Item 02: Charles Britton war diary, 17 October 1917-8 April 1918 - Page 38
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[Page 38]
1917
Sun. Dec. 23rd
In trenches Houplines. On duty 3 to 6 AM, 3 to 6 PM, still freezing. Enemy MGs active day & night. All of our trenches are named after streets etc in English & after towns. Our dug-out is "Chepstowe House", Gloucester Avenue. At 2 PM enemy shelled our CT [Communications Trench] & support trenches heavily. Our guns retaliated. Late in afternoon a big fire could be seen behind the enemy's lines. One of our planes flying very low (150 ft) over enemy trenches fired many rounds from MG at men in the trenches though under heavy MG fire from enemy. Very heavy art. fire on our left (Messines) through the night.
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