Lay in the dugout until about 2.30. Went back to the relay post. Up to the Blue Line¹ twice. The front man very heavy and almost crocked us up. Went down to the brasserie, had breakfast and then got down to it². Slept very little. Up to the relay post again at 5 o’clock. Felt a bit groggy at first but it wore off after a while. Lay in the advanced post on our original front line until about midnight. The Germans counter-attacked and our artillery barrage was terribly heavy.

1. “Blue Line”: See note on 7 June. ↩

2. “Got down to it” seems to have been a phrase increasingly in use at this time, meaning “lay down to sleep”. See also “got down” on 6 June. ↩