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anyone that says Fritz is short of ammunition is mad, for he has slung enough round us to clean up battallions. Covered up & altogether a hot trip. I am sorry for the patient I grab four big husky Fritzys & make them give us a hand. Dead men & horses all over the place. as we go round by Souchez dump, we get some breakfast from Joe & go back & find the drive is going fine. Fritz is going back fine, our machine gun companies are brought up & we have him on the run. The price we are paying is large. but the gain is also large. we carry out eight patients out by 8 PM. & to do so, we are working very hard, the mud is deep & after the first we go overland by the side of Araby trench. Joe is very good to us & keeps hot tea & sandwiches for us, the Y.M.C.A is giving us anything we will carry away. Hethtroff gets Killed on the Sunday too I see them carried in & wait outside a couple of minutes to hear the last of him. Luff’s squad