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through which all traffic passes is heavily shelled & causes heavy casualties, the shells bursting with deadly effect on the cobbles. Guns are everywhere in the ruins, in fact guns are everywhere & the din is fearful at times. Right opposite our station 100 yds away is a particularly heavy howitzer & the noise & concussion something to remember. Guns of all sizes are around us & the traffic being heavy Fritz generally scores when he puts a shell over. We took over from the 3rd Fd amb & I went on to the Gas cases. The new gas, mustard, is very effective burning the skin as well as affecting the eyes etc. We have to take their clothes off with rubber gloves on & wearing our mask as the gas on their clothes is sufficient to gas the operator. They are then sprayed with a 5% Soda solution, the patients dressed in pyjamas & sent