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uvsemed almost impossible to cross. after getting stuck a number of times in shell holes we finally hit a dert road leading tugo found and now leading the Regiment. forward. after having been the first battery we camp to the top of a bald Fill, vosing lay a deep rarrie that was deep and steip. several /trenches we were halted. Before us It was here we saw many dead germano and saw an elaborate system of dugouts, pool and all modern conviness. absocit equiped with running water, bath, surving target than before They sent them over was here the Gernaans found us a better thick and fast and they fell on both sides of us, But every one of the men "stuck"as the therevere nothing going on. soon the Majou ordered to unlimber and to take the houses do cover. One of my teams were coming theu the rarrie and a pole broke, and I sat on my horse and cursed giving me orders from a shell hole. the my luck. J looked around to find an officer soon got another one in, a spare

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