Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks
Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease of Victoria to his brother Lindley Crease and his mother Sarah Crease; instructions for the offensive of July 26, 1917; a regimental notebook, diaries and scrapbook. Learn more.
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BC Archives MS-0055; BC Archives MS-2879
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billets & that the same day I had a call from Lane who was looking well & in good form. We are living once more in the sound of continuous shell fire but it is mostly our own. The Boche is full of fight on this front & his artillery are quite up to the mark & his aeroplane service better than I have ever seen it. We get a warm time every now and again. Last night our dugout was blown in at both ends. One was a direct hit but the head cover was sufficient to detonate the shell though the roof was blown in no one was hurt. One man
BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 2 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1917.