Heinie is knocking hell out of the ridge with his trench mortars. Sunday Mar 11 up 8.30 feel stiff. had a kip to sleep on in the passage. Monday Mar 12 Cook house for Meredith in a little dugout two by twice in Arras alley no grub to cook. everyone hungry. Tuesday Mar 13. Take a case from the relay to Hospital corner, get a feed from Tin & Clint. Wed Mar 14 Play poker & blackjack in the dugout & go into the R.A.P at 5.30 Pete & I sleep in the door position I mean lay down. can’t keep any candles alight for concussion rats & minnies reign supreme Thursday Mar 15. Pete & I get breakfast. Case at dinner time (bread & treacle) get relieved at 6 PM. In bed an hour when twenty of our boys come in on us. a raid is to be pulled off at daybreak by the 10th brigade Friday Mar 16 called at 2 AM & put in charge of a squad of six. My squad No 5. (fifth out) hurry to get the men into a dugout before
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Baghdad falls
On March 11, British forces capture Baghdad from the Ottoman Empire. It is a significant victory after the humiliation of Kut, where a British force surrendered in April 1916. The Mesopotamian campaign will continue, but Baghdad's fall boosts Allied morale. On the Western Front, the strategic situation is shifting. The Russian Revolution threatens the Eastern Front. Germany is withdrawing to the Hindenburg Line. America is moving toward war. The spring offensives will determine the course of 1917.
