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War Diary

1916-07-23
Regiment 2nd Wiltshire
Location France, between Bernafay/Trones Wood
Entry At 4.30am the 19th Manchester Regiment make an attack on GUILLEMONT, the 2nd Yorks at the same time attack the trenches on the left of the village from WATERLOT FARM. Our 'A' coy goes in support of the Manchesters but gets no further than the eastern face of TRONES WOOD owing to the attack proving a failure. In the evening the Battalion is relieved by troops of the 35th Division.