30th June 1916
“A big bombardment here is a thing to remember. It is a lovely sight at nighttime but the noise is terrible. The whole sky is ablaze with smoke & flames & star shells. At times it is like a gorgeous sunset & half a dozen thunder storms mixed together, with comets, meteors & everything else thrown in. The shells scream through the air making all sorts of weird rushing noises, some come with a big swish like a wave, others screech like a circular saw but they all start & finish with a sickening roar that seems to shake the whole universe.”
Len Shepard – Letter 41 – Trenches
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