hun is coming over Tomorrow morning, hope its not a repetition of Aubigny.
Wednesday. 8/5/18
fritz did not come over this morning as anticipated another one of his dates gone agly. did not rain last night but a lot of gun fire all night. cloudy but fine today.
deferred Pay. £49-12-6. owe me 22/6. Wrote to Mrs Parsons turned out fine & clear, cold wind blowing, guns very busy.
Thursday. 9/5/18
Beautiful Morning, old Frenchman here says Bon weather now, Yes for a couple of hours I suppose, getting very hot.
guns kept at it nearly all night its to prevent fritz massing I think anyway prevention is better than cure. deferred Pay £49-14-0 Owe me 24/6. wrote to Loo Posted Parcel to Nell & letters to Nell, Syd, Viv, Maude, Loo, Mrs Parsons & Amos Williams. thank goodness that is done been carrying them for weeks.