Item 05: E. J. Martin diary, 3 February-2 May 1917 - Page 97
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[Page 97]
Village in France
May 1st
All preparations were in hand for the long projected attack on Bullecourt & the battalion joined up a large proportion of the second division at Noreil, [Noreuil] the base of operations. The shelling was particularly ferocious & the aircraft was unusually active.
On May 2nd late in the evening I was detailed to go with a party carrying machine gun ammunition in panniers. This is a job I cordially hated. A soldier with all his impediments carries from 80 to 90 lb, & to further load him with boxes of
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