[top left] 1916 31 Days
[top right] August
[centred] 3 Thursday
Roused out to take serious case
at 5.20 am, man shot through head.
Anxious day - Germans still on
our supports. Our Aid Post in danger
3rd shift at R. A. Post - A night
of anxious terror. Didn't sleep. Sat
up all night. At midnight we opened
up a terrific bombardment of German trenches.
[centred] 4 Friday
Last night Fritzy got a good introduction
to the 3rd year of the war but we got
no rest. 4 casualties in morning
Few more shells lobbed near us.
8th Field Amb. moved from Brewery
to unknown place & we are left
isolated. No news of relief. Lay awake
for hours in the night troubled by
mosquitoes guns and machine guns
[centred] 5 Saturday
Few more cases today. Man hit by explosive
bullet. Artillery fury. One of our planes
brought down. Infantry relieved but
we have to remain. 2 shells into farm
other side of Fleurbaix wounding 20. Quite
close to us. Elbow Farm at night. Had a look
at Fleurbaix Church. Drunken case at midnight.
[centred] 6 Sunday - 7th after Trinity
The Drunk gave trouble all night so we
didn't get up till 11 am. Quiet day except
for aeroplanes. At night on returning to [W?]
Farm things were terrific to our left. Guns
made a fierce chaos. The scene was awful
No sleep till about 3 o'clock in morning