Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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[29th, Sun rises 7 h 45 m.<br> | [29th, Sun rises 7 h 45 m.<br> | ||
Sunday 24 [24 341] 3rd after Epiphany<br> | Sunday 24 [24 341] 3rd after Epiphany<br> | ||
| − | Crossing ditch going back noticed a | + | - Crossing ditch going back noticed a Kiltie lying in the water<br> |
| − | Found afterwards he was wounded, thought we were Germans & so kept quiet | + | - Found afterwards he was wounded, thought we were Germans & so kept quiet.<br> |
| + | Monday 25 [25 - 340]<br> | ||
| + | Germans shelling the road so we hit for the British Trenches. Worst sight of all in the half light - Blown to pieces - sand bags & odds & ends of humanity - stumbling along, catching ones feet in the dead men's accoutrements - Some of the relieving battalion tried to hit back with us - we were ordered to block the way with the bayonet, but they ran around us - We wanted to shoot. | ||
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Festubert - May 20 - 1915
[29th, Sun rises 7 h 45 m.
Sunday 24 [24 341] 3rd after Epiphany
- Crossing ditch going back noticed a Kiltie lying in the water
- Found afterwards he was wounded, thought we were Germans & so kept quiet.
Monday 25 [25 - 340]
Germans shelling the road so we hit for the British Trenches. Worst sight of all in the half light - Blown to pieces - sand bags & odds & ends of humanity - stumbling along, catching ones feet in the dead men's accoutrements - Some of the relieving battalion tried to hit back with us - we were ordered to block the way with the bayonet, but they ran around us - We wanted to shoot.