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This afternoon I received a new tunic and a new pair of trousers (pants). I removed my badges from the old tunic & put them on the new one, also sewed on new colours.
Monday April 30.1917
A beautiful spring morning. The weather is idea and warm, in fact some days it is rather too warm after a long cold winter.
There was constant artillery activity last night and about 4 a.m. there was a terrific bombardment from the Batteries all around us, which shook the house, a brick one, all over, and when at regular intervals the big guns went off it made the floor jump, & violently shook me in bed. There were a lot of aeroplanes about this morning, & I saw one (the enemies) brought down by our archies & a battle plane soon after breakfast. Fritz raided the 39 last night & inflicted some casualties, and the 37 had to be in readiness to stand to. Fritz suffered very severely. I saw a squadron of our aeroplanes, large & small fly over our billet in battle formation. They made a hum like a hive