Fine day, still very hot. Not much doing. I have a ride round in the afternoon, nice at night & fairly quiet.

Fine day again & very hot, fairly quiet all day, lots wild rumours flying about which turn out to be false. I see Major Forbes again at GONHAY.

Fine day & very hot. Fred Kirby visits me in the afternoon & stays until 9.0 pm. I don’t know him at first, smart fellow & has got on well, a Sgt Royal Berks [Royal Berkshire Regiment]. Capt Croft goes to England.

Fine again & very hot. I go to Busnettes in the afternoon, get back about 7.0 pm. Bttn moves into the line, fairly quiet.

Fine day again. A Boshe [Bosch] plane brought down early morning. I have 2 shoots out of my revolver & score each time very well. Fritz still busy back area. No good news from the South. Fairly quiet night. Good sleep. We send our first 2 men on leave.

Fine day again, and very warm. Fritz still very busy on back areas, & does a good bit of damage in the chinks [Chinese] camp & among our ASC. Fine night. I see Bert again & we have a nice evening together. I put 3 lots on the heart & win each time.

Fine day again. I go off to Busnettes in the afternoon, & nearly stop one. A shall hits D Coy Hd Qrs killing 1 & wounding several others, Hubbard among the latter. Fritz active again at night, but not near us. Follies give a concert to Bttn at 5.30 pm very good.

Fine day again & very hot. Nothing much doing all day except the usual gunning. Fritz comes over at night & drops a very heavy bomb quite close to our billet, no casualties, except a goat, which some of our men had got for a pet.

Fine day. Fritz very active with aircraft & back area shelling. I go up to Bttn in the morning & have a talk to the Col [Colonel] who wants me to stay here, which I intend to do if possible, for a short time. Have a rotten time at night as Fritz gets busy on Labouverie & Le PUGNOY

Fine day. We get orders for Bttn tonight. I get a letter from Lt. Col Lacon, very nice letter. Bert leaves this sector & goes to Gosuay, rotten luck as we were very good pals. I see Major Forbes at night plenty of swank on Hd Qrs 46^th Div. Bttn arrive Busnettes at 2.0 am 28^th.