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my quarters 18-20 may                                                                                          41

                                                                Red hatching 
                                                                 dug before dawn
                                                                   Bill Guiney 19th

                             FCS                    

sergt Elliot. RieTchel millburn

                          Traverse                                       Traverse
                          sapped through                         sapped through
                            by say                                              by say

Tall Grass German et. 180' infront. Boche

                                                           shellnose               Rubbersheet spread on top

                                 Reccess
                               scooped out
                                  in clay for                                                        door from ruined
                                  my back                                                                 farm

                                                                                                             hole scooped for
                                                                                        water                    my feet
                                                          cross-section

Each of us dug a hole large enough for himself -just having Time before dawn of the 19th may To do this- we then worked the Traverses Through by sapping with out entrenching Tools + Bill Guiney. I finished the Trench between each other + rusiled neat night wood for head-cover

Bc Archives, MS-0392, Box 1 Volume 4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures,1915.