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heatwave. By 8 P.M. all my things were transferred & then I had to fix up a possy for the night, this I did in company with others, as there being no tents or buildings we had to dig in & make bivouacs in the open amongst the growing corn. I slept well despite all troubles however. I can quite understand civvies being terrorised by bombing attacks, it being nerveracking even for soldiers to have bombs dropping in such a way, worse of course in our case as we had had a fair issue from the mornings shelling.
Mercredi 22nd Mai
The task before me was once more to unpack all my stuff & carry on the work. First I dug down with the help of the men, about 2 ft, both protection from bombs, coolness & to enable the tent to hold more. Then I erected a bell tent, arranged boxes inside, sorted out the drugs & by the afternoon was able to issue out to two units. Then went