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War Diary

1916-08-20
Regiment 2nd Wiltshire
Location France, Trenches
Entry In the morning we carry out a shoot with rifle grenades and light mortars on a triangular system of hostile trenches opposite us. In afternoon field guns cut enemy wire entanglements at a point where strong working party had been seen working the night before. On our left artillery and heavy mortars carry out a shoot against enemy mine shafts. About 8PM enemy blew a mine near centre of LEFT Battalion