at 7 PM. we march. I am No 19. the dressing squad, arrive at Ablain at 8.15 P.M. To dress as far as the ninth stretcher case & then carry out last case in day light. leave Ablain at 9.30 for the Chalk quarries, get a very close call at Kings Cross. Dent again beats it. Before I get near our dugout door Fritz opens up his barrage, his S.O.S. has gone up from our line.
a traitor caught by a staff major & shot. Oh hell!! it’s fierce lucky 12th again, everybody but the 12th boys get hit. As soon as we get into our tunnell the raiders start to pour in the raid was called off after it started many of the boys too far over to be got back. the boys that did go over did good work, but had a large percentage of casualties. 10 Brigade raid. Our first five squads cannot be found, (in the wrong tunnel) go dressing, Fritz is shelling the ridge with his heavy stuff. Our patients lying in
