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despite gigantic efforts on the part of Sappers to get to them. The remains of Major Redford have just been recovered & given decent burial. The remains of L. Col. White are within 10 yds. of our latest sap but the activity of the Turks disallows any attempt to remove them.
The Turk has become very saucy in his trench fighting wh game he plays "par excellence". In close work our men use only periscope rifles. The sharpshooting Turk is a considerable item & it is very unwise to show a head above the trenches.
The enemy are using a captured French 75 to great advantage. We receive a peppering morning & evening from this big gun. It creates great havoc wherever its shells lodge & blows trenches sky high. Today it has been particularly active & my dug-out is precariously within