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December 1916
a considerable number of casualties.
18th I have been on the same work in Needle trench since the 13th & have also built a machine-gun position for purpose of defence against aeroplanes which are numerous & at times fly very low. We have been shelled heavily most of the time & have had a fair casualty list.
(Fritz shelling seems to be concentrated on the "solitary tree" about a hundred yds in rear of us for the past 4 or 5 days. The duckwalk track which leads past it has suffered a few direct hits.

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