Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 32

• February 2, 2018 21:32:31 Annick Rodriguez

  the job Properly by cutting all the Wire

  so the Battle of Festabert was a complete

  Failure owing to a shortage of Shells we

  could see La Basse  from where we were

  quite Plain we were close to the Brickfield

  where O Leary won his V.C. this morning by

  killing about a Dozen Germans in a Dugout

  near us it was a terrible sight to see

  all the jacks hanging on the Barbed

  Wire caught by Machine Gun fire we

  watched the stunt in Pretty Deep Trenches

  through our Perriscope so after this

  we went back to a Place called Lafrill

  along side the La Basse canal for

  a short Rest to have a Battle and

  clean shirts we were here about 4 Days

  and needless to say we had some more

  Vin Blonk while Wine and Beer and a good

  feed but we did not get much sleep here

  as we we billeted in a Farm House near

  a Pool which was ablolutly full of Frogs

  and the Noise the made at night with

  their croaking was very Wierd and awful

  whilst we were her we had several

  Lectures by the Doctor on how to carry

  on in the Hot Weather and after the

  Lecture by him needless to say I had

  to get on the Platform and make a

  speech and take off what the Doctor

  had said which caused some Great

  Fun and the Doctor was a spectator

  also some officers and didnt they

  Laugh at the way I took the Doctor

  off well after this welcome Rest we

  
  

• February 2, 2018 21:30:32 Annick Rodriguez

  the job Properly by cutting all the Wire

  so the Battle of Festabert was a complete

  Failure owing to a shortage of Shells we

  could see La Basse  from where we were

  quite Plain we were close to the Brickfield

  where O Leary won his V.C. this morning by

  killing about a Dozen Germans in a Dugout

  near us it was a terrible sight to see

  all the jacks hanging on the Barbed

  Wire caught by Machine Gun fire we

  watched the stunt in Pretty Deep Trenches

  through our Perriscope so after this

  we went back to a Place called Lafrill

  along side the La Basse canal for

  a short Rest to have a Battle and

  clean shirts we were here about 4 Days

  and needless to say we had some more

  Vin Blonk while Wine and Beer and a good

  feed but we did not get much sleep here

  as we we billeted in a Farm House near

  a Pool which was ablolutly full of Frogs

  and the Noise the made at night with

  their croaking was very Wierd and awful

  whilst we were her we had several

  Lectures by the Doctor on how to carry

  on in the Hot Weather and after the

  
  

  
  

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• February 2, 2018 21:25:56 Annick Rodriguez

  the job Properly by cutting all the Wire

  so the Battle of Festabert was a complete

  Failure owing to a shortage of Shells we

  could see La Basse  from where we were

  quite Plain we were close to the Brickfield

  where O Leary won his V.C. this morning by

  killing about a Dozen Germans in a Day and

  
  

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• February 2, 2018 21:25:14 Annick Rodriguez

  the job Properly by cutting all the Wire

  so the Battle of Festabert was a complete

  Failure owing to a shortage of Shells we

  could see La Basse  from where we were

  quite Plain we were close to the Brickfield

  
  

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