Diary Entry - 27th June, 1916

Tuesday, I stayed with the guns all day. Hoyland made an early start for Bethune with Claudie and purchased a lot of stuff for the Mess. As I write this, No. 4 gun of the 56th Battery (a howitzer) keeps banging off and brings down showers of dirt and filth, as well as nearly deafening you - it is only 15 yards away.