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judge so easily of what is coming when they see the slightest preparation & then it passes from mouth to mouth with a rapidity extraordinary.
I have been busy during the afternoon getting my part ready & will probably be doing the evacuation tomorrow. Also prepared the weekly req. but do not know yet when we will collect it.
Monday 29th July
The barrage opened up at 12.30 A.M. but not a heavy one. The stunt itself was small, on a 4000 yd front & was an advance of 500 yds. By 5 A.M. they started to come in from then till about 10 A.M. we were busy, passing through about 160 cases. All arrangements were perfect & worked very smoothly. We handled about 30 prisoners & I understand about 100 or so others were taken. My souvenir of the day was a Fritz tin hat, camouflaged, the owner being a sniper, which I sent home. We used lorries & cars for the evacuating. One Fritz officer was a perfect specimen of a man & some of the Americans, who enjoyed themselves hugely, were very useful as interpreters