A milder night last night. A few bombs came over. The Kings Royal Rifles lose rather heavily some of their men being buried in the trench. We are heavily shelled during the day. A bullet passes in front of my nose. Receive smelling salts from Beatrice of Stafford. No. 1 Company relieves us at 8:30 pm. We go back to Eclusier “The Rat Pit”. No rum ration the platoon Sergeants stole it from the Guard Room and they are now under arrest.
Thursday 30 September 1915
Half morning we parade for rifle inspection. At 3:50 pm we leave Cappy for the trenches again. As we pass thro’ Eclusier we throw off our packs and some of our ammunition. We enter the trenches to relieve the Royal Brigade. We leave the trenches again for “Eclusier” Village the “Rat Pit” or “Rat Hole”. Slept a fairly good night with occasional rat bites. Woke up very tired.
