Item 06: E. J. Martin diary, 6 May-31 December 1917 - Page 12

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of the place. The Germans appeared more to concentrate their shell fire on ammunition dumps & munitions training. We had got so used to shells that it never worried us to be in their vicinity. The high explosives came over with a long wail & if it lands without exploding it is called a "dud", and a good many duds came our way. Some of the craters made by high explosives were big enough to hold a cottage. The marvellous fact is that so few people are killed by shell fire, &amp the expensive waste of severe shelling must