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167) THE CAPTURE OF VIMY RIDGE.
_April 9th, 1917._ My alarm clock went off at four a.m.on the great day of April 9th, which will always shine brightly in the annals of the war.

I got up and ate the breakfast which I had prepared the night before, and taking with me my tin of bully-beef, I started off to see the opening barrage.

It was quite dark when I emerged from the door of the Chateau and passed the sentry at the gate.