Taylor war diary, 16 January 1916-22 July 1919 / Tom Taylor - Page 102
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[Page 102]
Line here, our Job was to sit up in the top of the highest house in the Village, keeping a sharp look out for any bodies of troops or transport behind his lines. For this purpose we had a telescope and maps and on more than one occasion we directed the Artillery onto something we noticed, and laughed to see them ducking away in all directions. It was war and we were out to win every move.
Once or twice we were nearly blown out of our position, one shell just missing our house on the side and a small one landed right in the kitchen at the back, but did not damage beyond blowing half the back wall down. One night we slept in a big stone stable that was mined, but it was raining at the time and we took the risk for one night. Next day we shifted to other