Entry # 46 May 2nd 1916
Got up at 6 AM and had a fine bath before reporting for duty at 8:30 AM. Fritz very nasty all day, throwing over shrapnel, H.E., rifle grenades and coal-boxes galore. As our trenches were very close here, about 200 yards, we always got a plentiful supply of coal-boxes- a very heavy and highly explosive which doesn't awful amount of damage. One of these is being known to bury 50 men. This stuff wounded two engineers, killed one of her own chaps and wounded nine it was here I met Johnny May for the first time since arriving in France. Reported for all light-duty at 8:30 PM.
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