July 4, 1918
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Day of Independence, and ‘tis being celebrated everywhere as a compliment to the Yanks. At 3.10 a.m. the guns opened up right along our front and instantly flares of all kinds were sent aloft by Fritz. It was a great sight as we are high up and can see the line, the flashes of the guns and the flares making the night bright. Towards 6 a.m. the cases started to arrive, and for a time we were very busy, I took on the walking cases, giving them all A.T.S. Eased off at 10 a.m. and I had breakfast.
Our sector was the easiest, about 200 cases through. It was an Australian Corps stunt and so far prisoners number 1,060, 27 officers,100 machine guns, besides trench mortars and a field gun. Had a sponge down during afternoon and clean change, feeling rotten as had another bad night.