Item 11: Oliver L. S. Holt diary, 13 August-28 October 1918 - Page 73
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bombs in Hamelet, a couple of hundred yards away, and unfortunately caught some of the 3rd Division (4 6 Batt, I think) while they were resting at a Comforts place, on their way out. This morning he bombed a battery just over the road from us, but unlike last night I was half asleep & did not notice it much.
This afternoon we discovered some men digging a gun position about 100 yds from our dug out, so we shall have to consider clearing out soon before he starts shelling & bombing it. (Proved to be a searchlight position)
At daybreak this morning the 4th Batt attacked the German position with the idea of advancing about 1000 yds I believe. Fritz was rather better in his defence, evidently because he is desirous of hanging on to a particularly high hill in front of our lines. We had one or two Fritzes through.
As far as I can see, the main trouble