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77in NO MAN'S LAND and he used to plonk bullets into the sand bags just below the Observation Post with quite alarming frequency. To avoid being seen we used to put an extra sandbag across the top so that only our eyes would appear.
To prevent the glint of the steel helmets showing over the top of the line of bags we had orders to cover them with bagging. I recall one incident happening that had a laugh in it although it had a tragic side as well and that was a party of officers having a swim in what was known as the YSER canal, a Fritz sniper saw them and opened up. They did not waste any time in getting
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