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1917-04-08
Regiment 7th Wiltshire
Location Greece, DOIRAN Sector
Entry Weather fine Strength. 27 Officers 902 OR Detached 9 Officers 88 OR Observation. Night. 1600 a small piece of tin or white paper on a stick was waved from enemys front line trench right of O2. Support line lightly shelled between 2200 and 2300. Intermittent sniping from O2 between 2100 and 0400. Day. German aeroplane was brought down by one of our aviators about 2 miles E of DOIRAN STATION and could be plainly seen from our lines. Pilot and two observers were taken prisoner. One of our planes came down also. Enemy shelled plane heavily during day.