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had brought it down but it was only a clever move. I have not seen much sign of the "supremacy of the air" that newspapers try to make out we have. The bosh has some great machines. I heard that we brought down 2 of his baloons & a plane yesterday. I went out to the Trenches yesterday & am now living at Square Farm at the subsidiary line with the Doctor. All day yesterday there was consistent bombardment with light & heavy guns. Shell followed shell screaming to the enemy lines & occasionally he lashed back with salvos of shrapnell on our lines & also threw a couple of shells into the Town. One officer told me they had a terrible night last night, he counted over 100 minenwerfers on his sector, each of these explodes & makes a terrific mess, holes 25 ft. by 10 ft. deep honeycomb our lines. Our casualties were very very slight notwithstanding one man killed & several wounded slightly. One lad told me in the