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1917-02-14
Regiment 5th Wiltshire
Location Mesopotamia, Trenches near Dahra Bend
Entry Enemy bombarded intermittently but we suffered no casualties. Two companies went forward to fire trenches occupied by South Wales Bord's with a view to making improvements on them for attacking the following day. The South Wales Bord's spoke very highly of the work done. Casualties during digging operations O.R's 1 Killed and 16 wounded.