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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Sunday, 10 March 2013
Diary Entry - 10th March, 1918
Being orderly officer have a good day with the Lewis gun as the Hun persisted in coming over to register some of the back area positions. I must have got off 400 rounds when the gun jammed and we had to pull it to pieces, finding a small part broken. As it was a nice still evening, the Hun started to put over gas shell at eight p.m, continuing for about three hours, but having good dug outs well curtained, we were not bothered at all, though the infantry had heavy casualties.
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