Hostile Aeroplane over our lines at 5am & dropped lights to left front of No.7 trench. Germans shelled this trench but all shells fell behind trenches. No 2 trench shelled in afternoon. Machine Guns active. Officers Patrol went out by WULVERGHEM –MESSINES road but saw or heard nothing. 3 wounded.
The diary of Regimental Sergeant Major George Beck
First World War diaries 100 years from when they were written during campaigns on the Western Front
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I think Steenbecque is the wrong title as this place is far away