John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 43
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June 5 Tuesday X
2980.
O.C. Amunition
3-30 am. sweeping all around. Position
1 piercing No2 dug-out. men just left.
5 min's previous, 2-30 p.m. shrapnel, over
head. Farm nearly, on several occasion
blown to atoms. 3-pm. every gun in
2nd Army again strafed.
20 rounds on Hostile Battery
38 " " " "
34 " " " "
300 " " " "
20 " " " "
June 6 Wednesday Y.
2640
Congratulation from General Mackenzie
on previous shooting and wishing
all Yanks every success in the
forthcoming battle.
Battery all day.
500 rounds on Hostile Battery
30 " " " "
30 " " " "
18280
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June 5 Tuesday X
2980.
O.C. Amunition
3-30 am. sweeping all around. position
1 piercing No2 dug out. men just left.
5 min's previous, 2-30 p.m. shrapnel, over
head. Farm nearly on several occasion
blown to atoms. 3-pm. every gun in
2nd-Army again strafed.
20 rounds on Hostile Battery
38 " " " "
34 " " " "
300 " " " "
20 " " " "
June 6 Wednesday Y.
2640
Congratulation from General Mackenzie
on previous shooting and wishing
all Yanks every success in the
forthcoming battle.
Battery all day.
500 rounds on Hostile Battery
30 " " " "
30 " " " "
18280
-
June 5 Tuesday X
2980.
O.C. Amunition
3-30 am. sweeping all around. position
1 piercing no2 dug out men just left.
5 min's previous, 2-30 p.m. shrapnel, over
head. Farm nearly on several occasion
blown to atoms. 3-pm. every gun in
2-Army again strafed.
20 rounds on Hostile Battery
38 " " " "
34 " " " "
300 " " " "
20 " " " "
June 6 Wednesday Y.
2640
Congratulation from General Mackenzie
on previous shooting and wishing
all ...every success in the
forthcoming battle.
Battery all day.
500 rounds on Hostile Battery
30 " " " "
30 " " " "
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