Thomas Bromley Shaw, item 81

• October 25, 2018 18:42:07 Sarika Jain

  .First page on the left

  near dinner time. The rest
  

  of the men have moved
  

  to another position &
  

  a Corporal & myself
  

  along with other. Six men
  

  are left here & dont know
  

  what to do. we are
  

  waiting to see if they
  

  will send for us.
  

  (terribly dark at nights)
  

  They sent for us all right
  

  had just made a nice place
  

  to sleep in for night when
  

  we got orders to move back
  

  as it was a terribly hot
  

  place was not . A sniper
  

  kept popping at me from
  

  somewhere. On the march
  

  shells were dropping all
  

  
  

  .Second page on the right

  round us (Thursday March 12)
  

  & there were some casualities
  

  my Section leader was
  

  hit in the leg, and
  

  several pieces hit my
  

  helmet. The firing was
  

  so hot we stopped in some
  

  dug outs all night and all
  

  day Friday. A chap has just
  

  been wounded in the shoulder
  

  he was standing at the
  

  entrance. We have just been
  

  warned for a long march to
  

  night. 10 past 6 Artillery just
  

  made our chaps fly.
  

  Will has been officers
  

  servant for 3 days. I have
  

  hardly seen him. He has
  

  just gone to transport
  

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