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I was asleep in my tent when the shelling was going on but I was so dog-weary that I never bothered to get up although the whiz of shells gave one a very creepy feeling as they passed rapidly overhead
Oct 4th.
Kept exceedingly busy with operations
Oct 10th.
Still very busy.
Good progress has been made by the troops
Visiting the farm occasionally, when I can get a few minutes to spare
Very wet and cold. Preparations being made for winter. Huts, etc being built
Col Dick has left the unit
Oct 16th.
Very busy, Operations.
Down at the farm, the old man gave us an exhibition of cutting the teeth of very young pigs. The squeals of these young pigs as they wriggled to get free from the pincers was very funny indeed Although the proceeding seemed very cruel, still I believe they suffered more from shock than anything else.
The Germans attacked a small outpost, as a result we got a number of serious cases in to-day.
Some of the Observation balloons are getting bombarded to-day. A big number of cases of "Trench Feet" brought in to-day We have also had a large