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excitement here this morning. A disguised German Plane was hovering round very low & with our colours on. Goodness knows how long he had been there without any notice being taken of him. When by some means or other he was recognised & a tornado of shells were sent at him from all directions. He immediately began to manouvre & ascend & at first it seemed as though he would get away but a salvoe of shells was seen to burst round him & the machine quivered & commenced to come down finally falling about one mile away from us. We were all watching previous to his being discovered as a disguised plane & it came as a shock to us.
10.11.16 Friday
Last night reopened old acquaintances in as much as we were once more in the clutches of a German Bombardment, although as yet being a safe distance away we could view it with perfect tranquillity. The German guns thundered all along the sector & our guns answered them with every ounce of effort they had.
They also played a high old game with their Aeroplanes, & it being a full moonlight night it was a sight to behold. There were dozens of machines darting all over the place, & the Anti Aircraft guns were thundering away at a furious rate. They succeeded in dropping a few bombs