Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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- Germans throw 4 shrapnel '250' to over left - Get one of our company - Thru the knee | - Germans throw 4 shrapnel '250' to over left - Get one of our company - Thru the knee | ||
- Am on water fatigue & meet the stretcher bears packing him out - Very cheerful - "Got a Blightie one" | - Am on water fatigue & meet the stretcher bears packing him out - Very cheerful - "Got a Blightie one" | ||
| − | Much | + | Much fusillading to ones left and right tonight |
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Monday July 18th
Blazing hot all day and plagued by hordes of 'blue bottles' - I am [illegible] and achieve marvelous results by combining " Maconchie" CM Ration). "Bully" & Peasoup Tablets. Order comes to cut niches for rifles - I get jumped on for telling Lieutenant that rifles, bayonets fixed in niches will be dangerous in case a wiring party has to suddenly come in over the parapet. - Am told "Wiring parties have proper means of entrance "Common sense & shrapnel to the contrary"
Tuesday July 19th
Pretty jaded and tired on account of insufficient sleep - & can't sleep well when off guard in daytime on account heat and flies. - Germans throw 4 shrapnel '250' to over left - Get one of our company - Thru the knee - Am on water fatigue & meet the stretcher bears packing him out - Very cheerful - "Got a Blightie one" Much fusillading to ones left and right tonight