I get a few hours sleep, my place is next to a Capt McDowell of the 38th. Monday Apl 9. Easter Monday. & Bells birthday. Our heavies open up at 5 AM on his big guns with great effect, he replies with heavy counter battery work, but his guns are being got by our guns in a wonderfull fashion. at 5.30 AM we blow two gigantic mines, we get a shock when a large shell of his breaks in the mouth of our tunnel we expect him to blow a mine or two & we though he had. the mines are the signal for the field artill to open up also the barrage & our boys leave their jumping off trench at 5.30 AM. No mans land is waist deep in mud & hundreds were hit & sunk. The three waves all get over & gain their objectives the 78th third wave get very heavy casualties mostly machine gun bullets. This drive is miles long the Canadians get a lot of M.G’s field guns, & trench mortars & a fair batch of prisoners, the slogan is “Kill”. Never in the
