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[Page 9]
Thursday 8th August
I commence this at St. Acheul Amiens the 8th of the series at a moment when we are in the midst of a successful offensive. Following on the Marne success, preparations were rapidly made here for a larger attack & in a week from when its first signs were evident, it was launched. Large numbers of guns, tanks & cavalry were brought up with great rapidity & now we see the enemy taken completely by surprise & being severely defeated. No official communiqué have yet been published but we know that the number of prisoners & guns captured is large. Slept well during the day & at 5 P.M. found the wounded still coming in with a large percentage of German. The majority of these were left over until our own chaps were dealt with & during the night we had a very busy time putting the huns through as well as new arrivals. All night long we were dealing with huns and only an occasional Aussie or Tommy.