3rd August 1916
Quiet night. Stand to this morning 4.15. Stand down 4.45. rather too late. French patrols in front of me and in front of D Coy, got into touch with Bulgar patrols. Bombed and fired on each other.
Lay up as much as I could by day as did all the men. Two sentries by day in my trench and an observer on each gun. Being Coy [?]WIG O, I have the two guns under me. Six orderly men told off to fetch food and rations and water. Without being pessimistic I don’t think much of the position. We are about 5 miles South of Doiran Lake, 1 mile north of Kilindir – in fact the identical spot that is best worth shelling.
Mail in. Tom, [?]Gick (in 29 Gen Hos.), and Aunt Anne [?]Dunne with socks and dried flowers from her.
Stood to at 8 pm. Three British patrols out. Stood down 8.45. My left … sent to the right at 10.30 pm. Turned in 10.30 and slept.