Item 02: Kenneth Binnie war diary, 29 December 1916 - 31 December 1917 - Page 120

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Saturday, 7 April 1917

A beautiful day, & very clear air, you could see for miles. Eric Parker & self went up to battery to go over front line.   Parker went in morning.   Warren, Eric Harding  & self had an early lunch, & then went out after. We went up to the O.P. & then after we went down & had a look over the front line.   The thing that strikes you most is the absence of men there. We only saw about half a dozen all the afternoon. Saw a party of about 20 Fritzes working at their trenches through a telescope at an infantry O.P. Then saw the Stokes guns having a go at them. We had a shot at them ourselves later & blew all their works down. Fritz hardly sent any back, only a few "pineapples" & whizz bangs. Seven Fritz Taubes brought down two or our machines over our position in evening after a

See Page 63, [Page 86] Sunday, 4th March.

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