Our machine guns & anti-aircraft guns ward off enemy aeroplanes that had dropped bombs on Poperinghe. One of our machines is sent down with pilot killed & observer wounded or vice versa.
Wallach visits me.
Monday 15 May 1916 – rain
To firing line at 10 am.
Meet Colonel Buller and give him panorama sketch of trenches.
In firing line & make sketch of “Bird Cage” & enemy trenches etc.
Enemy shells dugout & trenches heavily, we reply with 5 times the amount. Snipers busy.
Sunday 14 May 1916
Left Ouderdom for trenches in afternoon. Have very bad cold & lose speech during evening. Call at Zillebeke & leave part of my trappings there. Go to trench 61, bay 2 & make panorama sketches of German trenches & lines.
The sketch takes one & half hours & all time exposed to enemy snipers.
Enemy throwing over very big shells in Sanctuary Wood. Two of No 4 Co badly hit with enemy shell, trenches firing with heavy stuff. I go along C.M.R. trenches & am stopped many times for “Spying.”
Saturday 13 May 1916
Enemy shell Zillebeke & artillery of ours.
Friday 12 May 1916
To Ouderdom & make out plans of trench area for intelligence officers.
Around firing line area are 4 of our aeroplanes smashed beyond repair.
Thursday 11 May 1916
To trenches alone making sketches. Have to expose myself but enemy do not discover me. Much shelling by both sides. Enemy blow down our parapet a little.
Wednesday 10 May 1916 – fine
Left Ouderdom for trenches @ 9:30 am alone with maps & plans of trenches.
Went along front firing lines & made sketches. Much sniping & artillery action. One of CMR’s has both legs & an arm shattered by shell fire.
To Voormezele & inspect the graves of PPCLI. In sorry condition, many shell holes.
Stayed all night at Zillebeke. Much shelling by enemy.
Tuesday 9 May 1916 – rain
Raining all day. A small bombardment goes on. Colville & Bradford return off leave.
Monday 8 May 1916 – rain
Showers all day. Very quiet no bombardment.
I sketch plan of our frontage.
Cannot rest at nights. Very restless
Sunday 7 May 1916 – rain
Anniversary of torpedoing of Lusitania.
Lieut Pope officer i/c [in charge] machine gun section is killed by rifle grenade alighting on his shoulder & blowing off his head.
Pte. Myatt of 4 Co is killed by shrapnel passing thro’ his head whilst standing outside dugout.
Pte. Dobey killed
No Sleep
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