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Trench 127 Ploegsteert "PlugSt" 58
Sets 8h. 14m.]                                        JULY,1915.             [Day 16h. 18m. long

THURSDAY 8 [189-176]
Tenof us Tonight setting ouT banks wire entanglements
"Tripwire " pattern         (small drawing)  - 10" high in long grase
                                                                             Ran ouT of sTakes and 
                                                                             goT home early. I am          Tremendous raTTle                                          of musketry + TuT-TuT
of machine guns To The right - German flares conTinuous buT long grass screens us. Hear laTer firing is a blind, deering which a German sap is exploded

FRIDAY 9 [190-175]  Fire Insurance expires Trench 127
LefT for Trenches Tonight - in front line in new Trench
(large drawing of trench)
                     Firing Plats              Firing plats                    galvanized iron sandbags
Traverse      dugout                                                                     wood float
 On guard '2 one' + 4 off. "Stand To aT                                              <- 6' -->       18"
230 To 330                                     Dan McGregor, Jack Ensch, (Killed Oct 15)
MiTchell + J hold This Traverse - room for Three of us  To sleep aT a Time -- Everything holds quiet.

SATURDAY 10 [191-174] 28th Week Oxford Trinity Term Ends
Foggy and misty until 7am. - kept 'sTanding' Too 230am. To 7am - 'rapid fire' ordered - CapT. Wood exceedingly nervous _ anticipating an aTTack. (CapT From our Traverse can only  see The high grass           Wood Wnd. SepT killed 
on a little ridge 150'in front - German Trenches 250yds, buT snipers firing from Trees along The "Avenue" Not safe To expose The heads for more Than a moment.
BC Archives, MS-0392, Box 1 Volume 4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915