July 11th 1916
We really need help now the front line has been moving backwards and
Forwards for 10 days now and we have lost nor gained any land at all we have been
Ordered to do one last push to break the enemies lines, they can’t be doing well of with the amount of attacks we have launched and all the artillery.
July 13th 1916
This morning the last wave is going including me, I just want to say if I die I hope there is a heaven, god save me.
July 14th 1916
Wow am I lucky? I survived. I think I only got 3 but all the rest was running backwards and forwards I only got a small bullet wound in my left shoulder but the doctor said it would be fine, war is easier then I thought. I would have had to do more until the commanding officer agreed that it was time to use a new strategy.
July 15th 1916
The doctor came up to me this morning with my breakfast and medication and said I would be lucky if I got a purple heart, its and award given to soldiers that get wounded in battle and claim they cant fight anymore so they get sent home, but I knew there was no point in even trying to get to because hundreds of men have tried before and got denied even ones with more serious injuries.
July 16th 1916
I just received word that a huge English attack was launched 2 days ago that’s the day that I had finished mine. We must defeat the Germans soon, how can they hold off these attacks one after another non stop? Also I also heard that we have made some progress in moving the frontline forward.
July 18th 1916
The doctor said I am fit for battle again and I saw the most amount of rats ever seen in these parts of the trenches, thousands of them all running trough the cabins scavenging for food.
July 20th 1916
First day out of the hospital bed and I’m preparing for another battle, this one isn’t the whole British force its just my small division, the British are going to lunch a series of small attacks on the Germans more undefended parts of the front line to make them much more weaker.
August 13st 1916
Today I heard that 3 or 4 whole divisions are going to try and capture Guillemont after several failing attempts, I personally don’t think they stand a chance but if they do then we can win this war.
August 30th 1916
I haven’t wrote in a few days due to a small German force attempting to take our trench and reclaim there old front line, we only lost about 30 men with maybe 10 injured bunt we left no German standing I have a great feeling about this just imagining when I get home I will be a hero and I will get to see my family.
September 1st 1916
Its been raining all night so me and some others went out there to set up more defences so because it would be harder to spot dark in the rain and now that mornings come its all wet an flooded and my feet and socks are all wet, not very pleasant.
September 3rd 1916
Guillemont has finally been captured by the Brits and we are well on our way to winning, I was wrong about war, even though some around you die, and your still alive it makes you wonder the meaning of life why are we here? To fight? Maybe.
September 9th 1916
The Irish just took control of Ginchy which means that the Germans are at breaking point so I’m guessing that there will be a full charge soon.
September 23rd 1916
The last few days have been very quite and we have received word that the Germans have a new commander and have begun building a massive line of defence they call the Siegfried line or something I don’t speak German but we all call it the Hindenburg line, I will be trying to stop them from proceeding or slowing them down hopefully I doubt it will be any harder then last time I fought.
September 24th 1916
Well this is it we are all ready to go out there and get started, hopefully if I have time I will update while on the battlefield.
Wow im on the battlefield and I think I got 3 so far and 2 of my mates have been picked off by a sniper, im just about to see if I cant find the sniper so I can get one of our snipers to try to take him out.
