William Keith Gillies diary, 22 March 1916-30 September 1917 - Page 149

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[Page 149]

April 1917
with a party of about a dozen, near Fremecourt all day & got a good supply. It is officially announced that yesterday there was a severe ariel battle on this front in which 28 of our planes & 46 of Fritz's planes were brought down, & that 8000 prisoners were captured on this front since yesterday midday, & also that the 1st Divn captured 3 villages Quient, Boursiers, & Hermies. to-day.
10th Rotten weather again to-day. It has been snowing all night & this morning we had a blizzard which ceased during the afternoon.
It is officially announced at D.H.Q. to-day that the 3rd Army have captured between 40 & 50 guns including a 9.5 battery

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