Report from the Front
At daybreak we were about and the first thing was to make an inspection of the position and surroundings. It was a good position and if the Germans would have only behaved themselves we should have been all right. But it was not to be so. The guns were i
At daybreak we were about and the first thing was to make an inspection of the position and surroundings.
It was a good position and if the Germans would have only behaved themselves we should have been all right.
But it was not to be so. The guns were in a line, the ground sloping to the right. The guns were dug into an artificial bank (and) even in dug outs a few feet below the ground they had to be fitted with air excluding curtains; this being a blanket soaked with water.
The pits were well made. Elephant iron and about 5ft on earth on top. Racks for shells.
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Plenty of work and we did our share of firing. The Germans were keen on area straffs. We didn't get a deal of peace.
- February 8, 1918.
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