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war, Lloyd George says that the entry of U.S.A. up to date is only equal to one fifth of the gains acquired by the enemy through the collapse of Russia, so there is a lot of fighting to be done yet. The allies have got the bulldog grip on the enemy and will never let go until victory crowns our efforts & possibly it may be this year or early in the next.
Last night while in charge of a ration party L/C Jim Lawless met with an accident through his horse stumbling in a shell hole and falling on him. He was considerably hurt and was taken to the hospital in a stretcher.
There was the usual bombardment last night & this morning. Some enemy shells falling dangerously close to us in the night. He is smashing up Amiens and Allonville, and other towns & villages within his range.
L Johnson was sent to the hospital today with a carabuncle.
Today has been fairly quiet here. During the past few days I have been fitting water carriers to the Limbers. I have done 5 and there are 4 more to do.
This evening I walked into Lamotte & bought at one of the Canteens a cake of Lucy Hinton tobacco for 17.20 centimes, & enjoyed a good smoke tonight.
The King is 53 today.
Tuesday June 4. 1918. 1400.
The war has been raging 1400 days today.
There is a cool change in the weather last night & today.
A squadron of enemy aeroplanes were over last night, & were driven off by archies & machine gun fire. They flew right over our camp the hum of their machines being like a hive of bees in the air.