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His head was frightfully mangled. Others were killed & injured elsewhere. A few chains down the street from here there is a small Belgian church severely damaged by shell fire, & all the interior fittings have been destroyed or removed. A school across the road is also badly damaged.
Thursday May 3.1917
A fine morning. Last night and again this morning there was artillery actions by our Batteries at intervals but I did not hear much of it, for I slept very soundly. I generally sleep well when there is a bombardment on unless it is very violent, or shells bursting close. Fritz again put over some shells and "duds" this morning.
This morning two anti-aircraft guns mounted on motor lorries arrived and set up alongside our cook house, and started shelling German planes. The concussion brought down the plaster & dirt from the ceiling & the walls in the cook house. The shells there fired were nearly 3 in in diameter & some of them were High Explosive, H.E. After dinner they fired another volley at a hun plane, packed up & departed much to the satisfaction of our cook.