Item 04: Herbert Henry Harris diary, 1 August 1917-31 May 1918 - Page 44

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morning. how anything can live on the other side beats creation. The Taubes came back again last night & dropped tons of more Bombs. [indecipherable] night at 7. our casualties were 151 not so bad seeing the Boys have been in that hell a week. they come out tonight deferred Pay £33-3-0 Owe £1-12-11. clock goes back an hour tonight. 45 in three days time. Shifted camp about 5 and just as well, fritz came over in swarms & Bombed every & anything where our Marquee was & where we stood guard is now a crater he dropped one of his largest Bombs right on the spot & we would have all been blown to atoms & it was only a fluke we left that camp as up to the last there was no other camp to go to. The Boys came out at about 11 p.m. about 250 short. a short rest then in again moving farther back today morrow.

Monday 1 Oct 1917
at 5 this morning a terrific Barrage was put up on Fritz make up for some of the damage he did last night Big fog on but has lifted now 8.a.m. got to bed about 1 this morning but little sleep fritz's planes too busy. Deferred Pay £33.4.6 Owe £1.8.5 leaving here after dinner. Still here 5 pm going Tomorrow
Fritz not so busy tonight at least not so round here. They went farther back.

Tuesday 2/10/17
off this morning about 5 miles back to the Previous camp, very hot day, Feet very tired glad to get here & away from the awful din of guns & Bombs. They dropped Bombs here the other night. deferred pay £33-6-0 Owe £1-3-11. getting to bed early tonight The scene of our hop over was Pologon Wood (famous)
Telegrams of congratulation from Birdwood, Plummer Prince of Wales & the King.