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War Diary

1917-02-25
Regiment 7th Royal Berkshire
Location Greece, Front Line "E" Sector
Entry Hostile planes active again 5 circling over our lines at 1155 and again during the afternoon. There was no shelling during the day. Our patrols having tied 2 Mills grenades to enemy wire in front of sangars on P5, retired when they heard enemy start working on a new sangar and pulled the wire attached to the pins, both bombs exploded and the enemy threw 8 bombs from E slopes and 1 from trench R2 and L2. Patrol went out in the morning found sangar empty some bombs were brought back. Quiet night. Remarks. 1 OR to hospital sick.