Item 05: Thomas Goodwin war diary, 19 March-4 December 1918 - Page 92
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Lewis guns now in Bty.
28-7-1918
A great bombardment by the enemy, on our right, the French sector. That was in the morning early. A big stunt is in preparation on our sector. A section of each Battery of 2nd Brigade is in waiting a few Kilometres behind our lines. We are about to make a bid for Merris.
29-7-1918, Monday
Good weather, visibility bad. The stunt is supposed to eventuate tonight. Our planes busy. The Bty. in a rotten position, shelled almost every day. One of our Sgts (Crane) and a driver (Redmond) sent to R.B.A.A. for instructional purposes. The road pass our lines very busy, always a stream of traffic, day and night, and strange to say, the enemy has never shelled it.
30-7-1918
Merris is ours. Our Infantry captured the village early this morning, 200 prisoners. Hundreds of men going into the line, mostly