Walford: When I reached the position, things were very sticky and I was mud to the eyebrows as, when the country has been well plied with shells, it becomes very spongy and soft. There was a lot of talk about us going forward into a new position about Constance – in fact the captain was to reconnoitre the position. The 71s were already forward at Mouquet Farm in a very uncomfortable place. There was a test shoot in the afternoon of about 20 rounds a gun for the aeroplanes to observe so as it could be seen if anyone was dropping at all short. In the afternoon, as it was very muggy, I had a bath – it consisted of standing in a trench while my servant threw buckets of water over me and was very refreshing. Bosch made life in the tent rather unpleasant on Tuesday night as he burst pipsqueaks in the air right over the sleepers and, as they only had canvas over them, they had to turn out in the middle of the night twice and get into the trench. There were no casualties through the mercy of Providence.
Bee: Very misty and wet all morning. I was at the OP and found it very miserable as it only consists of a disused trench without any cover. I put in most of my time digging a hole into the side so as I could get out of the rain. The Hun seems to be very much on heat – he was searching and sweeping all over the country with pip squeaks and 10-centimetre gun. He put some very close to us but did no damage. There is not nearly so much chance of getting splinters as there was at the other OP. Walrond went out with Suttie and Polie to pick new positions. We are going back to our own division where we came from tomorrow. It looks as if they might be going to push there too. Anyway, it is better than staying here.
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