Edward Walford Manifold was born on 28th April 1892 and grew up in the Western District of Victoria. Together with his older brother William Herbert (Bee), he travelled to England to join the Royal Field Artillery when World War I broke out. Day by day, this blog publishes his letters home and the entries he made in his diaries, from 1915 when he was first sent to France until 1918 when his service ends. (To follow on Twitter: manifold1418)
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Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Diary Entry - 4 January, 1916
I only fired nine shots the whole day and they were in retaliation. The Bosch was very quiet too, but there seemed to be some bombing going on. On coming down from the O.B., I kept wide of the road from the Infantry headquarters and kept to the open country, but I don't think they shelled the road all day.
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Thy had exhausted themselves on the days prior ...
ReplyDeleteRemember when EWM was using the Bosch as rabbit-practice? The shoe is now on t'other foot ...
As I said at the time, rabbit and farmer were exchanging places on an hourly basis
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