Item 05: Archie Barwick diary, 3 September-3 October 1916 - Page 98
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[Page 98]
shooting was so accurate that they pounded them nearly the whole time & not a shell struck our's they seemed that low as they whizzed past that you could put your hand up & catch them, contrary to us Fritz never attempted to shell our front line, it requires expert gunners to do that when the trenches are so close.
I saw another German balloon come down in flames tonight it looked very pretty against the clouds it was it was all burnt up before it hit the ground & nothing but a cloud of smoke remained 3 min's after it was fired an enemy aeroplane was also brought down at the same time, we have had quite a number of planes up today some very low
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