As a rule our firing schedule would arrive from Battalion Headquarters in the late afternoon. It would usually allot us about four hundred rounds to be fired on designated targets such as machine gun posts, kitchen abris, or strong points in the German lines. The night of July 9 might be taken as a typical night's firing: 21.02 o'clock, 15 rounds, village of Torcy; 21.10, 20 rounds, Woods near Les Brusses Fme; 21.14, 10 rounds, Village of Monthiers; 21.54, 20 rounds, Infantry Kitchen; 22.05, 15 rounds, Village of Belleau; 22.08, 10 rounds, Cross roads S. W. of Givry; 22.25, 25 rounds, Village of Torcy; 22.31, 25 rounds, Village of Torcy; 22.49, 10 rounds, Infantry Kitchen; 23.20, 10 rounds, Crossroads S. W. of Givry; 23.45, 5 rounds, Village of Belleau; 0.30 (A. M.), 10 rounds, Village of Belleau; 0.48, 25 rounds, Village of Monthiers; 1.35 50 rounds, Village of Belleau; 1.55, 25 rounds, Village of Etrepilly; 2.15, 25 rounds, Woods near Les Brusses Fme; 2.35, 5 rounds, Woods near Les Brusses; 2.50, 10 rounds, Woods near Les Brusses; 3.25, 10 rounds, Woods near Les Brusses; 3.30, 10 rounds, Woods near Les Brusses; 4.10, 15 rounds, Cross Roads S. W. of Givry; 5.25, 50 rounds, Woods near Les Brusses, Fme.

                We kept up this nightly fire steadily between July 8 and 18. The days would be fairly quiet but as soon as dusk stole in, all the batteries in the sector would open up and continue until dawn. The ammunition we were getting at this period was extremely poor. It was all very old and dirty. In almost every other round the shell case would burst open. It was really remarkable that more accidents did not happen

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