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falling into bad habits.
Tuesday 18th June
Fine weather, very few wounded but more sick. A Fritz brought one of our balloons down towards evening. He dived out of some clouds & the two observers jumped out with their parachutes but one, through some accident failed to open & he fell like a stone. The enemy shelled the batteries rather heavily in our neighbourhood also Franvillers, 300 yds up the road & another village a bit further away. So far he has not shelled our station but we hear them passing overhead quite often.
Wednesday 19th June
Rained during the night & the roof of my dugout proved faulty, result being that my blankets were wet. Quiet during the day but had a few gas patients in. Mud in terrible state, the old Somme variety. Rain at intervals during the day & I repaired our roof & made a mattress to sleep on so hope for a better night. Mail in today & tells me that Syd has another daughter