Diary Entry - 1st September, 1916

The morning was very quiet and Cruikshank was at the guns. In the afternoon Suttie cut wire and, after a half hour, Boschie thought he would stop us and began with his 4.2s, dropping them very close to the position. I went over to relieve Cruikshank at four thirty, so that he could get tea and, while there, a shell mesmerised me and dropped ten yards away but luckily was a dud or I probably should not be here now. I did not waste much time in retiring to the Mess when Cruikshank returned. A little later on Boschie put two almost on top of the telephone pit,, cutting all the wires. He also scored a nice hit between No.1 and No.2 and put one in the trench, which is a covered one between No.2 and No.3, destroying some ammunition. When we stopped shooting, he stopped too, but we had to fire 500 rounds.