November 19th
Today, we went over the top. We got further than we did last time, we got about halfway across No-Man's Land before they even noticed that we were coming. But then it all went wrong. We were bombarded with artillery shells, machine gun fire and snipers from the front and the wings, the Germans obviously had some machine gun nests they didn't want us to know about, but we found out the hard way. With men getting cut down on all sides, and my best mate Johnny down for the count, I ordered the retreat. It was awful, explosions all around, our friends being shot and horrible bloodshed. Some of the men were moaning all night, it was that bad. We just didn't stand a chance again, the Germans were just too strong.
