Easter Sunday Apl 8. Everybody on edge for the drive. I go to Communion at Petit Servins at 7.30 8 AM (private confession). Start right in to work. Charlie H pulls a joke on me with a foot & ankle he had cut off. Work hard at dressing until 4.30 PM. Long to see Belle before this big stunt. I hope it goes off good. am in No 1 squad, leave Grand Servins at 4.30 PM. Light marching order arrive at Caberet Rouge 6.30. (Via Hospital Corner) I head our squad out for a tunnell in the ridge called Blue Bull. we go thro Araby trench which is all blown in (the 73rd got caught going into the line & the trench has not been repaired. dead still there, we have to leave the trench & go overland & then get an exciting dash thro death valley. Our squad is put into No 2 dugout with the 38th Batt who are to go over in the first wave. Half an inch of mud & a leaky roof. I am called for runner & go to Dressing station
