Next morning I woke up before seven, and blocked up my ears so that I should not be deafened by the noise of artillery.

But for some reason or other the plans had been changed and I was quite disappointed that the Germans did not get the hammering it was intended to give them.

We were on the left of the British line during the battle of Neuve Chapelle, and were not really in the fight.

The British suffered very heavily (p.

046) and did not meet with the success which they had hoped for.
My son was wounded in this engagement and was sent out with the loss of an eye.