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War Diary

1917-03-19
Regiment 7th Royal Berkshire
Location Greece, Main Line "R" Sector
Entry The 78th Inf Bde Group was relieved by the 66th Inf Bde and moved into the 79th Inf Bde area. The Bn moved up into the advanced line trenches C Sector and relieved the 8th DCLI. The enemy shelled the VLADAJA RAVINE heavily between 1900 + 2000hrs, as Coys were coming up, this continued intermittently until 2200hrs. There were a large number of "dud" shells. Relief was complete at 0130hrs. The rest of the night was comparatively quiet. Remarks. 3 OR sick to hospital, 10 OR rejoin Battn.