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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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