Canadian Nurse Clare Gass, July 21, 1916

Clare Gass was a nurse with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France. She kept a diary and the following is the July 21, 1916 entry.

"All night long terrific & continuous explosions which shook our huts have been going on in the direction of Calais & have lasted with diminishing violence till 10 AM.

Very big convoys of Australians from Armentiers last night also. We admitted 720 patients in our hosp. from 6 PM to 10 AM this morning. CC had about 300 cases too. I went to the Red Cross Hut all afternoon. 46 cases there all bad wounds. These lads had made an attack in the face of a terrific shell fire. Canteen for our boys after dinner."

From pages 131-132, The War Diary of Clare Gass, 1915-1918.