Mine craters you could nearly lose the Bank of Ireland in

TCD MS 10247/1/836 folio 3 recto

TCD MS 10247/1/836 folio 3 recto

[2 May 1917] I don’t know whether you realise from the papers the extraordinary effect of the guns – The whole country round without out a single natural feature left – simply a great brown mass of earth without a single foot uncut – all torn with every sort of crater – from the little “pipsqueeks” which are almost lost in the larger ones – to high mine craters, you could nearly lose the Bank of Ireland in – its wonderful – I walked along – a perfectly heavenly day, as it has been since I left the course – climbing over this mass of wreckage where you cant even find villages let alone houses roads or trenches – two tanks were lying disabled – one on either side of me – and a wrecked aeroplane in front – and I must say my thoughts were mixed –