nose of the salient, & it was completed before daylight. Casualties were 6 killed 33 wounded and about 15 buried. The crater formed by the explosion was 35 feet deep and about 40 feet across. I visited Headquarters of 5th Fusiliers and walked round the trenches 35 & 36. One can get up to these by daylight through the woods & by communication trenches. Mar 12 A beautiful Spring day warm& sunny - walk down the railway for about a mile looking for a place for reserves. ZILLEBEKE village which might have held a brigade, is a mass of ruins. A good many