– snow

Snow on ground in morning.

We pack draughting necessities for […] the front line. In afternoon I go with Armourer Sergt. Major in side car to Carency.  Enemy shelling it.  Lovely town but much shelled & totally destroyed.  Enemy shells destroy a cordite dump causing a huge flame to rise.  The A.S.M. & I take risk on road back – a shell burst 25 yds. on our right.  Back to V. au Bois safely.  At 4 pm Sergt. M. Doupe, Collins, Wilson & self go to the front line – quarries poor accommodation.

*”Draughting” is the English spelling of “drafting” or technical drawing.

**Armourer Sergeant (usually attached to the unit from the Army Ordinance Corps) is the technician responsible for the repair and maintenance of the unit’s weapons.