Fine morning. Quiet. Both sides bombarded with T.M. [trench mortars] & Stokes about 3.30 pm. Arty active. Heavy rains & thunder. Trenches soon swamped. Relieved by 2nd R. Dub Fus [Royal Dublin Fusiliers]. Relief complete about 2.0 am. Gas Alarm 10.50 pm., some shelling, gas on right sector. Heavy storms. Troops reach camp between 5.0 am & 12.0. Everybody tired & very wet.
The diary of Regimental Sergeant Major George Beck
First World War diaries 100 years from when they were written during campaigns on the Western Front
