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1917-03-11
Regiment 7th Wiltshire
Location Greece, DOIRAN Sector
Entry 6 pm. Weather, fine. Strength. 25 Officers 887 OR. Detached 15 Officers 111 OR. Lieut ROOKE J W transferred to A.S.C. 25/12/16 struck off strength. 2nd Lieut BADDELEY H G to 79th Bde T.M. Battery. 1 OR to detachment, 1 OR to Hospital, 1 OR rejoined from Hospital. Observation. Night. 0530 much sniping from O2, silenced by our artillery. 17 shrapnel and HE on B4/6 during night. Day. 1500 to 1600 enemy field guns heavily shelled our front, also registered enemy wire 1315 to 1340, 3 blasts let up in new dugout on O2. 1330 artillery fired at volume of smoke rising centre of O2.