wounded, dying & dead lying around with the noise a flash of firing & the quiet splendour of the sunrise. Not one complaint from the wounded. Doctors Luther & Macgregor splendid. Dad Macartney is working hard higher up the hill. Our Regiment on Popes didnt suffer so heavily. The 15th & 13th bore the brunt – but we had some men engaged tunnelling on Quinns & those on Popes had a busy time. There must have been 120 casualties that Ive seen this morning & about 40 lie around as I write.
Among our casualties of the 2nd Regt were
Colin Morgan Reade – a taking lad of Southport School, the youngest member of the Regiment- not much over 18 years of age – was shot through the head this morning. I was with him at the last but, thank God, he was quite unconscious. Major Glasgow our 2nd in command (I omit to copy out certain comments
