October 1917.

21st October 1917

Frank watched a duel in the air.

October 1917

2nd Tuesday

Stationed at Solent Post. Heavy artillery duels.

4th Thursday

Returned to Fort Glatz after dinner, and went on Night Duty in Dressing Station.

5th Friday

Fritz shells the village of Loos, 14 stretcher cases wounded from the line during the night.

8th Monday

A busy night, a fair number of wounded.

10th Wednesday

Left Fort Glatz at 3pm along with a squad of 4, and went to Natal Post, which is situated on the top of Hill 70, and which a few weeks previous was held by the Germans, but was captured by Canadian Div. This Dug-out is about 4-6 ft high, 4 ft wide and 7 ft long. The trenches here, thigh deep in mud and water.

11th Thursday

Artillery activity.

Rain.

14th Sunday

Digging large sump hole in trench to drain same, which is 2 ft deep in mud and water.

16th Tuesday

Left Hill 70, and returned to Fort Glatz, from there we proceeded to Philosophe by Motor Amb, there to Labourse by horse Amb.

17th Wednesday

Washed the mud off my clothing during the morning, and worked the afternoon on transport lines.

18th to 20th Thursday

Labourse.

Worked the Transport lines.

21st Sunday

Left Labourse at 1pm Horse Amb, which took us to Philosophe, and from there we marched to Fort Glatz Loos, in the course of which we watched a duel in the air by one of Fritz’s latest machines, and a one seater of ours, the latter bringing the Bosch to the ground smashing the plane entirely and killing Pilot and Observer, the corpses being taken to our Station at Philosophe. From there we went to Solent Post, near Slag Heap.

22nd Monday

Solent Post.

We had two stretcher cases during the night to take to Fort Glatz.

23rd Tuesday

Fritz shells a Ration party of the 7th S. Staffs near out post by the slag heap. We immediately turned out, dressed the wounds and took the cases later to Fort Glatz. It was a pitch dark night and we had to cross many trenches, we got down to sleep at 7am on the 24th. At 3pm we left Solent Post for Natal Post on Hill 70. We turned out at night to fetch in 6 wounded which we had to take to Tunnel Post.

24th Wednesday

Natal Post.

27th Saturday

Left Natal Post at 4pm and walked to Fort Glatz, continuing to Philosophe, leaving that place by Horse Amb, for HQ at Labourse.

28th Sunday/30th Tuesday

General duties.