John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 33

• March 26, 2017 03:22:40 Cheryl Ellsworth

  May 6. Sunday.

  Preparing for Day out. Ordered to O.P.

  Steel Tree. Tents shattered by shrapnel.

  Strafe during night

  2 rounds on Southern Brickstack to

                                                  register

  16 rounds on 2 hostile batteries

  9        "         "   Torreken Farm } in

  9        "         "   Wytschaete       } retaliation

                                                          for enemy

  9        "          "  Curast Wood     } shelling

                                                          district

  
  

  May 7. Monday

  3pm. 5 mins strafe all guns in 2nd Army

  in action. Myself and Elman left

  Farm and moved to Left Section. Men

  also moved. Had to provide  themocles 

  with dug-outs. Myself under canvas.

  Enemy again shelled district.

  110 rounds on 5 Hostile Batteries

  76         "       in Great 2nd Army Strafe

  26         "       on 2 Hostile Batteries

  14         "         "  Southern Brickstack.

  to Register No.3

  
  

  12290.

• March 26, 2017 03:16:22 Cheryl Ellsworth

  May 6. Sunday.

  Preparing for Day out. Ordered to O.P.

  Steel Tree. Tents shattered by shrapnel.

  Strafe during night

  2 rounds on Southern Brickstack to

                                                  register

  16 rounds on 2 hostile batteries

  9        "         "   Torreken Farm } in

  9        "         "   Wytschaete       } retaliation

                                                          for enemy

  9        "          "  Curast Wood     } shelling

                                                          district

  
  

  May 7. Monday

  3pm. 5 mins strafe all guns in 2nd Army

  in action. Myself and Elman left

  Farm and moved to Left Section. Men

  also moved. Had to provide themselves

  with dug-outs. Myself under canvas.

  Enemy again shelled district.

  110 rounds on 5 Hostile Batteries

  76         "       in Great 2nd Army Strafe

  26         "       on 2 Hostile Batteries

  14         "         "  Southern Brickstack.

  to Register No.3

  
  

  12290.

  
  

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• February 23, 2017 05:54:08 Erin Selvey

  May 6. Sunday.

  Preparing for Day out. Ordered O.P.

  Steel tree. Tents shattered by shrapnel

  Strafe during night

  2 rounds on Southern Brickstack to

  register

  16 rounds on 2 hostile batteries

  9        "         " Torreken Farm } in

  9        "         "  Wytschacte              } retaliation

                                                               for enemy

  9        "          " Curast Wood    } shelling

                                                                   district

  
  

  May 7. Monday

  3pm. 5 mins strafe all guns in 2nd Army

  in action. Myself and Elman left

  Farm and moved to Left Section. Men

  also moved. Had to provide themselves

  with dug-outs. Myself under canvas.

  Enemy again shelled district

  110 rounds on 5 Hostile Batteries

  76         "       in Great 2nd Army Strafe

  26         "       on 2 Hostile Batteries

  14         "         "  Southern Brickstack.

  to register No.3

  
  

  12290.

  
  

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• February 23, 2017 04:32:21 Maethel Medina

  May6. Sunday.

  Preparing for Day out. Ordered O.P.

  Steel tree. Tents shattered by shrapnel

  strafe during night

  2 rounds on Southern Brickstack to

  register

  16 rounds on 2 hostile batteries

  9 " " Torreten Farm } in

  9 " " Wytschacte              } retaliation

                                               for enemy

  9 " " Curast Wood    } shelling

                                                district

  
  

  May 7. Monday

  3pm. 5 mins strafe all guns in 2nd Army

  in action. Myself and Elman left

  Farm and moved to Left Section. Men

  also moved. Had to provide themselves

  with dug-outs. Myself under canvas.

  Enemy again on 5 Hostile Batteries

  76 " in Great 2nd Army Strafe

  26 " on 2 Hostile Batteries

  14 " " Southern Brickstack.

  to register No.3

  
  

  12290.

  
  

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