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was expecting something to happen
Just as one of our patrols were going out from the sally port" last night they spotted a mob of Germans waiting for them outside our barb wire, so they had to come back & get some rifles & bombs but when they went out the second time they were gone.
I was very near shot myself last night a sniper was about 30 yards in front of our trench, & I was peering about looking for a shot at him, when he shot at me twice but missed me by a hairsbreadth each time I'm hanged if we could see him although we knew where he was so we concentrated our fire on to the spot & that shut him up, you haven't much chance of seeing them for "no mans land" is full of oats & grass about 4ft high, & trees, shell holes &

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