Heavily shelled during the morning, quiet in afternoon until about 4 pm when a cloud of German Gas was seen arriving catching 2 Regiments in the firing line which broke, the gas came on to us. Some of our men went back, but we formed up as many as possible & made a line in rear. Germans attempted an attack from the wood which was repulsed with loss. These last 3 days had shaken the Regiment up & affected the Morale of the Regiment & we are in great need of a rest.
Our Great Uncle Daniel Conboy died in the afternoon gas attack.
He served with the Warwickshire 4th Regiment in the Boer War and was serving with the 1st Battalion at the time of his death.
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