Big fight going on on the left a mile or so away

10th December 1915 Friday

Stand to 6am. Night very quiet. Enemy visible on the heights of the Belashitza range – in Bulgaria. Big fight going on on the left a mile or so away – visible from the mountain on our left. General watchfulness all day and wishing they might try an attack on our position. Turn in at 6pm having posted sentries. Blankets arrived at last. Was very comfy in dugout scraped in the side of a hill. Noise in the valley of dogs barking. Near new moon – or rather first quarter! At 4am C Coy moving about and then order came to us to stand to immediately for instant retirement. Rations issued and blankets and all kit that had come up on mules, shouldered and so on to the (11th)