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9/10th of their shells shot harmlessly over our parapets & landed between the firing line & reserve's, where they never done a bit of damage, if they can't put up a better show that that we wont have such a hard time when the word comes to advance, & another thing our artillery shot 2 to 1 in the matter of shells & of the marksmanship there was no comparison, & our fellows had the last say, this bombardment was right along the line I fancy it was a feeler to see what the Germans had in front of us.
Just before the bombardment started we were sending a patrol out, & just as they cleared the parapet one of them got a bullet through both his legs just below the thighs.
This morning we had a short

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