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All of them are close to Steinwerck.
About 2 o'clock I got my equipment & rifle out of the store also blankets & water proof sheet, and put them together in readiness for the road. Soon after 3 all that were discharged were marched through Steinwerck to the Reinforcement Camp which is a little over a mile away. We arrived there in plenty of time for tea, and drew 2 blankets each in addition to our own, though those who had blankets were not supposed to get any.
A fleet of our aeroplanes flew over the town this evening. It was the largest number of Aeroplanes that I have ever seen up at once. They carried out some manouvers in the air. There must have been about 20 machines up.
Later on several of our machines went over Fritz's lines. He kept up a hot fire and eventually set one on fire. It came down a mass of flames. The operator kept control for some time guiding the plane away from Fritz's lines, but it eventually fell to earth a glowing mass of flame. If the men were not burned to death they were certainly killed by the fall. It was the first