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1917-02-06
Regiment 7th Wiltshire
Location Greece, DOIRAN Sector
Entry 6 pm. Weather dull, rain in morning. Strength. 28 Officers 918 OR Detached 14 Officers 85 OR. 2 OR to Hospital, 1 OR to DECANVILLE unit. Observation. Night. B4/B6 lightly shelled between 1630 and 2345. 2100 to 2130 enemy sniper on O1 showed great activity firing on working parties in B6. 2200 enemy machine gun opened fire. Patrol left B4 at 1900 returned 2115 reported that they saw reliefs taking place. Lewis Gun fired on small working party on O2 at 0200. Day. Sniping from both sides between 0630 and 0735. Front lightly shelled during day.