Blow in dugouts, mine shafts. & trenches &Give Heinie & his territory Hell in every way. We are put into the Chalk pits, a series of tunnels with an entrance less than 50 yards from the front line. I am in No 1 squad of A Section so am to be first out. squads to go out A1 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 & so on. Killjoy Kent & Norman in same squad as I am.
Tuesday Feb 13. Show to start at 4.45 AM at 4.30 a Capt Henderson of the 50th is brought in the M.O. makes him a stretcher case & our Capt Nicholson says we are to take him out at once. so against our own better judgement we start off Our guns are just pouring shells into the Hun lines, they are screeching just over our heads the air is full of them. our boys are still over in the Boch lines raising hell. All of a bang Fritz puts a heavy counter barrage on Holloway trench, the trench we are in. the walking wounded are staggering
